Gimble Controller

[hoveringal]

Well I did it and bought a $50.00 gimble off of E-Bay - it has two brushless motors and a BGC 2.0 controller. Right out of the box it powers up and slowly starts to point downward. I made sure the go pro was perfectly balanced as the instructions say. I am thinking the board came out of alignment or something. I saw replacement boards which are BGC 3.1 on E-bay too. Are these all interchangable? I just want a nice gimble that can work independantly from the on board flight controller. Any help is always appreciated.

 

[SleepyC]

Have you tried to tune it? Some do not come tuned.

 

[hoveringal]

Actually tried but having one heck of a time getting the software to download. Think I need a driver or something. I read these things come rightout of the box working perfectly. If a replacement controller board will fix it, I will just replace it. If someone has the links for the software and drivers, I'll try that too...

 

[SleepyC]

If it's a BGC based off alexmos, just download the latest Alexmos GUI and you should be ready to go.

 

[Motopreserve]

Iread these things come rightout of the box working perfectly

Unfortunately none of these actually work perfectly out of the box. In my experience, even the more expensive gimbals/controllers need some fine tuning.

Best to follow Sleepy's advice and get the alexmos GUI going - and get familiar with it. That's if it's an alexmos board.

The drivers can be tricky to get working. Are you on Windows? Which version?