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Here you specify the components of your vehicle, their properties and how they are connected to the flight controller.
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![Component Editor Window](images/App_screenshot_Component_Editor.png)
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<ins><b><i>Component Editor Window</i></b></ins>
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![Vehicle Component Editor Window - simple](images/App_screenshot_Component_Editor.png) ![Vehicle Component Editor Window - normal](images/App_screenshot_Component_Editor_normal.png)
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On the left with simple GUI complexity for beginners, on the right with normal GUI complexity.
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Change every field to match your vehicle's.
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When finished press the `Save data and start configuration` button.
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Here you sequentially configure the parameters of your flight controller to meet your needs while having all the available documentation at your fingertips.
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![Parameter File Editor and Uploader Window (main application)](images/App_screenshot2.png)
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<ins><b><i>Parameter File Editor and Uploader Window (main application)</i></b></ins>
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For reproducibility and quality purposes, we configure the vehicle with a well-defined sequence of intermediate parameter files.
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Each file modifies just a small set of the [over 1200 parameters on the flight controller](https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/parameters.html).
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`25_inflight_magnetometer_fit_results.param` are specific to each vehicle instance.
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All other intermediate parameter files can be used without modifications across all instances (or serial numbers) of the same product model.
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![Parameter File Editor and Uploader Window (main application)](images/App_screenshot_Parameter_file_editor_and_uploader4_4_simple.png)
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<figure align="center">
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<ins><b><i>Parameter File Editor and Uploader Window (main application) in simple GUI complexity for beginners</i></b></ins>
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![Parameter File Editor and Uploader Window (main application)](images/App_screenshot2.png)
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<figure align="center">
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<ins><b><i>Parameter File Editor and Uploader Window (main application) in normal GUI complexity</i></b></ins>
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The GUI complexity (simple or normal) is selected in the vehicle component editor window in the previous step.
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The normal layout is explained below, the simple layout is similar but has less elements.
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#### 1. See the Current Vehicle Directory (optional)
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- this vehicle configuration directory contains the files to be edited and uploaded
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