STEP 1 Program esp32:

dont have battery or cable plugged in

Make sure you have platformio installed from the vscode extentions

open the project with platformio

edit the altitude to what is needed

open platformio extension on the left side

build the project after saving file

after a working build plug in esp with cable

now can click upload/upload with monitor

after upload the esp should begin transmitting and can be seen doing so in monitor

if nothing is seen tranmitting then click the button on the left side of where the cable is plugged in for the esp, it should say something did not init.

If something did not init then unplug esp

double check if wires are loose then try again

STEP 2 Set up GSC:

Open vscode by clicking top left icon -> programming -> vscode

First terminal: open a terminal then cd into "/src/moose-bowl-db"

enter command: "spacetime start"

now make a second terminal and leave this first one alone

Only crtl-c out of this terminal when all done, else leave it running the whole time

Second terminal: open a terminal then cd into "/src/moose-bowl-db"

run command "spacetime publish -s local moosebowldb"

should say Publishing module... {long string of characters}

now cd into src. yea a second src. full path should look like "irec-2026-ground-station/src/moose-bowl-db/src"

now this command will begin taking transmitting data and adding it to database. run it when you want to begin doing that. If you want to make sure the esp is transmitting then you can run it for a short time and crtl-c it anytime

run "cargo run"

STEP 3 put esp on battery:

unplug esp from the cable.

add the battery wires to 5v and gnd

a red led should light up showing it has power

can double check it is transmitting by running "cargo run" on gsc to verify

that should be it