The lights provide information about Skydio X2 status, orientation, and heading while on the ground and in flight. The lights are intended to communicate information and are not meant for illumination.
Quick Steps
To Enable RGB Navigation lights:
Step 1 - Select the Device settings menu |
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Step 2 - Select Drone settings |
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Step 3 - Select Lights |
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Step 4 - Toggle RGB
enabled or disabled
Enabled
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- Red - two in front (framing camera)
- Green - two in the rear
- Blue - all lights during initialization
Disabled
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- lights will be blue during the initial boot sequence and will turn off when the drone is ready to fly
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In-depth
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Function
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Color and Pattern
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Initial boot sequence
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Blue radial blinking

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Grounded not connected to a controller
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Blue breathing

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Grounded connected to a controller
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Blue solid

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Launching
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Blue blinking

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Inflight front orientation
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Red solid

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Inflight rear orientation
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Green solid

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Inflight obstacle avoidance reduced or off
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Yellow solid

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Returning not connected to a controller
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Yellow blinking

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Landing obstacle avoidance on
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Blue blinking

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Landing obstacle avoidance off
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Yellow blinking

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Emergency landing obstacle avoidance disabled
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Red blinking

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Error occurred during the software update
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- wait 10-20 minutes, and then restart the drone if the error state persists.
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Blue blinking on opposing arms

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Landing
Obstacle Avoidance is enabled until X2 is ~10 ft (3 m) above the ground. At the 10 ft (3 m) threshold X2 will:
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- briefly pause
- turn off obstacle avoidance
- continue to land (lights will flash yellow)
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Skydio X2 Battery lights
While the battery is in a charging state, one of the four blue lights will pulse to represent the battery’s current charge level
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Media Sync
If you have purchased and set up Media Sync (additional license required), your Skydio X2 will begin syncing media when connected to power.
Function
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Color and Pattern
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Media Sync triggered
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Blue changes to green (this will happen once, then the lights will stay green)


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Searching for a wireless network and connecting to Skydio Cloud (this should take 2-30 seconds)
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Green breathing pattern


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Connected to a wireless network
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Green solid


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Media is uploading
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Green chasing pattern


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Media sync complete
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Green solid


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