Zerotech DOBBY User manual

UserManual

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TableofContents

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Legend..................................................................................................................... 1

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Symbols................................................................................................................................................1

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SuggestedUsage................................................................................................................................................1

DownloadingtheApp..........................................................................................................................................1

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ProductOverview..................................................................................................................... 2

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Summary.......................................................................................................................................................2

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FunctionalHighlights................................................................................................................................................2

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aircraftpartnames.....................................................................................................................................3

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Aircraft........................................................................................................................ 5

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Summary............................................................................................................................................5

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AircraftOn/offSwitchandPowerIndicatorLight.....................................................................................................5

AircraftStatusIndicatorLight...................................................................................................5

GPSPositioning....................................................................................................................................................6

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OpticFlowandUltrasonicLocalization............................................................................................................6

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FlightData................................................................................................................................................7

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Propeller....................................................................................................................................................7

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Battery.......................................................................................................................................................7

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Camera..................................................................................................................................................10

Micro‐USBPort...................................................................................................................................................10

ResetButton...................................................................................................................................................11

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App...................................................................................................................................................12

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Summary............................................................................................................................................................12

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MainUserInterface...........................................................................................................................................12

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AccountUpgradingandFunctionsUnlocking

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AppSettings.......................................................................................................................................................15

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MediaLibrary..................................................................................................................................................17

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Flying/Photo‐shooting .................................................................................................................19

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FlightEnvironmentRequirements............................................................................................................................19

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FlightRestrictions..............................................................................................................................................19

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CheckbeforeFlight...................................................................................................................................20

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CompassCalibration..........................................................................................................................................20

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ProtectionMeasuresforFlight................................................................................................................................21

UsingtheAppforFlying/Photo‐shooting..........................................................................................................21

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AppendixParameterSpecifications...................................................................................27

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Legend

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Symbols

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WarningNote

SuggestedUsage

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ZerotechhasprovidedthefollowingmanualsforDOBBYusers:

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ListofArticles

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GuideonBatterySafety

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Disclaimer

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DOBBY’sQuickStartGuide

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DOBBYUserManual

TolearnhowtouseDOBBY,wesuggestyoureadtheprovidedmanualsinthisorder:ListofArticles,Guideon

BatterySafety,DisclaimerandthentheDOBBY’QuickStartGuide.Ifyouwanttolearnmore,thenreadtheDOBBY

UserManual.

DownloadingtheApp

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Beforeusingthisproduct,youneedtodownloadandinstalltheDo.Funapp.YoucanscantheQRcodefrom

Zerotech’sofficialwebsitewww.zerotech.comordownloaditfromyourphone’sAppstore.

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TheDo.FunappsupportsAndroid4.3andabove/iOS8.0andabove.

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ProductOverview

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ThissectionwillcoverDOBBY’sfunctionalcharacteristicsandtheaircraftpartnames.

Summary

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DOBBYisaportableandeasytouse‘Selfie‐aircraft’.ItconsistsoftheaircraftitselfandtheDo.Funapp.

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Throughusingtheapp,youcancontrolDOBBY’sflightandtakephotos.Theappalsoallowsyoutogivevoice

commands,useearphonesandothermethodsforsimpleandeasycontrolofDOBBY.

FunctionalHighlights

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Inordertogiveusersaquickandsafeselfieexperience,DOBBYisequipped

withavarietyofgreatfunctions:

TheApp

TheaccompanyingappisspecificallydevelopedforusewithDOBBYandisreallysimple

touse.Itcanbeusedinplaceofaremotecontrollerforflightcontrolandphoto‐

shooting.

OpticFlowandUltrasonicWavePositioning

Thispositioningsystemcombinesmotionanalysiswithanultrasonicdistance

measurerandsupportsindoorflight.

HighDefinitionPhoto‐shooting

Equippedwithaprofessionalhighdefinitioncamerathatsupports4208x3120photosand

shoots1920x1080videorecordings.

10sAuto‐TrackVideoShooting

Allowingyoutozoominandoutjustlikeinfilms,the10sauto‐trackvideoshootingturns

youintoadirectorfor10seconds.

DigitalImageStabilization

Afterdigitalimagestabilization,your4Kvideofootagebecomesa1080phighdefinitionvideos.

Thevideoswon’tbeblurryevenifyou’reflyingduringrecording.

Take‐off/LandinginthePalmofYourHand

DOBBYcantake‐offfromandlandsafelyinthepalmofyour

hand.

VoiceControl

YoucangivevoicecommandsthroughtheapptocontrolDOBBY’s

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flightandtakephotos.

SharingattheClickofaButton

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ShareyourphotosdirectlywithyourfriendsonWeChat,Weibo,Facebookorothersocialmediawebsites.

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AircraftPartNames

1.Camera2.Propeller3.Jib‐arm4.AircraftOn/OffSwitch

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5.ResetButton6.Micro‐USBPort7.Battery8.BatteryStatus

Button

9.BatteryStatus

IndicatorLight

10.OpticFlowand

UltrasonicWavePositioning

Module

11.A ircraftStatus

IndicatorLight

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Aircraft

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Summary

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DOBBYmainlyconsistsofaflightsystem,positioningsystems,communicationsystem,apowersupplyanda

camera.Thesectionwillexplainthefunctionsofeachofthesepartsoftheaircraft.

AircraftOn/OffSwitchandPowerIndicatorLight

Theaircraft’sOn/OffSwitchhasaninbuiltpowerindicatorlight.

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Holdtheon/offswitchfor2seconds.Waituntilthelightstartsflashingblue,thenremoveyourfingerandthedrone

willswitchon.

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Afterafewseconds,thedronewillmakeanoisealertingyouthattheESChasturnedon.

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Afterconnectingtotheapp,thepowerindicatorlightwillturnblue.

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Holdtheon/offswitchfor3seconds.Whenthebluelightgoesout,removeyourfingerandthedronewillswitchoff.

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AircraftStatusIndicatorLight

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OnthetailendofthedronethereisanLEDindicatorlightthatchangescolor.Thisshowsthestatusoftheaircraft.

Thestatusindicatorlightsoftheaircraftandtheirassociatedmeaningareasfollows:

AircraftStatusIndicatorLightColorMeaning

NormalStatus

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WarningandAbnormalStatus

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AssistancePrompts

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BluelightGPSPositioning

BlueflashinglightOpticFlowandUltrasonicWavePositioningError

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GreenflashinglightGPSError

GreenandYellowflashinglightUltrasonicWaveError

RedandYellowFlashingLightOpticFlowError

RedFlashingLightLowChargeWarning

RedLightNoChargeWarning

PurpleFlashingLightDualCompassError

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GreenLightCompassCalibration:Horizontal

WhiteLightCompassCalibration:Vertical

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GPSPositioning

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TheaircraftusesaGPS/GLONASSdualsatellitepositioningsystem.Thesatellitepositioningsystemis

GPSbased,withGLONASSactingasasupplementarysystem.

Duringoutdoorflight,theaircraftusesGPSpositioningwhenithasfoundaGPSsatellitenumber

largerthan7.

OpticFlowandUltrasonicWavePositioning

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Theaircraftwillusetheopticflowandultrasonicwavepositioningduringindoor

flight.IftheGPSsignalispoorduringoutdoorflight(ifthesatellitenumber

foundissmallerthan6),thentheaircraftwillautomaticallyswitchtoopticflow

andultrasonicwavepositioning.

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Theopticflowandultrasonicwavepositioningsystemcombinesmotionanalysis

tohorizontallypositiontheaircraftduringflightandanultrasonicdistance

measurertodeterminethedistancefromtheground.Itpositionstheaircraft

duringindoorflightandassiststheGPSpositioningsystemduringoutdoorflight.

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Theopticflowandultrasonicwavepositioningmoduleislocatedonthebaseof

theaircraft.Itconsistsofanopticalflowcameraandanultrasonicwavesensor.

UsageConditionsandRestrictions

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Theopticflowandultrasonicwavepositioningsystemisusedforindoorflight.Itisalsousedforoutdoorflightif

theGPSsignalisweak.Theoperatingheightrangeforthispositioningsystemis0.5‐3m.

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Whenusingthispositioningsystem,aftertheaircrafthasbegunflyingandascendedto0.5m,itwilldetermineif

therequirementsforusingthissystemhavebeenmet.Iftheyhavenot,itwillinitiatelanding.Iftherequirements

arenotmetforthissystemduringflight,theaircraftwillalsoinitiatelanding.

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Requirementsfortheopticflowandultrasonicwavepositioningsystem:Whenusingthissystem,thearea

underneaththeaircraftneedsbehaveanoticeabletexturedsurface.Userscanputasquareclothontheground,

tableoroveranylarge,flatsurfacetoprovidetherequiredtexturedsurface.

Theopticflowandultrasonicwavepositioningsystemmaynot

workunderthesecircumstances,pleaseusecarefully:

 Aboveuniformly‐colouredsurfaces(Likecompletelyblack,whiteetc.);

 Abovestronglyreflectiveorinvertedsurfaces;

 Abovewaterorclearobjects;

 Abovepeopleormovingobjects;

 Areaswithrapidlychanging/flashinglights;

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 Abovetexturedsurfacesthataretoobareortoocluttered;

 Aboveobjectsormaterialsthateasilyabsorbultrasonicwaves;

 Aboveverybrightorverydarkobjects/materials.

 Ensurethattheopticalflowcamerasurfaceisclear.

Whiletheopticflowandultrasonicwavesystemisoperating,pleasedonotuseDOBBYnear

otherultrasonicequipment,includingotherdrones.

Theultrasonicwavesensorwillemitwavesthatareinaudibletohumansbutmaycausedistress

tosomeanimals.Pleasedon’tuseDOBBYclosetoanimalswhileusingthispositioningsystem.

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Flight

Data

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DOBBYwillbegintorecordflightdatafromthemomentyouturniton.Itwillstoprecordingthedataoncethe

powersourceisturnedoff.Thedatafilewillbesenttoyourmedialibrary.Thenameofthefilewillbethetime

whenthedatawasrecorded.Youcandownloadthefiledirectlytoyourmobiledevicefromtheapp.

Propell

er

DOBBYhas4sets(8blades)of3inchlongfoldablepropellerblades.Thebladesarealreadyfitted,usersonlyneedto

expandthejib‐armsbeforeflight.Whenyou’redoneflying,foldthejib‐armsandpropellersintothebaseofthe

dronetopreventdamagingthem.

Thepropellersbladeshaveeither‘A’or‘B’onthetoptoindicatein

whichdirectiontheyspin,asshownonthefirstpicture

ontheright.

ReplacingthePropellerBlades

Oldpropellerbladesmustbereplacedwithnewblades

thatspininthesamedirection.Propellerbladeswithan

‘A’ontopmustbereplacedwithnewbladesthatalso

havean‘A’,oneswitha‘B’ontopmustbereplacedwith

newbladesthathavea‘B’,asinthefirstpictureonthe

right.

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Methodforreplacingthepropellerblades:Useascrewdrivertoloosen

thescrews,removetheoldpropellerbladesandfitthenewon

propellerbladesontothebase,asshowninthesecondpicture

ontheright.

Pleaseensurethatthepropelleristightlyscrewedin,topreventagainstthescrewscomingloose

andthepropellersbladesfallingoffduringflight.Itwillneedtoberetightenedafterevery10hours

offlight.

Battery

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ThebatteryisdesignedspecificallyforusewithDOBBY.Ithasacapacityratingof970mAhandanominal

voltageof7.6V.Thebattery’scharacteristicsareasfollows:

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Chargestatus:Thebatterycomeswithabatterystatusindicatorlight,whichshowsthebattery’s

currentcharge;

 BalanceChargingProtection:automaticbalanceofthebattery’sinternalcellvoltagetopreservethebattery;

 OverchargeProtection:Overchargingcanseriouslydamagethebattery.Thebatterywillstopchargingonceit

hasreached8.7V;

 Over‐dischargeProtection:Over‐dischargingcanseriouslydamagethebattery.Thebatterywillceaseoutput

whenthedischargehasreached4.6V;

 Short‐circuitProtection:Ifthebatteryshort‐circuits,itwillceaseoutputtoprotectitself.Before

usingDOBBY,ensurethatthebatteryisfullycharged.Formoredetailsaboutchargingthebattery,

pleaserefertothe“ChargingtheBattery”sectiononpage9.

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UsingtheBattery

BeforeusingDOBBY,pleaseputbatteriesinthebatterycompartment.

 Pleasedon’tremovethebatterieswhileDOBBYisturnedon.

 Don’tusedamagedorswollenbatteries.

 Inhotenvironments,bemindfulofthebatteryoverheating.

 Ifthebatterygivesoffastrangesmell,startsburning,changesshape/colourorshowsanytypeof

changeduringuse,whilechargingorinstorage,removethebatteryimmediatelyanddonotcontinuetouseit.

Incolderenvironments thebattery’susagetimemaydrop.Pleasechargethebatterypriortouseandkeep

itwarm.Youcanwarmitupinthebatterycompartment.Waituntilithascompletelywarmingup

beforeflyingagain.

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BatteryStatusIndicatorLights

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Thebatteryalsohasabatterystatusindicatorlight.Itissetupasinthepicturebelow

LED 1

LED 2

LED 3

LED 4

  

 

ThebatterystatusindicatorlightsareplacedinorderasLED1,LED2,LED3andLED4.Pressthebatterystatus

buttontoseethecurrentcharge.Theindicatorlightswillautomaticallyturnoffafter3seconds.Theindicator

light’sstatusandthecorrespondingchargeamountsareasfollows:

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0-25%

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25-50%

50-75%

75-100%

ChargingtheBattery

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Thebatterycomeswithacharger,adapter,andaUSBcable.

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ChargeStatusIndicatorLight

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Charger

Type‐CPort

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Adaptor

USBPort

Plugthebatteryintothecharger.UsetheUSBcabletoconnectthechargertotheadaptor.Plugtheadaptorintoa

power‐pointandthedevicewillbegincharging.

Thechargeruseshighspeedtechnology.Usingittogetherwiththeaccompanyingadaptorallowsforfast

charging.Thechargestatusindicatorlightwillturnorangeduringfastcharge.Ifyoudon’tusetheprovided

adaptor,thedevicemayonlybeabletoachieveslowcharge.Thechargestatusindicatorlightwillturnredduring

slowcharge.

Ifthechargestatusindicatorlightturnsgreen,thismeansthebatteryisfullycharged.Pleaseturnoffthepower

sourceandremovethebatteryfromthecharger.Thechargestatusindicatorlight’sstatusandtheircorresponding

meaningsareasfollows:

ChargeStatus

IndictorLight

ColourMeaning

OrangeLightFastCharge

RedLightSlowCharge

GreenLightFullyCharged

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GreenFlashing

Light

ConnecttoPower

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RedFlashingLightError

WesuggestyouusetheprovidedDOBBYZerotechbatterychargingequipmenttochargethe

battery.Anyissuesthatoccurduetouseofotherchargingequipmentshallbetheresponsibilityof

theuser.

 Userscanuseamobilepowerpacktochargethebattery.

 Theadaptorcanonlybeusedinareasthatarebelow2000mabovesealevel.

Camera

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DOBBYisequippedwithahighdefinitioncamerathatcantake4208x3120photosandshoot

1920x1080videos.

CameraPitchAngleLimit

Thecamera’spitchanglelimitis:‐90°~22.5°.Itisdividedinto6rotations,everyrotationbeing22.5°.Theanglesfor

smallesttolargestare:‐90°,‐67.5°,‐45°,‐22.5°,0,22.5°.

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TheCamera’sMaximumAngleandElevation

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Anyadjustmentsofthepitchangleneedtobedonemanually.Pushthecameratothedesiredangleuntilitfeels

fixedintopositionandthatitwillnotslidearound.

Micro‐USBPort

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WhileDOBBYisturnedon,usetheprovidedUSBcableandadaptortoconnectDOBBYtoyourcomputer.Youcan

thencopyyourphotosandvideorecordingsontoyourcomputer.

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 DOBBYmustbeturnedonforittobeabletoconnecttoyourcomputer.

 DOBBY’sMicro‐USBportcanonlybeconnectedtodatacommunicationinterfaces,donotconnect

topowersources.

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ResetButton

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Holddowntheresetbuttononthebaseoftheaircraftfor3secondstoresettheWi‐Fi,including:

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1.ThedefaultSSIDandpassword:

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SSID:Dobby‐xxxxxx,the‘xxxxxx’arethelast6alphanumericdigitsoftheWi‐Fi’sMACaddress.Password:zerotech

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2.TheWi‐Fifrequency,whichwillresetto2.4GHz.

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