'The accessory is using too much power'

Questions & Answers
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Ok, I’m a bit confused. Cracking evening around sunset for flying, so I took the Mavic Mini out to test-run some more features on Maven, and ‘One Click Drone’ which I’ve also downloaded. Found a park bench to set up base camp on, and started setting up, happy, smug even, in the certain knowledg that all drone batteries and the RC were fully charged.

Problem 1. I have two iPhones, a 15 and an 11, and I use the 11 as my flying phone. But I had not powered it off properly last time and it was pancaked flat. No problem, I’m The Johnster, the original belt & braces guy, I’ll just use the 15. Ah. but the RC-phone connecting cable is USB mini-Apple Lightning, and the 15 takes a USB-C.

No problem, I’m The Johnster, the original belt & braces guy, I’ve got a USB Micro to USB-C lead in the bag. Connected up, now we can go through the startup process.

Problem 2. No, we can’t. The app says that ‘The accessory attached is drawing too much power’. End of sports, the gods are telling me not to fly and I’m listening, so I pack up, have a not unpleasant bimble around the park, and come home.

Any ideas, ladies & gents? What accessory, does it mean the RC?. Is there a fault with the RC (this being the 3rd RC I’ve had for this drone, if there is I shall scweam and scweam until I’m sick and I can!!! RC looks to be fully charged, making the correct beepy noises when I fire it up, but Fly won’t let me get past this stage.

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What’s the question? :thinking:

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The question is, what is causing DJI Fly to show a window preventing any further progress during connecting the drone to the rc/phone, saying ‘The attached accessory is using too much power’, preventing me from flying. I can’t even see what is meant by ‘accessory’; the rc is connected to the phone & vice versa by cable, and nothing else is physically connected to anything to use power at all, never mind too much.

Since writing the original post I’ve recharged the iPhone 11 and connected everything up; the drone pairs to the phone/rc combo without any issue but I didn’t fly because The Squeeze doesn’t like it indoors. So I am suspecting the use of the iPhone 15 is to blame, but can’t see how or why. I’ll revert to my default and use the iPhone 11 and the USB-micro to USB-Apple Lightning cable for flying for now, and keep my fingers crossed…

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Have you tried another cable ?

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Not yet. I can’t see how the cable makes a difference, but there are different cable specifications that I don’t fully understand, so you could be on to something there, Chris. But the USB-micro to USB-C cable works fine with the RC-N1 and Mini 2, as it did with the Mini 2SE; perhaps the RC input is different as well as being a different connection.

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Are you plugging into the bottom of the remote and not the top
There are data cables and charging cables(fast charging)could be the problem other than that I’ve not a scooby doo mate

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If you google what your asking, it appears to be a problem specific to the Iphone 15, From what I read its about cables and power plugs etc that work on older phones but strangely NOT on the iphone 15. Apples suggestion seams to be to ONLY use genuine Apple cables, chargers etc. This doesn’t of course explain why older, genuine Apple cables and chargers dont always work with the iphone 15 ? Interesting that this issue is raising its head now, after they were forced to comply with usb-c charging in Europe rather than lightning, to enable people to use their exhisting chargers accross multiple brands. Surely it wouldn’t be something built in to the new phone that gives a problem with anything but a genuine, NEW ( expensive) cable/ charger that you can buy as an accessory direct from Apple ? Of course they DON’T have to supply one with your new phone now as Europe wants you to use those OTHER one’s you already own. . . (IF they work that is…)

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Never had a problem with my 15 apart from having to buy a load of usb c cables

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And yet I’ve lots of Android devices and a few chargers and leads that fit them all. . Including my drone stuff. If I bought a 15, how many ( if any) of them would work with it ?? Each to their own

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High speed usb C cables have dropped in price recently, especially since fast charging and data transfer speeds increased recently

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Where as I have one , that has a propriety charger !

As you say, different strokes

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We seem to have identified the issue then, it’s the iPhone 15. Not a problem, as I have the old 11 which works very well as a dronephone (provided the idiot about my size with the joysticks remembers to check that it is charged before flying with it!). I’m naturally lazy and will take the line of least resistance (I call it efficient and energy saving, my energy not the planet’s), so will not bother trying to match the 15 to the drones, and will now keep the 11 exclusively for flying apps on an ‘if it works don’t fix it’ basis.

Apple will of course always specify use of their own cables with their phones, and DJI will also specify the use of their cables with their own equipment. One could of course do this for charging purposes, Apple to Apple and DJI to DJI, but we are talking here about the RC-phone interface, and there is no such thing as a DJI RC-Apple 15 cable made to both company’s specifications. Fuck it, I’ll use the 11.

My thanks for your collective help, everyone; at least I now know there is nothing wrong with my RC or my drone!

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I’d still try another cable

I’ve had no issues with my 15

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Might have to. In the 4 hours since my last post, The Squeeze’s Samsung has begun to play up a bit, can’t complain, had it for 7 years and she’s had plenty use out of it. If it is circling the drain, she’ll have to have my iPhone 11 which will leave me with just the 15. First World problem, but I’ll have to find a way of using the 15 with this RC. I think it’s ok with the RC-N1 for the Mini 2, but that’ll need checking as well. Which RC are you successfully using an iPhone 15 with, Chris?

We’ll see how it goes…

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This

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(Mr Burns voice) Exellent!

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Managed an airborne twenty minutes after visiting a health centre for Diabetic eye photos in Bute Street, flew at Callaghan Square just south of the city centre and the main railway line, nice geometric shapes and little fountains. It’s a traffic island/gyratory really, but big enough to pretend to be a small park.

This was with the Mavic Mini and the iPhone 11, which I’d thrown into the rucsack in case an opportunity presented itself, USB micro-Lightning connector, and passed off without incident, futher confirming that the iPhone 15 is not compatible with this controller using the lead I used t’other day.

I now need to investigate a USB micro-USB C lead in case I want to fly this drone with my iPhone 11.

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Might wanna re-read that

And where are the photos :wink: