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The sd card on the drone? There is a selection on the screen labelled “CVI” where you select what will be recorded. C is current(the image on the screen, a mix of thermal and visible), V is visible in 4k, and the I is infrared in 640P. The sd card in the controller cannot be set as the default storage for screen record or screen shot, those will always go to the RC Pro internal storage and the sd card on the controller is only meant to be for moving/copying excess files to make room or offload.

@@STRThermal thanks for kind reply.i dont need screen recording..i just want that my vids/pics always save un SD CARD.i was change 2 cards but i saw a message NO MEMORY CARD..i m really worried

@@STRThermal i put my card in RC2..

You saw "No Memory Card" with the card installed in the drone?

@@STRThermal yes..its say NO MEMORY CARD

As you increase route altitude, your field of view increases and reduces the time. For 700 acres, as you stated, at 150 ft AGL its about 8 hrs ish. It would take 3.5 hrs using the thermal field of view at 325ft AGL and standard overlap(in the advanced settings). You could reduce the overlap and save well over an hour. Are you hoping to count the thermal signatures after the fact from the collected images or live?

@@STRThermal yes, I am wanting to film in thermal mode as well and count after the fact. I cannot figure out how to make it stop taking still photos and switch it to thermal video. Thanks again! I've been on the phone with DJI multiple times and they are not much help.

@@ffshawn1 There is no option for turning off the photo collection. But I spec’d out in detail such a method to DJI, cross your fingers. Auto generated grid but more camera control flexibility like waypoints mode. It would be tedious but you could use waypoints instead and have the flexibility to record video instead.

@@STRThermal Waypoints would be fine too. Do you have a video on setting waypoints and then the aircraft can fly those waypoints in a certain order? Thanks

I don't have a video myself and most of the ones on TH-cam will be for the standard consumer Mavic 3, not the enterprise. But if you've done the regular "Area Route"/Mapping mission, the waypoints is pretty straight forward. You can choose start record, stop record at certain waypoints, you can use manual yaw and gimbal angle or set the yaw to "follow route" and the gimbal to a set angle(90 degrees). The latest manual also now covers these methods in details. dl.djicdn.com/downloads/DJI_Mavic_3_Enterprise/20240411/DJI_Mavic_3E_3T_User_Manual_EN.pdf

You’re correct, it would not work well on a bright sunny day. But so does thermal in general. Definitely best under the shade of the tailgate of my SUV or a sunshade/canopy. Night or a cloudy day I’ve had no issues and it’s plenty bright. The key is its simplicity, cost($300 involved), and efficiency(7-10 hrs on this little powerbank). Of course there are much brighter and higher quality setups but they will cost more and be more power hungry.

It’s about a 150 acre timber tract. I found 26(22 on cam) does and 4 bucks(per the description).

@STRThermal Wow that's a high density population, 1 deer for every 5 acres. Have you thought of filming them on a live hunt? I always wonder how they react to search lights, sound and lights of approaching vehicles, footsteps etc.

@@impactodelsurenterprise2440 Obviously, supporting the hunt would be highly illegal. And my viewpoint is that even just filming someone else's hunt as an onlooker could be misconstrued(by anti-hunters or the law) as contributing.

I assume you mean like the older Mavic 2 Enterprise(the Dual did this, I am not sure about the Advanced). The Mavic 3 does not do the overlay. But you can use side by side(the SBS button in the top right of your screen) which shows the thermal on one side of the screen and the zoom on the other. I'm not looking at my controls, but you may have to select link zoom(looks like two rings linked together in the top right when in the thermal view) before you get the SBS selection. I personally don't use the side by side as I don't like the waste of screen space, but I think it can be helpful for new thermal pilots to gain spatial awareness when in the thermal view. Hope that helps and answered your question.

Notice the zoom indicator in the top middle of the screen says 2x. The slide indicator is for the main zoom camera. The IR is upsized from the base image to the match the 1080p(on the controller screen) image of the visible camera. If you download IR images to the controller, you can see how small they are on the controller image viewer, for comparison.

@@STRThermal Okay, Thanks for the info and fast reply

Be cool if we had something we could mount to the PSDK port and scan the area for the tag(not sure if an airtag has that range) to supplement the thermal. Could be real helpful when the canopy is super thick with is almost all of spring/summer until the leaves drop in the thicker wooded area.

Finding a deer carcass that would have otherwise been lost to the coyotes is a disgrace? If we called in a dog to find it, is that also a disgrace? haha.

Haha :-D it’s a dealership. And yes a PIP like the newest firmware vision sensor views would help but I'd prefer that be an addtional(to what I show here in the center of the view) option, not the only option.

Yep, the tech and price has come a long way in recent years.

Works great, occasionally longer connection time(10-15 seconds) but otherwise great for the cost. The case can run 7+ hrs on the current 50k mah power bank. I’ve been happy with it and it’s super lightweight.

@@STRThermal awesome, Ive actually never screen casted is that built in or 3rd party app

@@photographywithbrallan1247 I added an app, but later found there is a native screencasting app. I’m not sure I covered that in any of my videos or not.

@@STRThermal would you happen to know the name?

@@photographywithbrallan1247 Oh looks like I deleted it and am using the native app. On your RC Pro settings menu, go to “Connected Devices”, then “Connection Preferences” and you should see a “cast” option. Once you have connected to something you’ll see the cast icon in your main menu.

Mine would be covering the port with short cable attached, then use a second cable to allow it to pull out of the first if tripped on. I’ve plugged up my Innoview to hdmi and I wasn’t impressed but I need to find the right cable combo too.

@@STRThermal ok well maybe with a left angle adapter, run the cable over to the other side beside the screw hole, screw it down / attach it and that would put some slack before the adapter creating a Strain Relief and not cover the ports.

My issue was I want to protect any force on the port(including resting it on anything....the hood of the car, my stomach, etc)...not just force of the cable weight/tension itself.

@@STRThermal gotcha. yeah thats part of why i drug my feet for so long and not gotten a M3T. I can foresee just the screen size alone i wouldnt like it. I run a 11 inch Galaxy Tab S7 with my M3. But im old and cant see crap! lol The M30T has come way down in price but still almost 2X the $. Kinda seems like just the RC Plus alone might be worth it. Now we got this possible DJI ban so i still fly my M3. lol

@@STRThermal what about a 3D printed cover that screws into each of the two holes? That way you could rest it against you and keep the force off the connectors. Leave a hole for the usb C for charging. Someone needs to make them and sell them.

Well the photos are on the drone and normally have to be downloaded from the drone to the controller. I am not sure on getting them into Flight Hub or if DJI has setup a more seamless direct upload(drone->controller->Flight Hub). I would almost think it would be faster to offload to the PC(USB-C or Card Reader) and then upload to Flight Hub.

I'd rather use the wireless method than cables anyway. The only reason I might go away from this wireless(casting) method(still researching alternatives) is because of the screen record/screen cast conflict I mention in this or another video...you can't do both at the same time. I need to screen record for youtube which prevents me from also casting for my customers viewing pleasure(or a larger screen for me).

Yeah i saw on ebay some chinese sellers have the RC Plus for numerous consumer drones plus the M3E series. Most of them dont have very good feedback. They are listed as "used". Price is from about $600 to $1000. Also a guy has a YT video about it. Looks like russian to me. Cant read or understand the guy or info. Where is the person with it for $1650?

If I'm not mistaken it looks like they are installing DJI FLY on them. So you loose all the Pilot 2 features too.

That’s exactly why I’m using the wireless method…I’ve had friends with damaged hdmi ports.

I never saw your hdmi "solution" by the way. Maybe I missed that comment or you forgot to put it. I'm a mechanical engineer and have considered a number of ideas myself.

You can use One Drive, Google Drive, or other file sharing app installed on the controller and phone. Is video shows One Drive. DJI RC Pro and RC Plus - Transfer or Sharing Files Wireless Method th-cam.com/video/OMWCyDcIYfs/w-d-xo.html

You're welcome. Welcome to the M3T family.

Wounded Buck Recovery - DJI Mavic 3T Thermal th-cam.com/video/tLj70XIZMbg/w-d-xo.html

High Hit Buck Found! - Saint Clair County Alabama - DJI Mavic 3T Thermal th-cam.com/video/tMekG3ONU6Y/w-d-xo.html

Buck Recovery in High Wind - Cleburne County Alabama - DJI Mavic 3T Thermal th-cam.com/video/8bWjxXP6BRU/w-d-xo.html

DJI Mavic 3T Thermal - Searching for Deer in Dense Woods th-cam.com/video/9fEo5AjZqc4/w-d-xo.html

Much appreciated

You cannot autonomously fly to a pin(without making a route to its position), you can use "View pinpoint" to face the pin and set your heading. Pins always stay and will be there the next time you power up(there was a firmware that broke this. I reported the issue to DJI and they fixed it on the subsequent firmware(Aug/Sept 2023)). Pins are just a way to mark and find your way back to a point of interest(deer, lost dog, lost human, etc).

Depends on your state hunting and drone laws. In my state, Alabama, there are no drone specific laws. It is legal to scout from a motor vehicle. Also, per the law, as soon as you park the vehicle and shut the engine off, you technically could shoot a deer from that vehicle(from private land for instance, laws related to distance from public roads apply). So likewise the drone can be used to scout and the hunt can happen, technically, immediately upon landing. Private and public land enforcement can be quite different. Personally, I have not used it for my own scouting and get a lot of enjoyment out of helping other people, deer recovery, scouting/survey.

Never mind, found it, I was viewing in photo mode rather than in video mode.

Yes sir, it does happen. I would say most of my searches start in the daylight and I’ve already got satellites acquired before I change batteries and add the spotlight. But on occasion, not always, when starting off with the light it does take a while. I have done deer recoveries with other pilots and sometimes it was me taking a few minutes to get a home point and sometimes it was him. So I would say, it’s normal mostly. Be patient. You could try another test, start up without the light, gets 15 satellites or so, shutdown and add the light, power back up and confirm if the sats are retained(they usually are after a quick battery change). That is potentially a faster work around.

@@STRThermal That's reassuring that it doesn't appear to be a glitch just with my unit. I will give the test you mention a try later today and see what happens.....thanks.

I tried that work-around and I dd get a faster home point, not as fast as without the light, but it was better. Then came back for a battery switch and it took a bit longer but not really annoyingly long. So I hope that's in line with your experience as well. @@STRThermal

Are you turning the controller off between battery changes? If so, don't. My experience is that once I've already had lots of satellites(without the light mounted) and I battery swap and add the light, I can be in the air very quick and still have some 20+ satellites.

@@STRThermal I believe I have at times and other times I have not turned off the controller.......I will keep that in mind, thank you.

Time or distance interval shots are still limited by overlap settings and the min is 10%. There was a method we found after making this video to pause photo collection, a work around, but DJI had disabled that feature. I don’t use isotherms(terrible idea once you understand how the software works) or alarms. You never know what someone is wearing(insulation), hiding under(partial visibility), etc on top of the apparent vs actual temp and environmental factors you mentioned. So trained eyes are best for finding the anomalies in my opinion.

The sun lower on the horizon will do this. Notice I'm facing east, so the sun would be directly behind me...at one point I get a signature on both rear sensors. It was a mostly clear day with some clouds in the west hiding the sun and allowing me to take off early...but I suspect the sun was peeking through. Another reason I turn these off as that would have been causing an annoying alarm.

I wouldn’t say it helped necessarily. I think I was having some issues on this particular night with the light.

Only issues I discovered with mirroring apps is that while mirroring you cannot screen record. The controller will indicate the screen recording is running but the data is not there when you view it back. I reported this to DJI and they say it’s an issue of hardware resources to screen record and mirror broadcast…so there is no fix. I will be looking for alternatives and I still would like to avoid the hdmi cable if possible.

Wireless HDMI?

@@photographywithbrallan1247 I’m considering that option for sure.

​@@STRThermalthat was another thought I had but didn't get around to researching a device for it. Wasn't sure if they even made them. HDMI Dongle I guess? Seems like it needs to be powered though. Thus adding a cord, basically defeating the purpose.

@@WW5RM It would be powered by the controller(less battery life) or a small battery bank on the controller side

Thanks...I appreciate it!

Those are pinpoints I’ve dropped at other locations. Pinpoint How-To for DJI Pilot 2 - DJI Mavic 3T 3E 3M Drone th-cam.com/video/0nVvJwd2iFU/w-d-xo.html

I'm using the JZ T30. It is by far the least expensive option for the M3 Enterprise series. It does takes some patience to use in windy conditions....I try to get the drone aligned with the wind and it seems to do the trick.

Usually only a couple hundred yards. But I definitely see the buck and does in their separate groups with the exception of rut when you can see lots of chasing from the air.

Usually only a couple hundred yards. But I definitely see the buck and does in their separate groups with the exception of rut when you can see lots of chasing from the air.

Unfortunately you can’t set your map corners to actual existing pinpoints. And if you have pinpoints, it won’t let you set a mission corner where the pinpoint already is. You can create an area and use that directly for your mapping mission but you can’t adjust those corners to exact GPS coordinates like you can a pinpoint. DJI should allow mission points to be set at existing pins or edited for accuracy but I suspect they realized corner accuracy is not important for mapping as you’re usually using overlap to adjacent properties to get all the images you need. But for waypoint missions where you’d like to be precise, I think it would be valuable to be able to select existing points or edit points. I hope that answers your question.

Thanks for watching. Currently there is no way to reset the pin count.

Yes, at the bottom of the description...."Update 8-29-23...Firmware updates 07.01.1003(aircraft) and 02.01.0003(controller) fix the disappearing pinpoint issue noted below." Seems you still may have an old firmware?

@@STRThermal I downloaded the latest version, I hope itworks, thanks 👍

Michael, he survived and they had pics of him a few days and weeks later.

Check out this video comparing the specs and some of my reasoning. Ultimately the M30T extra features just wasn’t worth the extra price starting out for my situation. th-cam.com/video/e1siLzzIgoc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=dgDlF_X47mfg21is

I haven’t looked at anything smaller than this 15.6”. I actually found a lot of deer hanging this monitor setup on my dash with customers piled in the car. Deer recovery is best enjoyed with seat heaters 😆

@@STRThermal yes that’s exactly what I’m doing, a bigger one would be fine . What’s the one to buy?

@@JourneyForever-sj6wi I posted a link in the description to the one I’m using.

@@STRThermal followed the link. I see another brand for $70. MNN brand. Has 4.5 star reviews. I cant see any difference in the specs. How bright is the Innoview?

@@WW5RM it’s bright enough for the evenings, or sitting in the car, but I’m sure it wouldn’t be enough in bright sunlight. But for thermal, that’s usually pretty easy to avoid.

Hey Chuck, thanks for joining me. So I just used Huntstand(similar to OnX or other mapping apps) to draw that out to show the search area and rough flight path. Huntstand allows me to turn off the actual map details so I don't give away people's location. But technically you could do most of this in Pilot 2 as well...Huntstand was just easier to use in this case.

Great, I'l check it out.........and thanks for the quick response@@STRThermal

I think I've probably only USED it at like 20-30 ft, but I'd had the controller at the other end of the house(50ft, multiple walls) and still broadcasting.

I don't have a M2EA, but I know it has a high and low gain mode based on notes in the manual....the manual does not instruct how to change between the modes. I suspect you would find these in either the camera three bars menu, the main three-dots menu, or the palette menu.

Hey Josh, that's a pretty good deal with your sister! Hit me up at strthermal@outlook.com and we'll get connected.

Hey Mike, glad it was helpful to you. Most settings will apply to the M30T. The temperature range(high/low gain) and color palettes for instance. Here is another video that should be helpful in your decision making. Ultimately I did not think the extra features(zoom and IP rating being the ones that really matter) justified the extra cost(for me). I also looked at it from a payback(revenue versus investment) perspective and even considered that the influx of deer recovery across the US could affect the stat regulations. So, I chose to start with the M3T. I am in no way disappointed. th-cam.com/video/e1siLzzIgoc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ODLGdEW2tANZWopO

Excellent, glad it helped! Also, if you’re still trying to decide and considering the M30T, this one might help as well. M3T vs M30T: DJI Mavic 3T vs Matrice 30T Comparison - Which works for you? th-cam.com/video/e1siLzzIgoc/w-d-xo.html

Yes it can! And there’s a shareable QR code that anyone can scan and get a Google Maps link to the point. If you have a lot of points that you need to share, you can export a kml file of all the points.

That’s correct, and we know this. But for search and rescue style operations, we need a different style of autonomous flight mode(using pilot 2) that neither waypoints nor mapping does well.

I think so too! I need to test against the CZI GL10 though.