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SET UP
The PX4 firmware is the brains of your autopilot operation and Version 1.7 is already loaded
on your Pixhawk 4.
To configure your vehicle as well as do mission planning and flight monitoring, you can use
the free QGroundControl application (Windows, Mac, Linux), which you can download from
http://qgroundcontrol.com/
Once you have installed and successfully run QGroundControl, plug in Pixhawk 4 with the
supplied USB cable, it should be automatically recognized. Click on
on-screen instructions to finish the setup steps.
As part of a first time setup, you'll need to configure some of the required hardware compo-
nents, such as:
● Frame type configuration
● Compass calibration
● Radio control calibration
● Accelerometer calibration
● RC transmitter mode setup
● ESC calibration
In addition to mandatory calibrations, you may also choose to configure optional hardware
including battery monitor, sonar, airspeed sensor, optical flow, OSD, camera gimbal, antenna
tracker etc.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Refer to pixhawk.org for detailed pin-outs of Pixhawk 4 connectors.
Visit PX4 user guide at px4.io for detailed instructions including tutorials on how to change
firmware and do advanced configurations with QGroundControl.
Join PX4 Slack (http://slack.px4.io/) to receive support from the community and the PX4
team.
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