"Hey Bill, thanks so much for jumping in!
The issue seemed to have been that my SD card was not properly loaded into the Pixhawk. I connected the buzzer and heard the no-SD card error, then reseated the card and Mandatory Hardware is now working. The…"
"I'm now getting an SD card error on the buzzer. Rearranging the card to try and fix.
FIXED. And all options are showing under Initial Config now.
Thanks!"
"Yeah, I am. I've changed it to usbmodem to no avail. Should I have everything connected to the board as it would be for flight? The battery, ESC, etc?"
"Thanks Craig!
That screenshot shows that you are not connected
How so?
When I connected, the same options were available under Initial Config. Previously this wasn't the case. I'll try and get a screenshot that shows this state clearly."
When I have my pixhawk attached to my macbook pro, I can "Connect" in the upper right hand corner of APM Planner. If I then go to Initial Setup, "Mandatory Hardware" is not showing. I have the 3DR GPS, 3DR radio, Transmitter, power module and ESC…