Trouble with exploration/ Scanners

[EpicDragon7]

my discovery scanner is saying there will be a bunch of bodies, but they wont show in the system map.
And I cannot get the full spectrum scanner to work at all
I made a video showing the problem
Video Here

 

[Linnunrata]

After scanning the system with the discovery scanner (when it says 8 bodies found in your video), you need to activate the FSS mode and search the bodies with the scanner for them to show up (you need to have the throttle at 0% in this phase).

I don't remember the default key (I have it bound to 'k') but you can see it from controls->mode switches->last one, enter FSS mode. You can also fiddle with FSS scanner controls at full spectrum system scanner of the control change menu, which I recommend.

The other scanners, composition and data scanners aren't needed in this phase - the composition scanner is used to scan different notable stellar phenomenons and planetside space pumpkins and rocks, and data scanner in database scanning missions and similar interactions with technology.

 

[Zieman]

You need to bind the controls yourself.
Lotsa guides & videos on how to do that & use the FSS around.

 

[Ashnak]

When you enter an unexplored system, you will only get what is in auto resolution range - around 10 ls for most smaller planets, somewhat more for stars.

If you hit the Discovery scanner, you will get the knowledge about how many bodies are in that system, prime the FSS and also resolve any other stars in that system.

Now you need to throttle down and fire up the FSS. I wouldn't know about default bindings, I always had to bind it myself. Might be that there are default bindings now. With the FSS, you can then scan the system and discover the position and composition of any planets, signal sources, stellar phenomena in the system. You can also use the good old eyeball Mk.I and parallax method to find planets and just fly close enough to them (see above) for the auto resolve to work it out. Usually a bit more tedious, though.

Then you can fly to whatever is of interest to you and fire up the DSS to map the planet, or drop into a stellar phenomenon and check out what is there with your composition scanner.

 

[goemon]

look up your keybindings to start the FSS.

it's not started after a honk (discovery scanner) by itself, and it's unrelated to the other scanners.

FSS works only in supercruise, and only if throttled down.

 

[Deleted member 38366]

A tuturial Video (there's several) might help as well :

(just one of several results of a "Elite Dangerous Full Spectrum Scanner" search, just pick your favorite)

PS.
Although I use a HOTAS, I found my "perfect setup" for the FSS to allow for very fast and intuitive scanning :

• mouse pans the FSS around
• mouse wheel zooms in/out
• left/right Mouse button for frequency tuning

That ended up working the best for me. Getting comfy controls for the FSS is very important, as it makes a huge difference in convenience and execution speed.
Don't be shy to keep optimizing the FSS Control scheme if you're not quite happy yet, it's well worth it.