Light Status Codes

The following table summarizes the different light codes emitted by the LED module of show drones according to their current status.

Different base colors have different general meaning:

In general, flashes indicate something that needs attention, rapid flashes indicate danger (e.g., motors running or may start soon).

The table below gives the full list of possible light patterns and their meaning.

Table 1. Light Status Codes
Pattern	Description
White, blinking rapidly	The "flash lights" button is pressed on the GCS to visually identify individual drones within the flock. This signal will disappear automatically after a few seconds
Purple, pulsating slowly	Compass calibration in progress
Yellow, blinking	Drone is on the ground, prearm checks are not yet passed (any mode other than SHOW).
Yellow, pulsating slowly	Drone is on the ground, prearm checks are not yet passed (SHOW mode).
Light blue, pulsating slowly	Drone has passed all prearm checks in SHOW mode but it is not yet authorized to take off.
Dim green, pulsating slowly	Drone is ready to take off in SHOW mode (prearm checks passed, authorized to take off), but there is more than 10s until planned show start and motors are not running yet.
Green, blinking rapidly	Drone is about to take off (within 10s in SHOW mode, or with motors already running but still on ground in any mode).
Preprogrammed light sequence	Drone is playing its light show in SHOW mode.
Red, blinking	Autopilot error
Dim white	Drone is airborne in any flight mode other than RTL, LAND or SHOW
Orange, blinking	Drone is airborne in return to launch (RTL) mode
Orange, solid	Drone is airborne in LAND mode
Orange, blinking rapidly	Drone is on the ground with motors running in LAND mode
Dim green	Drone has landed successfully after the show in SHOW mode.