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3
Basic Operations
Note:
This chapter provides a basic understanding of the operations of the Intel® Shooting
Star Mini™ system.
3.1
Simple Test Flight
The simplest way to have an Intel® Shooting Star Mini™ Drone flying is to perform a test flight. A test
flight is a flight to a fixed height, straight above its take-off point. All commands are initiated manually
within the Control Center.
1.
Under Settings / Indoor Positioning select Try Reconnect to connect to the ILT network.
2.
Power on the Drone to be flown using the on-board switch.
3.
Verify that the Drone appears in the Control Center Main View (Detail).
4.
Select the Drone.
5.
In the Side View under Manual / Maintenance / Calibration select the Launch and Hover
Selected command with a sustained click/press.
6.
In the Side View under Manual / Maintenance / Calibration select the Launch and Hover
Selected command with a sustained click/press.
7.
The Drone‘s motors should turn on and it should take off vertically to a height of 2m above
ground. The Drone will hold its position until a landing command has been sent.
8.
In the Top Bar, perform the Land All command. The Drone will now land.
3.2
Basic Animation Flight
In order to perform an automated animation flight, the operator is required to have a complete setup
of the Intel® Shooting Star Mini™ system. This section will not describe in detail how to perform a
light show, but it will describe the basic steps to perform a flight, if the animation file and the
parameters file for the specific location have been provided.
1.
Under Settings / Indoor Positioning select Try Reconnect to connect to the ILT network.
2.
Power on the fleet of Drones to be flown.
3.
Load the provided settings file (.JSON format) located under
C:/ShootingStar/Parameters/.
4.
Verify that all Drones have appeared in the Control Center Main View (Detail or Overview).
5.
Verify that correct animation and audio files were loaded as specified by settings file.
6.
Set start frame of audio playback as needed for animation sync.
7.
Upload the animation file to the Drones with the Show / Animation / Upload command.
8.
Verify that all Drones have received the animation file and have successfully rebooted after
the upload has completed.
9.
Transmit the parameters with the Show / Parameters / Transmit Parameters command.
10.
Verify that all Drones have received the parameters.
11.
Set Optimisation priority and compute optimization with the Show / Start and Landing /
Optimisation / Compute command.
12.
Transmit optimization with the Show / Start and Landing / Live / Transmit Optimisation
command
13.
Verify that the required number of Drones have received the optimization (i.e. as many
Drones as are needed for animation).
14.
Set start frame of animation under Show / Timecode / Start Time / Frame.
15.
Expand Timecode start button by clicking “>” symbol next to Show / Timecode / Local.
