Camera Senor Error Yesterday

[NJSpark]

Hey All,

went out to do a quick flight yesterday after work and a few seconds in i get an error "Warings:Camera Sensor Error" . I brought it back (only 30ft away) and landed. Then i restarted the drone and no more issues while finishing off that battery.
I wanted to try again so i went out two more times and no issues. I seems like the restart did it. I am now just worried and not sure if I trust it 100%. No crashes in a total of 42 flights.
-Should I keep flying and testing to see if it happens again?
-Should I refresh the firmware or downgrade and test (currently running .1000)
-any ideas or if any of you have run into this in the past and it just went away?

Attached is a screen shot of the air data with the warning. I did some research and most who have this error for them it happens every time they start up and a simple power on and off did not fix it for them. So this could be a one off.
Let me know your thoughts.

 

[NJSpark]

No one ?

 

[Andre Levite]

Sometimes the error message was the error. A camera sensor that is truly faulty isn’t going to be fixed with a simple restart.

A true “Camera Sensor Error” is a very uncommon occurrence. If it never happened before and never happens again I would not forget about it. It’s not gonna cause a crash but you were wise to cut the flight short.

This even used to happen on commercial jumbo jets - the cockpit warning light could falsely light when there was no real equipment issue (other than the warning light itself). Caused many many flight delays.

 

[NJSpark]

Thank you for the response. Even if the screen went blank at the time? I also flew twice yesterday and no issues and yesterday over here was 93 degrees so it was hot and humid. I figured if anything would happen heat and humidity would bring it back on but it did not.

 

[Andre Levite]

Thank you for the response. Even if the screen went blank at the time? I also flew twice yesterday and no issues and yesterday over here was 93 degrees so it was hot and humid. I figured if anything would happen heat and humidity would bring it back on but it did not.

That’s a little different. If screen went dark there probably really was an error.

But I still think it was a software crash and not a true Camera Sensor Error. A hardware error wouldn’t be fixed by a restart and be likely to occur repeatedly with continued use. I think you were wise to bring down the Spark — not because you lost picture view but because one software crash can lead to another and then power off other disastrous behavior.

If it’s just been a one time thing I’d file it into memory but not worry unless other bad actions

Cellphones have many of the same components and this happens all the time — the phone initiates a command and then promptly crashes. But difference because Spark could be 300 feet AGL.

 

[NJSpark]

Thank you Andre! I will keep an eye on it and see (hopefully not) if it happens again. I agree if it was really a hardware issue it would be consistent and a restart would not correct it. I will report back if I run into the issue again.

Thank you

 

[Northwood Mediaworks]

Cameras and all sensors clean?

 

[NJSpark]

Hi Northwood
I got the error again today flew 2 times this morning no issues. Then this evening first flight 30ft up got the error again. Landed restarted then it was perfect the next 2 flights. If it was hardware it think it would be consistent and not cured with a restart. I am wondering if If i should re-flash it with the .1000 or downgrade to.900 . to see if it goes away for good.
Is it clean? I mean if you look at it its clean. I did blow in it a few times to make sure .I just dont want to have to send it in and it nothing and they touch it and something else goes wrong. (heard a lot of stories)

Let me know if you think I should reflash it and see if that helps? Or reset it back to default.

Thank you