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To connect to your Proton, hook up the battery and wait about 10 seconds for it to initialize.
You'll hear some beeping as it goes through its self-test, and at the end of the long 3-second beep
it should be discoverable over WiFi. Go to the WiFi Settings on your handheld device, and
browse the wireless networks. You should see your Proton listed as something like
"Proton_1a2b3c". Choose that network, and enter the passkey when prompted. Hint: When
asked, be sure to check "save the password" and/or "connect automatically when in range". This
will keep you from having to do this every time. Note that if you have multiple Proton's you
might NOT want to save the passkey... keep it handy by using a memo pad app on your device.
Open up your browser. If your home page is something on the Internet, you're gonna get a
"Page can not be displayed" message because you're connected to your Proton, not the Internet.
That's OK and normal. Set your browser to the Proton's home page:
192.168.4.1
and you should see the Status Page. At this point, you should Bookmark this page so you don't
have to re-enter the address every time... you're going to be going here a lot.
The Status Page
The first thing you will see is the Status Page. It tells you what your Proton is doing, and gives
you some other important information:
◦ Device Name (important if you have more than one of them in your rocket!)
◦ Flight Status: Armed or Disarmed
◦ Deployment channel status, settings, and link to change the settings (see below)
◦ Computer-side battery voltage
◦ Above-Sea-Level (ASL) altitude
◦ G's from the accelerometer (should be about 1.0 for vertical and 0.0 for horizontal)
◦ Temperature (it may read low for awhile... it takes 10-15 minutes to stabilize)
For arming:
◦ The current validation code (it changes every 60 seconds that you're idle)
◦ A text box to enter the validation code into for arming
◦ An "ARM" button for arming (once you type in the validation code)
Links:
◦ Deployment channel "Change" links – for changing deployment channel in-flight settings
◦ Settings – takes you to the Global Settings page
◦ Flights – takes you to the Flight Select page, for displaying saved flight info
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