Drone Amplified Ignis Quick start guide

Ignis v1.2 Operational Manual
DJI M600 Variant
Hardware Version v1.1.3
Firmware Version 570
Android App Version 2.6.1
Drone Amplified, INC
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Contents
1 General 8
1.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.2 Size and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.3 Battery and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.4 Safety Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.5 Android App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.6 Control Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.7 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.8 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.9 Environmental Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.10 Ignition Spheres and Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.11 Storage and Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.12 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2 Supporting Equipment 20
2.1 Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.2 Laptop with DJI Assistant 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.3 Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.4 Tarp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.5 Antenna Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3 Normal Procedures 22
3.1 Preflight Inspection Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.2 Matrice 600 Pro Preflight Inspection Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.3 Starting Dropping and Ignitions Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.4 Stopping Ignitions Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.5 Reloading Between Flights Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.6 Post Flight Inspection Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.7 Preparing for Storage Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4 Amplified Normal Procedures 28
4.1 Preflight Inspection Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.1.1 Ignition, Flight Plan, and Emergency Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.1.2 Environmental Conditions and Forecast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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4.1.3 Inspect for Visible Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.1.4 Bottom Hatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.1.5 Dropper Attached to Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.1.6 Dropper Wires Connected to Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.1.7 Disarm Ignis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.1.8 Emergency Release Dials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.1.9 DJI Mode Set to P or F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.1.10 Battery Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.1.11 Battery Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.1.12 Verify Puncture Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.1.13 Start Ignis App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.1.14 Ignis App Ignis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.1.15 Ignis Battery Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.1.16 Injection Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.1.17 Reservoir and Syringes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.1.18 Dropper Needle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4.1.19 Hopper Attached to Drone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.1.20 Hopper Cable Connected to Drone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.1.21 Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.1.22 (OPTIONAL) Ignis Safety Tethers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.1.23 Drone Preflight Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.1.24 (OPTIONAL) Start Test Ignitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.1.25 Stop Dropping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.1.26 Check Ignis Status in App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.1.27 Create Geofence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.1.28 Fill Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.1.29 Ready for Takeoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.2 Starting Dropping and Ignitions Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.2.1 Arm Ignis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.2.2 Check Ignis Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.2.3 Ensure Drop Area Clear and Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.2.4 Press Start Dropping button in App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.2.5 Check Ignis Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.3 Stopping Ignitions Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.3.1 Press Stop Dropping button in App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.3.2 Check Ignis Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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4.3.3 Disarm Ignis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.4 Reloading Between Flights Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.4.1 Disarm Ignis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.4.2 Emergency Release Dials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.4.3 Ignis App Ignis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.4.4 Ignis Battery Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.4.5 Remove Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.4.6 Reservoir and Syringes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.4.7 Attach Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.4.8 Drone Preflight Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.4.9 (OPTIONAL) Start Test Ignitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.4.10 Stop Dropping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.4.11 Fill Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.4.12 Ready for Takeoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.5 Post Flight Inspection Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.5.1 Drone Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.5.2 Bottom Hatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.5.3 Ignis Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.5.4 Inspect for Visible Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.6 Preparing for Storage Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.6.1 Perform Preflight Inspection Steps “Inspect for Visible Damage” (4.1.3)
through “Ignis Battery Level” (4.1.15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.6.2 Remove Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.6.3 Empty Syringes and Reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.6.4 Flush With Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.6.5 Check Needles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.6.6 Disconnect Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.6.7 Remove Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.6.8 Dropper Wires Disconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.6.9 Disconnect Dropper from Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.6.10 Disconnect Hopper Wires from Drone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.6.11 Disconnect Hopper from Drone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.6.12 Empty Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.6.13 Clean Hatch Tracks and Chutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.6.14 Clean System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.6.15 Inspect for Visible Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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4.6.16 Store in Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
5 Emergency Procedures 57
5.1 Communication Failure Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.2 In-Flight Fire Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.3 Stuck Ignition Sphere After Landing Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6 Amplified Emergency Procedures 58
6.1 Communication Failure Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.1.1 Stop Ignitions and Dropping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.1.2 Alert Operators and Bystanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.1.3 Visually Verify Dropping Stopped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.1.4 Return Drone to Landing Zone and Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.1.5 Perform Post Flight Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.2 In-Flight Fire Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.2.1 Check for In-Flight Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.2.2 Disarm Ignis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.2.3 Fly Over Safe Ignition Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.2.4 Trigger Dropper Emergency Ejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.2.5 Return Drone to Landing Zone and Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.2.6 Perform Post Flight Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.3 Stuck Ignition Sphere After Landing Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.3.1 Bottom Hatches Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.3.2 Ignis Power Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.3.3 Battery Disconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.3.4 Remove Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.3.5 Remove Needle Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.3.6 Dropper Wires Disconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.3.7 Disconnect Dropper from Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.3.8 Manually Remove Stuck Ignition Sphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7 Ignis Android App 61
7.1 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
7.2 Privacy and Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
7.3 Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
7.3.1 First Time Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
7.3.2 Connecting the Remote Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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7.4 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
7.5 Download Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
7.5.1 New Offline Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
7.5.2 Managing Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
7.5.3 Elevation Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
7.6 Map Overlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
7.7 Drone Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
7.7.1 Camera Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7.7.2 Remote Controller Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7.8 Flight Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7.9 Ignis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7.9.1 Connection Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7.9.2 Bluetooth Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7.9.3 Connecting through Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
7.9.4 Connecting through the Drone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7.10 Flying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.10.1 Map Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
7.10.2 Auto Takeoff / Auto Landing Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
7.10.3 Camera Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
7.10.4 Battery Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
7.10.5 Ignis Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
7.10.6 Geofencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
7.10.7 Waypoints Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
7.10.8 Ignition Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
7.11 Privacy Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
8 Service and Maintenance 110
8.1 Every Flight Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
8.2 Daily Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
8.3 Periodic Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
8.3.1 Inspecting Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
8.3.2 Cleaning Lead Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
8.3.3 Replacing A Needle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
9 Installation on DJI Matrice 600 117
9.1 DJI Channel Expansion Kit Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
9.2 Interface Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
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9.3 DJI Software Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
9.4 DJI Onboard SDK Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
10 Older Ignis Material 124
10.1 Installing Dropper Needles with Thumbscrew Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
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1 General
This manual covers the operation of the Ignis system with the following configuration:
•Hardware version v1.1.3
•Firmware version 570
•Android App version 2.6.1
Ensure that you are using the proper manual for the version of your system.
This section provides a general overview and discusses the requirements and limitations
of the system. The following sections provide checklists for normal operation (Section 3) and
emergency procedures (Section 5). The checklist items utilize a standard challenge-response
type format with any special notes or warnings included after the checklist item, such as:
1.Challenge:Response
WARNING: Location of warnings or notes
In addition, Sections 4 and 6 provide amplified normal and emergency procedure check-
lists, respectively, with additional detail and instructions. These should be thoroughly read
before operation. Finally, Section 8 discusses required service and maintenance and Section 9
discusses initial installation of Ignis on a DJI Matrice 600.
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1.1 Overview
Figure 1: Overview of the Ignis system.
The Ignis system is shown in Figure 1. The top component of it is called the Hopper and
holds the ignition spheres. The bottom component is called the Dropper and performs the
puncturing and injection of the ignition spheres. The Dropper has a dual-mechanism with
two sides, A and B, to allow dropping of ignition spheres at a maximum rate of approximately
30 ignition spheres per minute.
This manual covers the operation of the Ignis when used with a DJI Matrice 600 (M600).
It connects to the mounting rails of the M600 and receives commands over communication
link from the M600 controller. The Ignis system includes a number of safety systems. This
includes onboard monitoring of the system status, onboard sensors, the ability to detach the
Dropper remotely, and integrates camera feed for enhanced awareness. See the following
sections for details on connecting and using the Ignis system. For first time installation of
Ignis on the M600, see Section 9.
This manual provides standard checklists for typical operation and conditions. In addition
to following the guidelines in this manual, we recommend:
•Integrating and modifying these checklists based on your specific operating setup and
conditions.
•Setting up the drone operational area away from the ignition area, but at a location
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that can easily be defended in case of fire.
•Have fire extinguishing and fire safety equipment and processes at the drone operational
area.
•Be aware of where the drone may fly in case the drone loses communication and per-
forms an automatic return to home (if configured to do so).
•Be aware of your surroundings and to maintain visual line of sight of both the drone
and the ignition area.
•Abide by any and all recommendations from the drone manufacturer.
•Follow all fire and drone operational recommendations and best practices.
•Follow all federal, state, and local regulations.
1.2 Size and Weight
352
315
243
176
DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETERS
A A
B B
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
Figure 2: Dimensions of the Ignis system.
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