Lightbridge 2 - Observations and Conclusions

[Jumpy07]

I have been trying to get a Lightbridge 2 working on an S900 with an A2 and Zenmuse Z15N

The LB2 has an integrated Lightbridge built into a tx with a small air unit.

The air unit connects to the A2 via SBUS and Canbus.. on an HD Zenmuse gimbal . all the control is over the canbus..    for older gimbals you have four ports on the A2 that you can map to direct output PWM channels... or three if you are using gear.

The LB2 is designed to powered from an HD Zenmuse gimbal.. so if you use it on something else you need to make a custom cable and feed it 12v.. unlike the LB1 which you could power from 6S

Unfortunately on the older zenmuse gimbals.. you just cant map enough channels to control it... not to mention configure the buttons on the LB2 transmitter.. which are mostly momentary..

LB2 would work well on a Zenmuse GoPro gimbal.. where you would only need tilt and nothing else...

So if you are thinking of buying one.. make sure you have an A2 and a HD Zenmuse gimbal.. if not forget it.

One major failing for me at the moment with LB2 is lack of IOC..

Typical DJI...  release half baked untested products and get the masses to do it for them...

I would stay clear of LB2 until it matures..

[Yellow]

Have you had a go at testing the latency of lb2? I';ve honestly only had issues with video for the last six months since I installed lb1, massive issues when flying in the cold or in the damp (these are the only guesses I can make about why it is struggling, they may be completely unrelated, but I';ve had tons of issues with the video feed) when it works it is fantastic and the clients love the hd feed.
The latency is only an issue now we are following faster subjects and doing more aggressive manoeuvres with moving targets. Even the little latency that lb1 has is tough to to quick stuff, I';d like to know if lb2 is quicker, or at least comparable to the analogue 5.8ghz which I';m planning to switch to.

Lb1 for sale if anyone wants to make an offer?

[Jumpy07]

The big feature of the LB2 is the lower latency... there are options to sacrifice distance for latency.. and also allocate more bandwidth to main camera or FPV camera..

The app on IOS is still a big buggy..   I am hearing that there are more features in the offing.. hope so or I will be returning my LB2..    its def the future for DJI.. you can see a common interface on P3, Inspire and LB2... makes it easier to develop I guess.. so all platforms get any developments....

[hexhome]

I have been trying to get a Lightbridge 2 working on an S900 with an A2 and Zenmuse Z15N

The LB2 has an integrated Lightbridge built into a tx with a small air unit.

The air unit connects to the A2 via SBUS and Canbus.. on an HD Zenmuse gimbal . all the control is over the canbus..    for older gimbals you have four ports on the A2 that you can map to direct output PWM channels... or three if you are using gear.

The LB2 is designed to powered from an HD Zenmuse gimbal.. so if you use it on something else you need to make a custom cable and feed it 12v.. unlike the LB1 which you could power from 6S

Unfortunately on the older zenmuse gimbals.. you just cant map enough channels to control it... not to mention configure the buttons on the LB2 transmitter.. which are mostly momentary..

LB2 would work well on a Zenmuse GoPro gimbal.. where you would only need tilt and nothing else...

So if you are thinking of buying one.. make sure you have an A2 and a HD Zenmuse gimbal.. if not forget it.

One major failing for me at the moment with LB2 is lack of IOC..

Typical DJI...  release half baked untested products and get the masses to do it for them...

I would stay clear of LB2 until it matures..

I';ve set up IOC using the rotary/press switch.