Help! Drone LED lights not working

LtColSpit

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Trying to get ARRIS LED light kit to work on my drone. Seems straight-forward, but I'm obviously missing something. Arris C250 with Flycolor F4. LED kit plugged into board and LED lights set-up using Betaflight. I tried different variations of colors, 1 LED, 4 LED's, 16 LED's, etc. After saving the configuration, I plugged-in the flight battery but the LED's do not illuminate. Photos of set-up attached. Any help or assistance would be greatly appreciated. TIA, LSC
 

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LitterBug

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Everything looks OK from what I see.....

I would check the voltage at the distribution board to make sure power is getting there. Also make sure the pins in the connector on the FC are not bent. I have seen issues when using dissimilar pin count connectors. (Ie you have a 3 pin connector plugged in to a 5 pin socket.)

You could also try plugging one of the strips directly into the FC to rule out an issue with the distribution board.
 
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LtColSpit

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Connector pins are fine (not bent). LED strip doesn’t illuminate when plugged directly into the board. The port is outputting 4.7v when shooting the 5v & Grd pins. Now I’m just more confused 🤷🏻‍♂️
 

LitterBug

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LEDs should still work at 4.7v. sounds like an issue with the FC or Firmware.

What version of Betaflight is on the board? Wonder if somehow it does not have the LED option integrated.
 
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