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+== Getting Started
+
+	The first thing to do after you open the box is to hook up a
+	battery and charge it if necessary.
+
+	=== Batteries
+
+		ifdef::telemetrum,telemega,easymega[]
+		For TeleMetrum, TeleMega and EasyMega, the battery can be charged by plugging it into the
+		corresponding socket of the device and then using the USB
+		cable to plug the flight computer into your computer's USB socket. The
+		on-board circuitry will charge the battery whenever it is plugged
+		in, because the on-off switch does NOT control the
+		charging circuitry.
+		endif::telemetrum,telemega,easymega[]
+		The Lithium Polymer
+		ifdef::telemini[TeleMini and]
+		EasyMini battery can be charged by disconnecting it
+		from the board and plugging it into a standalone
+		battery charger such as link:http://altusmetrum.org/LipoCharger[LipoCharger], and
+		connecting that via a USB cable to a laptop or other
+		USB power source.
+
+		You can also choose to use another battery with
+		EasyMini, anything supplying between 4 and 12 volts should
+		work fine (like a standard 9V battery), but if you are planning
+		to fire pyro charges, ground testing is required to verify that
+		the battery supplies enough current to fire your chosen e-matches.
+
+		ifdef::telemetrum,telemega,easymega[]
+		[NOTE]
+		====
+		On TeleMetrum v1 boards, when the GPS chip is initially
+		searching for satellites, TeleMetrum will consume more current
+		than it pulls from the USB port, so the battery must be
+		attached in order to get satellite lock.  Once GPS is locked,
+		the current consumption goes back down enough to enable charging
+		while running. So it's a good idea to fully charge the battery
+		as your first item of business so there is no issue getting and
+		maintaining satellite lock.  The yellow charge indicator led
+		will go out when the battery is nearly full and the charger goes
+		to trickle charge. It can take several hours to fully recharge a
+		deeply discharged battery.
+
+		TeleMetrum v2.0, TeleMega and EasyMega use a higher power battery charger,
+		allowing them to charge the battery while running the board at
+		maximum power. When the battery is charging, or when the board
+		is consuming a lot of power, the red LED will be lit. When the
+		battery is fully charged, the green LED will be lit. When the
+		battery is damaged or missing, both LEDs will be lit, which
+		appears yellow.
+		====
+		endif::telemetrum,telemega,easymega[]
+
+	ifdef::radio[]
+	=== Ground Station Hardware
+
+		There are two ground stations available, the TeleDongle USB to
+		RF interface and the TeleBT Bluetooth/USB to RF interface.  If
+		you plug either of these in to your Mac or Linux computer it should
+		“just work”, showing up as a serial port device.  Windows systems need
+		driver information that is part of the AltOS download to know that the
+		existing USB modem driver will work.  We therefore recommend installing
+		our software before plugging in TeleDongle if you are using a Windows
+		computer.  If you are using an older version of Linux and are having
+		problems, try moving to a fresher kernel (2.6.33 or
+		newer).
+	endif::radio[]
+
+	=== Linux/Mac/Windows Ground Station Software
+
+		Next you should obtain and install the AltOS software.
+		The AltOS distribution includes the AltosUI ground
+		station program, current firmware images for all of
+		the hardware, and a number of standalone utilities
+		that are rarely needed.  Pre-built binary packages are
+		available for Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX. Full
+		source code and build instructions are also
+		available. The latest version may always be downloaded
+		from http://altusmetrum.org/AltOS
+
+	ifdef::radio[]
+	=== Android Ground Station Software
+
+		TeleBT can also connect to an Android device over
+		BlueTooth or USB. The
+		link:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.altusmetrum.AltosDroid[AltosDroid
+		Android application] is available from the  
+		link:https://play.google.com[Google Play system].
+
+		You don't need a data plan to use AltosDroid, but
+		without network access, you'll want to download
+		offline map data before wandering away from the
+		network.
+	endif::radio[]