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3BT AV Checklist.md

Take:

• Green battery (from the charger in Harmony)
• Xbee on breakout board (has thick black antenna, should be in Harmony)
• Red three-headed USB wire (should be in Harmony with the Xbee)
• SD card adapter thing (sorry, I don't know where this went)
• Extra nichrome (next to the plants)
• Plastic wrap for waterproofing Skybass

Setup for launch:

• Put the battery in Skybass (we labeled the correct terminals on both the board and battery)
• Turn on the Skybass with red switch (it should beep, and then beep intermittently)
• Wire Skybass nichrome cutdown mechanism, making sure there's sufficient tension on the rope (also don't use too much nichrome because then it doesn't get hot enough)
• Clear SD card
• Put SD card in SD card slot on Skybass
• Wrap Skybass in plastic wrap to keep it dry from condensation, etc.
• Attach USB wire to the Xbee on the breakout board, attach other end to your computer
• Turn on Arduino Serial COM Monitor
  • set the device to "Arduino Nano"
  • baud is 19200
  • it should start sending you corrupted junk, that means it's working!
  • Alternative: if someone's running Mac, then run in the Terminal the command screen -L /dev/tty.usbserial-DN00OK9Z 19200, where you might need to replace DN00UK9Z with something else (just put your cursor after usbserial and hit tab a few times. To quit, hit Control-A then k then y. You should get a new file in your cwd which you should put on Slack -- it's the flight log!

After launch

• You might get out of range of the Xbee and have to drive a few miles to get back in range. We did the math and we're just barely out of range at burst height…

Cutdown:

• Send a on the Serial COM Monitor (just the single letter)
• It should say ":skeleton: bye bye". At that point it should be cutting down.