Hi there,
Our school has recently purchased some Tello drones, hoping to use Droneblocks to program them for flight.
After connecting the Tello in Droneblocks, creating some code and attempting to ‘launch’ nothing happens?
Taking some advice, we were prompted to update the firmware on our Tellos in order for the extension to work, however our Firmware is up to date so we are unable to do download new firmware?
Any help would be appreciated!
Hi, after you connect to you see telemetry in the top of the screen like battery and altitude? As a side note we just released a new version this morning that will highlight the blocks as Tello executes its mission:
Let us know and we’ll be happy to help you get this resolved.
Hi there,
No altitude, just battery percentage? After a few attempts the firmware decided to come through and we’ve had some success. Works great now…must just take the app a while to pull it through?
Cheers
Glad to hear it’s working now. Please keep us posted on your progress!
Hi Dennis,
I am in the same boat of trying to update the firmware. I have watched Marisa’s video, but am not sure how to get to the Settings menu to update the drone firmware? I am able to connect to the drone, and can see the Batty %, and R,P,Y, but no altitude. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
–Steve
Actually Altitude is displaying. I figured out that you need to update the firmware from a phone or iPad?? Cannot use a PC. So I will try that.
Phone says that I am connected to Drone hotspot, but yellow light on drone is not green, just keeps flashing yellow. Cannot update firmware.
Opened app on Samsung phone and downloaded firmware update, but cannot connect to drone now. Sigh. Phone says that I am connected to Drone hotspot, but yellow light on drone is not green, just keeps flashing yellow. Cannot update firmware. Drone getting very hot.
Can you let us know what firmware version you currently have installed? Maybe it’s the latest version, but I want to double-check to make sure. Sometimes the firmware upgrade process can be a bit tricky.
Hi Dennis,
We have never done a firmware update. It says 0.0 on my phone. App version is 1.6.0.0. Trying to load v02.05.01.13 firmware.
ok, got firmware updated with an iPad, everything works now,
YES! Thanks for sharing. What did you ultimately do to get the Tello firmware update to work?
It must have been my phone was too old? I used an iPad at home and got it to update. Everything is working now. Thanks,
–Steve