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Betaflight Troubleshooting

Are you having problems with your Betaflight multicopter. Follow this guide to resolve your problems.

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No USB Connection / FC not recognized

  • Make sure the LED's on your flight controller light up once you plug the USB cable in
  • Check the USB port for damage, dirt or coating that prevents connection
  • When using USB-C to USB-C or USB-C to microUSB cable, try to use USB-A to USB-C or USB-A to microUSB cable
  • Install the correct drivers using the ImpulseRC driver fixer
  • Make sure you have no short on your FC and the polarity of all soldered devices is correct
  • If only one red led lights up, the FC is in DFU mode. Try to reconnect the cable

Enter DFU Mode

  • In the newer Betaflight Configurators you can access DFU mode by pressing the Button “Activate Boot Loader / DFU” in the setup tab
  • Else you can write dfu into the CLI and confirm by pressing enter
  • Also you can press the boot button while plugin in your USB cable to the fc
  • Once in DFU mode the red led of the FC should light up solid and Betaflight Configurator recognizes the FC in DFU mode
  • If that is not the case install the correct drivers with the ImpulseRC driver fixer

I can not arm my quad

  • There are a lot of things that can prevent a quad from arming
  • First remove the propellers and or use a smoke stopper
  • Plug in the usb cable and connect to betaflight
  • Power on your transmitter that should already be bound to your RX
  • Power up your quad using a power supply or matching LiPo battery
  • Now go to the setup tab in Betaflight configurator and try to arm your quad using the assigned arm switch
  • You now should see some “Arming disabled flags” pop up in the info section at the right side of your screen.
  • Proceed here if you don't see any arming flags
  • Check if you get any receiver input –> Section Receiver
  • Check if your modes are set correct –> Section Modes
  • Proceed here if you see any arming flags
  • Remember the Arming Disable Flag that you are getting and have a look at this table Arming Disable Flags

I get no receiver input

  • Make sure your transmitter is powered on
  • Make sure your receiver is powered on. Depending on the model you have to power up your quad and usb power is not enough to power the receiver.
  • Make sure your transmitter is bound to your receiver.
  • Check that the output map of your receiver matches your desired link protocol and wiring.
  • Check the wiring on your FC. For this look up a pinout of your receiver and FC. Make sure RX and TX are crossed. So receiver RX –> FC TX and receiver TX –> FC TX. Also remember the UART number of this port.
  • Go into the ports tab in the Betaflight Configurator and make sure you select “Serial RX” on the port you solderd your RX on.
  • To check connection go to the “Receiver Tab” in Betaflight configurator and see if the bars move with your input.
  • Make sure to select the correct Receiver Mode and Serial Receiver Provider for your receiver. Most new receivers use Serial and CRSF.

Modes

GPS is not working

My quad flips out on arming

I get no OSD

Unlock my VTX

public/betaflight-troubleshooting.txt · Last modified: 2024/12/09 18:01 by admin

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