Well it works. And I love it. Wifi repeater is truly a must. ?
Yeah. Let me repeater myself. Yeah
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Well I started over again and so far so good. I'll keep my fingers crossed! Unfortunately we are having heavy rain and winds so only indoor flying for now
That's what I love about little Tello. When it's too nasty outside to fly a big GPS drone, I can buzz around inside the house, and under the carport or one of the covered porches.Unfortunately we are having heavy rain and winds so only indoor flying for now
Agreed... what's also strange to me is that some of the Mi 2 repeaters will forget their programming and some don't. I have two - one has never had to be reprogrammed, the other only once in over a year. But from what I read on this forum, it happens to some quite often.
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to all that can't connect: observe your WiFi connections. Tello can by only connected to one device at a time. The phone will try to connect to local wifi or the tello itself while the repeter is starting and this can couse different problems!
Disconnect from wifi's (on the phone) until repeater is blue. And then connect manually only to the _plus network. Try to "forget" the original tello wifi as you'll never need it anymore.
I even swap batteries on this setup while connected to everything. I land and turn off tello, swap batt and starts tello again. Waits for xiaomi repeater to got blue dot and then connect my phone to the _plus (it do not want to connect automatycly because this network don't have internet). Then go back to TelloFPV and it works fine.
Disconnect from wifi's (on the phone) until repeater is blue. And then connect manually only to the _plus network. Try to "forget" the original tello wifi as you'll never need it anymore.
I even swap batteries on this setup while connected to everything. I land and turn off tello, swap batt and starts tello again. Waits for xiaomi repeater to got blue dot and then connect my phone to the _plus (it do not want to connect automatycly because this network don't have internet). Then go back to TelloFPV and it works fine.
Thanks. A lot more you can do with it using the repeater. Bad day today though. I wouldn't fly my phantoms in this?❄?❄
what works everytime for me is: 1. turn phone on airplane mode. 2. turn on Tello 3. Turn on the extender. 4. Turn on WiFi in you phone (airplane mode turns it off) 5. In your phone you should see the connect with the underscore ( ""_plus) Connect to that if it is not done automatically
Folks - as I posted in other threads - I find the Xiaomi hard to get/buy (Banggood had to give up and finally gave me a refund as they couldn't deliver). I found the TP-Link TL-WR802N much simpler to setup (for one thing - you don't have to rename the Tello network name).
Initial test shows that without the repeater - the Tello flight distance was about 40 meters / 130 feet. With this repeater - it was at 99 meters / 324 feet and still going (but I ran out of battery). Will post that video soon.
Initial test shows that without the repeater - the Tello flight distance was about 40 meters / 130 feet. With this repeater - it was at 99 meters / 324 feet and still going (but I ran out of battery). Will post that video soon.
