Maintenance, Repair and Troubleshooting
7 Maintenance and repair of the eBee
Goal of this section: This section describes how to update accom-
panying software and on-board firmware, keep your drone in good
working condition and perform small repairs such as cracks in the air-
frame.
7.1 Updating the eBee software
Occasionally, senseFly Ltd releases a software upgrade for the eBee to provide ad-
ditional features to our users or to correct potential issues. As of version 2.0.2,
eMotion will check for new versions during start-up⁵⁰ and will display a message
with update instructions if a new version is available. We recommend, however,
that you check the senseFly Ltd website regularly for updates to ensure you have
the latest version of the software.
Caution: We are constantly working to improve the performance of
our products and we are dedicated to providing our customers with
the newest software as soon as it becomes available. Since the high-
est level of flight safety can only be achieved with the latest software
release, senseFly Ltd can only offer warranty service for products that
have been properly updated.
To upgrade eMotion or Postflight Terra 3D to the latest version, download the in-
staller from the senseFly Ltd website and follow the standard install procedure
(seesection ‘Installing eMotion, PostflightTerra3D, and theground modemdrivers’
on page 18). It is not necessary to uninstall previous version of eMotion before in-
stalling the new one.
Every version of eMotion is packaged with an accompanying firmware revision
whichmust be installed on the drone beforeit can be used. To upgrade thefirmware
of the eBee follow these steps:
⁵⁰ provided that there is an internet connection
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