# Setting up the Long Range Telemetry Radio

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NOTE: Before performing this procedure, your **Ground Control Station software must be installed on the device** (laptop or tablet) that will be used as the ground control station.
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<table><thead><tr><th width="96" align="center">STEP</th><th>ACTION</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center">1</td><td>Plug the Long Range Telemetry (LRT) radio into an open USB port on the ground control station (<em>Fig. 1</em> below)</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="100"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2</td><td>Turn on the Jeti DS-12 by pressing the Power button for two seconds</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>When the screen activates, it prompts you with, “<strong>Start Transmitter?</strong>” Press the button “<strong>Yes</strong>”.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table><thead><tr><th></th><th width="309.7037353515625"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>4</td><td>Open Mission Planner or QGC on PC. Telemetry will connect automatically in QGC, or if “Auto”, then “Connect” is selected in Mission Planner.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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