DJI wookong connecting to gimbal HELP

[propwash3d]

I have a dji s800 with djiwookong m...all is working well. I just rectently bought a RCtimer go pro gimbal, came with a PMU and board the motors have 2 servos leads comming out of the motor fpr pitch and roll. Do i just plug those sevro leads into the ports on the wookong? Im not sure how to connect the Off brand to the wookong. Im assuming thegimbal needs power and the servo leads will just control the tilt and roll....any direction on this would be great...Im thiking i should have went with the zenmuse for go pro...please help

 

[Jindalee10368]

Anybody?

I have a similar question:
Can the Wookong-M gimbal ports drive traditional type servos?
(Already appreciate that you would only connect ground & signal lines to WK and servo power would come from elsewhere)

I just want a basic adjustable tilt arrangement for a stills camera.


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[JimM]

There are far more experienced flyers on here than me but as no one has answered yet I'll add my limited info:
Yes, the WKM F1/F2 ports can provide control signals for tilt and roll control on standard servos BUT *only on a hex or less *
If its on an Octo all ports are used for motor control.
On my professionally built rig only a single wire from each of the F1/F2 data ports signal pins are connected. The live and ground are taken from a BEC.
You need to enable the gimbal in WKM assistant.

 

[Jindalee10368]

Hi Jim

Thanks for posting.
I wasn't 100% certain if they were true servo outputs.

I'm aware of the eight outputs, but looking at a quad, so will never be a problem.

As I am only shooting stills (@ 1/250 - 1/320), the Wookong's own gimbal feature will be just fine.
If it tends to balance out any pitch wobbles when framing a shot, then bonus.

...Just downloaded and had a quick play with the WKM Assistant.
Neat!

 

[JimM]

Do your servos have 3 core connectors?

 

[Jindalee10368]

Hi Jim

Haven't purchased anything yet.
Just researching every element of a quadcopter build to the nth degree.

I have a Hitech R/C system controlling another camera pan/tilt head (a home-brew system designed to sit on top of a pneumatic mast), so I am very familiar with the Hitech stuff.
The Hitec servos I use are traditional analogue closed-loop types, and my pan/tilt uses gears and servo hardware from Servo City.

For this quadcopter I will most likely go for a Futaba S-Bus radio system.
I can easily feed the gimbal pitch servo power from a suitable regulator (7805).

I need to study up on Futaba servos, but my normal go-to servo is the Hitec HS-645MG.
Only needs to tilt a 500g load, and the camera will have an internal focusing lens, (which means the lens doesn't extend in or out), so it maintains a fairly constant CG.
(unlike a lot of full-size dSLR lenses)

I'm assuming a Futaba S-Bus RX will talk to both analogue and digital servos?
Need to research that still.