how_to_demo.md

How to demo the quadcopter

Follow this How-To to get the quadcopter up and running in Coover 3050.

Table of Contents

• How to demo the quadcopter
  • Setup Infrared Camera System
  • Setup Ground Station
  • Setup Transmitter
  • Copy Boot Image
  • Setup Quadcopter
  • Connect to Quad WiFi
  • Start the Ground Station (GUI)

Setup Infrared Camera System

1. To start up the camera system, log into the camera system computer (co3050-07) with the following username and password:

   username: camera
   password: camera

2. Once the OS is done loading, start up the program "Tracking Tools from the desktop".

3. From the startup window, choose "Open existing project"

4. From D:\TrackingToolsData\FromLaptop choose "TrackingToolsProject 2017-04-24 3.28pm" in the "Optitrack_Configuration" folder

5. Then go to File -> Open and choose "Microcart.tra" in the same folder

• This should create a "UAV" under "Trackables" in the Project Explorer on the left side of the screen

7. Now you should be able to move the quadcopter trackable around in the tracking area, and see it update in real-time on the screen.

Setup Ground Station

On the ground station computer (Co3050-microcart), log in with the following credentials.

username: ucart
password: microcart

Navigate to the ground station folder in a Terminal.

$ cdsenior
BackEnd  Cli  logs  Makefile  obj  README.md  src  ucart.socket (or something like that)

If this is the first time using the ground station after cloning, you need to make VRPN. From the groundStation folder:

make vrpn

To make the actual ground station program, e.g. if there have been any changes, run make from the groundStation folder.

Setup Transmitter

The RC transmitter is used to manually control the quad.

1. Ensure the transmitter has the following state before turning it on:

• "Gear" is set to 0
• "Flap" is set to 1
• Throttle is set to the lowest position