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LED Indications

Three LEDs indicate the status of the device and its components - Positioning (GNSS), Remote ID (RID) and Status (STAT).

  • Positioning (GNSS) informs about the current state of the satellite positioning system.
  • Remote ID (RID) informs about everything related to the Network & Direct Remote ID functionality.
  • Status (STAT) informs about the overall device status.

Device States

Possible states are following:

Charging

Blue gradually pulsing on all indicators

The number of non-pulsing LEDs shows the current battery charge. E.g 50% charged, 1 solid and 1 pulsing blue LEDs, 100% charged = 3 solid blue LEDs. Battery charge can be briefly checked by short pressing the button once while turned off.

Waiting for Component

One or more indicators are pulsing yellow

Yellow means that the pulsing component is not ready for a flight or has a temporary outage. Wait for the component to get ready (green). In cases of poor signal, move to an area with better coverage. Find more information about this subject in Troubleshooting.

Flight is Ready to Start

All indicators are green lit

In this state, the device is ready for the flight to be started. Do the short press of the button to start your flight.

Dronetag Cloud Communication

Running green on all indicators

For the proper function of Network Remote ID, each flight needs to be successfully created and then ended on our cloud. It is indicated by running green LEDs (please keep in mind this may take some time). The communication may fail due to a poor cellular signal or internal error on the server-side. In this case, the device ends up in an error state end needs to be restarted.

Device in Flight

Flashing white on one or more indicators

In this state, the device sends the Network Remote ID data to our cloud and broadcasts Direct Remote ID data to everyone around via Bluetooth. The particular Remote ID technology is defined in the Configuration and cannot be changed during the flight.

Device in flight - Warning

Flashing white on STAT and pulsing yellow on RID/GNSS

GNSS or RID (or both) can have a temporary outage (e.g. lost GNSS or weak LTE). This will be indicated by pulsing a yellow LED on a component that is affected. Please note that Remote ID data cannot be refreshed in this state.

Turning Off

Running cyan on all indicators

The device is performing shutdown tasks and will soon turn off. Please wait until it finishes. If the device's cellular signal is poor or the configuration has changed, powering off might take up to one minute.

Updating Firmware

Running rainbow on all indicators

The firmware on the device is being updated to the latest version. Please do not turn off the device or disconnect it from the USB (if already connected). Wait for the update to be finished.

Device Recovery Mode

All indicators are white lit

The device has entered recovery mode. There are two situations when it might happen: 1) Device encountered fatal error in the firmware and needs to be hard restarted (4-8 s button press). 2) You have plugged the recovery dongle inside EXT port. In recovery mode, you are able to update the device firmware via USB.

Unrecoverable Error

One of the indicators is red lit

An unrecoverable error happened on the device side. It might be caused by various reasons, from GNSS/LTE timeout to the unreachable cloud for Network Remote ID functionality. Please turn the device off and on with a button long press (2 s). If the problem persists, go to Troubleshooting.

Temporary Error

One or more indicators are blinking red

Some user-oriented actions may fail due to the unreadiness of the device or its components. For example, this can happen if you want to start flight before the GNSS/RID is fully prepared or if you're going to turn on the device when discharged. Please try to repeat the action once the device is in the proper state.