User Manual V1.6 2016.
Contents Legend ......................................................................................................................................................... 1 Symbols ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Reading Suggestions ............................................................................................................................ 1 Downloading the App ..................
Flight Restrictions................................................................................................................................ 24 Preflight Checklist ............................................................................................................................... 24 Calibrating the Compass..................................................................................................................... 24 Flight Protection ................................................
Legend Symbols Warning Tips Reading Suggestions ZEROTECH has provided the following manuals for DOBBY users: In the Box Battery Safety Instructions Disclaimer DOBBY Quick Start Guide DOBBY User Manual To learn how to use DOBBY, we suggest you read the provided manuals in this order: In the Box, Battery Safety Instructions, Disclaimer and then DOBBY Quick Start Guide. If you want to learn more, please read DOBBY User Manual.
Product Profile This section will introduce DOBBY’s features and the names of DOBBY’s structural components. Introduction DOBBY is a portable and easy-to-use drone for taking selfie's. It consists of the aircraft itself and an accompanying app. Through using the app, you can control DOBBY’s flight, take photos and record videos. The app also allows you to control DOBBY by voice commands, earphones and other methods simply and easily.
Face Tracking Automatically follow and record video on the moving face you’ve chosen. Orbit Automatically fly and record video around a certain point with a certain radius and at a certain altitude. Palm Takeoff, Palm Landing DOBBY can take off from and land safely in the palm of your hand. Return to Home After outdoor flight, DOBBY can return to you by just a tap on screen. Voice Control You can give voice commands through the app to control DOBBY’s flight, photo and video shooting.
1. Camera 2. Propeller 5. Reset Key 3. Arm 6. Micro-USB Port 9. Battery Level Indicator 4. On/Off Switch, Power Indicator 7. Battery 8. Battery Level Switch 10. Optic Flow and Ultrasonic Positioning Module 11. Aircraft Status Indicator ZEROTECH (Beijing) Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd.
Aircraft Aircraft Profile DOBBY mainly consists of the flight system, the positioning system, the communication system, the power supply system and the camera system. This section will explain the functions of each of the parts. On/Off Switch and Power Indicator The On/Off Switch has an inbuilt Power Indicator. To Switch On. Hold the On/Off Switch for 3 seconds, wait until the Power Indicator starts flashing blue, then remove your finger and DOBBY will switch on.
Solid Red Critical Battery Warning Fast Purple Flashing Compass Failure Solid Green Horizontal Compass Calibration Solid White Vertical Compass Calibration Assistant Prompts GPS Positioning DOBBY uses a GPS & GLONASS dual-mode satellite positioning system. The satellite positioning system is GPS based, with GLONASS acting as a supplementary system. During outdoor flight, DOBBY uses GPS positioning when the number of GPS satellites connected to reaches 8.
The optic flow and ultrasonic positioning system may not work under these circumstances, please use with caution: Above highly reflective surfaces; Above water or transparent objects; Above people or moving objects; In areas with rapidly changing/flashing lights; Above very bright or very dark surfaces; Above objects that easily absorb ultrasonic waves; Above surfaces without clear textures or with too sparse or too dense textures; During fast flight at low levels (0.
Replacing the Propeller Blades Blades must be replaced with ones that spin in the same direction. Blades with an “A” on top must be replaced with ones that also have an “A”; Blades with a “B” on top must be replaced with ones that also have a “B”, as in the above figure.
Battery The battery is designed specifically for use with DOBBY. It has a rated capacity of 970mAh and a nominal voltage of 7.6V.
Checking the Battery Level The battery has a Battery Level Indicator and a Battery Level Button, set up as in the following figure: LED 1 LED 2 LED 3 Battery Level Indicator LED 4 Battery Level Button Press the Battery Level Button, and the Battery Level Indicator will show the current battery level. The indicator will go out automatically after 5 seconds.
The charger uses quick charge technology. Using it together with the accompanying adapter allows for a quick charge. The Charging Status Indicator will be solid orange during quick charge. If you don’t use the provided adapter, it may only achieve a slow charge instead of a quick charge. The Charging Status Indicator will be solid red during slow charge. If the Charging Status Indicator turns solid green, this means the battery is fully charged.
Camera DOBBY is equipped with a high definition camera that can take 4208×3120 photos and shoot 1920×1080 videos. Camera’s Pitch Angle There are 6 rotations in the Camera’s pitch angle limit. The lens facing the front: 0°; Push up the lens: elevation 22.5°; Push down the lens: successively depressions -22.5°, -45°, -67.5°, -90°. The pitch angle can only be adjusted manually before flight. There are several ink lines on the side of the Camera corresponding to different pitch angles.
SSID: Dobby-XXXXXX. Labelled beside the battery compartment on the base of the aircraft, the “XXXXXX” are the last 6 alphanumeric digits of the Wi-Fi’s MAC address. Password: zerotech. 2. The Wi-Fi frequency, which will reset to 2.4GHz. ZEROTECH (Beijing) Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd.
App This section will cover the main parts of the Do.Fun app and the settings. App Profile The Do.Fun app is specifically developed to be used with DOBBY. Users can use Do.Fun as a remote controller for flight control, photo and video shooting. You can also directly share your photos and videos to social networks. The newly added “Discover” collects works by DOBBY all over the world; you can share your ones, too. “Mine” contains academy, bookmark, forum, etc.
7. Status Bar 8. App Settings 9. Indoor/Outdoor Switch 10. Emergency Shutdown 11. Takeoff/Landing/Stop 12. Voice control 13. More Features 14. Photo Timer 15. Camera Settings 16. Shutter 17. Photo/Video Switch 18. Media library 19. A-GPS (Assisted GPS) Here’s a brief description of these status indicators and function buttons. For more details on flight control and camera operation, please refer to “Flight/Shooting” on page 23. 1. Login/Register Tap to login or register your ZEROTECH account.
Once the battery level gets too low during flight, DOBBY will initiate landing. A fully charged battery will allow for approximately 9 minutes of flight time. Please schedule your shooting progress according to the current battery level, and charge the battery before it gets too low. 6. Positioning Status GPS positioning status normal (The number of acquired satellites will be displayed after the icon.
and DOBBY will fall to the ground. 11. Takeoff/Landing/Stop Tap to initiate takeoff, or activate palm takeoff. Tap to initiate landing, or enable palm landing. Tap to stop during takeoff/landing. 12. Voice control Hold to enable voice control. 13. More Features Tap to pop up more features: Short Video: DOBBY will automatically fly in the direction of the set lens angle, and record video. Orbit: DOBBY will automatically fly around the chosen target, and record video.
Preview Resolution: Tap to select the real-time preview resolution of the viewfinder frame. Settings EIS: Tap to select the lens angle in the short video shooting and enable the EIS function. 16. Shutter Tap to take photo(s). 17. Photo/Video Switch Toggle to switch between the main interface and the conventional video recording interface. 18. Media library Tap to enter your media library. 19. A-GPS (Assisted GPS) indicates the A-GPS information file is valid. Using A-GPS can help with quick positioning.
When you are not taking selfies, we suggest you set it to “Find a View” to switch back to the Camera’s perspective for easier operation. This option only works with the motion sensing method and the two sticks methods, not with the swipe screen method. The swipe screen method always follows the camera’s perspective. Control Method It’s set to “Motion Sensing” by default. Do.Fun comes with 4 control methods that users can choose between: “Motion Sensing”, “Swipe Screen”, “Free Sticks” and “Safe Sticks”.
Language There are various languages for you to choose from. Compass Calibration Do.Fun can assist with compass calibration. Please refer to “Calibrating the Compass” on page 24. Aircraft FC Update Upgrade the aircraft flight control. Aircraft OS Update Upgrade the aircraft operating system. Quick Guide Download DOBBY Quick Start Guide, which may help you to learn how to use. Reset Guide Pages Once again display the function guide pages, which may help you to learn the function of each button.
right hand corner of the thumbnail. Selecting Photos To select a photo, tap the tick in the bottom right hand corner of the photo. To select all the photos taken in one day, tap the “Select All” next to the date. Deleting Photos After selecting photos, tap the “Delete” button in the upper right hand corner of the screen to remove them from your media library. When you are connected to DOBBY’s Wi-Fi, it will delete the files from both DOBBY and your mobile device.
If you have an iOS device, allow access to your gallery in system settings, otherwise you will only be able to tap the “Download” button in the top right hand corner to download photos to your gallery. Other downloading methods will download photos into a new folder and won’t be able to download photos into your gallery. Photo Sharing There is a “Share” button on the browsing page, tapping it will directly share your photos to your Facebook, WeChat and Weibo.
Flying/Shooting Before flying please read the Disclaimer and Battery Safety Instructions to understand the safety precautions. This section will cover what you need to know and how you need to prepare DOBBY before flying, as well as details on flight, photo and video shooting operations. Flight Environment Requirements We suggest you conduct the first flight in an open outdoor area, and you can turn off the novice mode to conduct indoor flight after getting familiar with the flight controls . Outdoors 1.
by an ordinary fluorescent lamp. 3. During fast flight at low levels (0.5m or less), the optic flow and ultrasonic positioning system may not work. For more requirements for indoor flight, please refer to “Optic Flow and Ultrasonic Positioning” on page 6. Flight Restrictions Maximum ascent height under the GPS positioning: 50m. Maximum ascent height under the optic flow and ultrasonic positioning: 3m. Maximum control distance: 100m (in open air free of interference).
You’re required to calibrate your compass in the following cases! Before the first flight, and before the first outdoor flight; The location you are flying is quite far from the last location you flew; The Aircraft Status Indicator is fast purple flashing, indicating compass failure; The Aircraft drifts severely, for example: cannot fly straight. Expand the arms before calibrating, so as to avoid interference.
Flight Protection In order to ensure safe use and to avoid damage, ZEROTECH has fitted DOBBY with multiple flight protection measures: If the battery level gets too low or a major failure occurs, DOBBY will immediately initiate a landing. If both the GPS and the optic flow and ultrasonic positioning systems are not working, DOBBY will start to hover until the positioning status returns to normal or user lands it. If the battery level gets too low while hovering, DOBBY will initiate a landing.
Please manually adjust the Camera’s pitch angle depending on your need before flight. Refer to “Camera” on page 12. When flying, keep DOBBY in your line of sight. Please ensure you keep DOBBY a good distance away from people. When you touch DOBBY with your hand or other objects, like when using the palm takeoff/landing function, take care not to touch the propeller. Take extra care not to run into people or objects during indoor flight.
Fly forward/backward/left/right: Your mobile device tilted within 45°from horizontal, hold down on any part of the right hand half (motion zone) of your screen, and tilt your mobile device forward/backward/left/right. For fear of misoperation, the motion sensing can be activated by holding down on the screen only when the mobile device’s angle from horizontal is within 45°. Ascent/descent: Swipe the left hand half (swipe zone) of your screen up/down. Swipe and hold to continue the movement.
“Camera Orientation”. Please refer to “Camera Orientation” on page 18 for its meaning and applicable usage. The default control method is set to “Motion Sensing”. If it’s already switched to other methods, you can switch it back to “Motion Sensing in “App Settings” - “Control Method”. Swipe Screen Method Looking through the Camera’s perspective, you can control DOBBY’s flight by swiping the screen in the viewfinder frame. Ascent/descent, fly left/right: Swipe the screen up/down, left/right.
The default control method is set to “Motion Sensing”. You can switch it to “Swipe Screen” in “App Settings” - “Control Method”. All the directions means the own directions of the aircraft. Free Sticks Method Just like the remote controller, the free sticks method allows you to control DOBBY’s flight by holding the virtual sticks and toggling up/down/left/right.
Ascent/descent: Hold down on the left stick (the dot at the center of the left circle) and toggle up and down. Toggle and hold to continue the movement. Turn left/right: Hold down on the left stick (the dot at the center of the left circle) and toggle left and right. Toggle and hold to continue the movement. Fly forward/backward/left/right: Hold down on the right stick (the dot at the center of the right circle) and toggle up/down/left/right. Toggle and hold to continue the movement.
Actually, you don’t have to stick to the position of the sticks drawn on the screen. Hold down on any part of the left side of the screen, and the left stick will follow to the point where you hold down; so it is for the right stick. The default control method is set to “Motion Sensing”. You can switch it to “Free sticks” in “App Settings” - “Control Method”.
as using the “Shutter” button. The default mode is set to single shot. You can tap the “Camera Settings” button to switch between the single shot mode and the burst shot mode, and select how many photos to take (3 photos by default) in the “Modes” menu. Please refer to “Camera Settings” on page 17. The photo timer is closed by default. You can tap the “Photo Timer” button to activate the photo timer and select the countdown. Please refer to “Photo Timer” on page 17.
During the conventional video recording, you can use the motion sensing method, the swipe screen method, the free sticks method or the safe sticks method to control the flight. “More Features” This section will introduce how to use “Short Video”, “Target Tracking”, “Somersault” and other features in “More Features” .
To use the target tracking feature, we suggest you manually adjust the Camera’s pitch angle to the lens angle you wish to select before flight. How to use it: 1. Tap the “Camera Settings” button, and select the required lens angle (also enable EIS) in “Settings” - “EIS”. 2. Tap the “More Features” button on the bottom left corner of the main interface, and select “Short Video” in the popup features list to go to the short video recording interface. 3.
The short video feature can be used only when using outdoor GPS positioning. We suggest you adjust the Camera’s pitch angle to the lens angle you wish to select. It can be manually adjusted before flight, refer to “Camera” on page 12. Please be careful not to collide with other objects during recording short video. Release your finger off the button to return if necessary.
To use the orbit feature, you need to adjust the Camera’s pitch angle to 22.5°before flight. How to use it: 1. Fly DOBBY to any position (the origin). Then tap the corner of the main interface, and select 2. “More Features” button on the bottom left “Orbit” in the popup features list In the settings interface, drag the drone icon to the blue area to set the altitude and the radius of the orbit. The horizontal axis shows the radius, and the vertical axis shows the altitude.
clockwise orbiting, as shown below. Hold the left button, and the aircraft will fly and record video around the origin counterclockwise with the set radius and at the set altitude; Hold the right button, and the aircraft will fly and record video around the origin clockwise. Releasing your finger off the button will stop recording. The duration will be displayed at the top of the interface. The short video feature can be used only when using outdoor GPS positioning.
3. Tap the “Start Tracking” button in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. The red frame will turn green, indicating the target tracking is started. When the target moves, DOBBY will follow it. Tap the “Start EIS” button to start to record during target tracking. Tapping the “Stop EIS” button will stop recording. 4. After you’ve finished the target tracking, tapping the “Stop Tracking” button will quit it. The target tracking feature can be used only with outdoor GPS positioning.
Face Tracking Face tracking enables the aircraft to automatically follow and record video on the moving face you’ve chosen. To use the face tracking feature, you need to adjust the Camera’s pitch angle to 0°before flight. How to use it: 1. Fly DOBBY to an appropriate height. Then tap the hand corner of the main interface, and select 2. “More Features” button on the bottom left “Face Tracking” in the popup features list. If there’s only one face on the screen, that face will be automatically recognized.
4. After you’ve finished the face tracking, tapping the “Stop Tracking” button will quit it and stop the video recording. The face tracking feature can be used in both indoors and outdoors modes. The Camera’s pitch angle must be adjusted to 0°first. It can be manually adjusted before flight, refer to “Camera” on page 12. If the illumination changes drastically, or the face moves too fast, makes a sudden turn or overlaps with a similar object, DOBBY may lose the face.
Somersault Coming soon. Voice Control Hold the “Voice Control” button on the left hand side of the main interface. A microphone icon will pop up in the middle of your screen. You can control DOBBY’s actions by speaking corresponding commands to your mobile device. DOBBY’s action Command Fly Up Initiating Ground Takeoff Get Down Initiating Ground Landing Cheers Taking Photo(s) DOBBY Go Activating Palm Takeoff DOBBY Back Enabling Palm Landing Emergency Shutdown Coming soon.
Appendix 1 Specifications Aircraft Weight (including battery) 199g Size (excluding propellers) Expanded: 135mm×145mm×36.8mm Folded up: 135mm×67mm×36.8mm Max. operating altitude 3000m Flight duration 9 minutes (at sea level) Operating temperature 0~40°C Highest wind resistance 28km/h Positioning system Outdoor: GPS&GLONASS dual-mode satellite positioning Indoor: optic flow (luminosity>15lux) + ultrasonic wave Max.
Video recording 1080p@30fps after EIS on 4K@30fps Video shooting modes HD video shooting 10s auto-track short video shooting Target tracking video shooting Face tracking video shooting Orbit video shooting Storage format Photo: JPG Video: MP4 (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) Storage capacity 16GB Data port type Micro-USB port Battery Rated capacity 970mAh Rated energy 7.37Wh Nominal voltage 7.6V Battery type LiPo 2S Operating temperature (charge) 5~45°C Operating temperature (discharge) 5~45°C Max.
Supported mobile device OS Android 4.3 and later versions iOS 8.4 and later versions ZEROTECH (Beijing) Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd.
Appendix 2 Compliance Information Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement 15.21 You are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the part responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. 15.105(b) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules.
centimeters between the radiator and your body. EU Compliance Statement ZEROTECH (Beijing) Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. hereby declares that this device is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the R&TTE Directive. A copy of the EU Declaration of Conformity is available online at http://www.zerotech.com/en/UserManualdown-en.html Industry Canada (IC) Statement This device complies with Industry Canada licence-exempt RSS standard(s).
第十二條：經型式認證合格之低功率射頻電機，非經許可，公司、商號或使用者均不得擅自變更頻率、加 大功率或變更原設計之特性及功能。 第十四條：低功率射頻電機之使用不得影響飛航安全及干擾合法通信；經發現有干擾現象時，應立即停用， 並改善至無干擾時方得繼續使用。前項合法通信，指依電信法規定作業之無線電通信。低功率射頻電機須 忍受合法通信或工業、科學及醫療用電波輻射性電機設備之干擾。 a) 이 기기는 가정용으로 전자파적합등록을 한 기기로서 주거지역에서는 물론 모든 지역에서 사용할 수 있습니다. b) 당해 무선설비는 전파혼신 가능성이 있으므로 인명안전과 관련된 서비스는 할 수 없음.
