# 3. Connect drone to ground station

3.1. Turn on the radio controller and keep the throttle down to the lowest position.

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3.2. Power on the drone (2\*25000mAh batteries) and wait for initialization to be completed. Please do not move or shake the drone while it is in initializing.

3.3. Power on the video\&data link and connect it to ground station on the LAN port, then run LAUNCH QGC software.

{% hint style="info" %}
Configure ground station computer ip address to 172.16.172.xx (xx can be any value from 2 - 253, except 20
{% endhint %}

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3.4. Connect the drone to the ground station App through TCP connection.

{% hint style="info" %}
Use IP address 172.16.172.20 and port 9100 or 8600/9000 when connecting to the drone
{% endhint %}

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