DJI Phantom 2 with Ground Station, iOSD mini, AVL-58 installed.
The ipad vesion of ground station works fine, no problems. But I have been playing with the PC version because there is more you can do on the PC version.
I have a laptop with a dual core 1.66Mhz processor, Windows XP professional...
I have the Ground Station on my Phantom 2 with Zenmuse H3-3D, IOSD mini and AVL-58 video downlink. Everything works very well together. You do need a can bus port for your GS. The GS does not work on a iphone (You can't even install GS on a iphone). You must have at least a ipad 2 or newer...
No you do not need a battery if you connect to PC. The ground station comes with a cable that has 2 usb connectors on one end, you plug both of these into ports on your PC. One of these is the data and one is power thru USB for the Ground Station.
I have a Phantom 2 with H3-3D gimbal, iosd mini, avl-58, ground station installed. Everything is working excellent but I see in the Phantom 2 spec it should be within .8 meter for vertical reading. I am consistently showing 5m when sitting on the ground after the phantom is all booted an locked...