Downloading, Running, and Stopping a Project#

When your VEX AIR Drone Controller is connected to VEXcode AIR, you can download, run, and stop a project for your VEX AIR Drone on your controller and in VEXcode AIR.

When your controller is connected, the Drone icon will show green, and the Download, Run, and Stop buttons in the upper right hand corner of the VEXcode AIR Toolbar will become active.

The upper right corner of the VEXcode AIR Toolbar, showing a green Drone icon and the Download, Run, and Stop bottoms to the right are white.

Downloading a project#

Select the Download button in the VEXcode AIR Toolbar#

The same image of the upper right corner with the Download button highlighted, to the right of the green Drone icon.

Save if needed#

If you have not yet saved your project, you will be prompted to save it. Select Yes to save your project to your device.

A screenshot of the prompt in VEXcode asking Would you like to save your project. The three button options, from left to right, read No, don't ask again; No; and Yes.

Wait for the Download Progress Bar#

A screenshot of the progress bar that reads Downloading User Project.

Note: VEXcode AIR projects will download to Slot 1 on the controller by default. To change the slot number you download a project to, select the Slot icon and choose from the available slots.

The center of the VEXcode AIR Toolbar is shown with the Slot number highlighted, and the dropdown showing available slots 1 through 8 open, indicating what to select to change the slot number.

Running a project#

Once a project is downloaded to the controller, you can run the project either in VEXcode AIR or on the controller.

Select the run button#

The upper right corner of the VEXcode AIR Toolbar, with the Run button highlighted, between the Download and Stop buttons, to the right of the green Drone icon.

Press and hold the Takeoff button on the controller#

You will see a progress bar across the project name in the Programs menu, then the project will start.

The Controller shows the Programs menu on the screen, with the VEXcode Project in slot 1 highlighted. To the right, the takeoff button is highlighted, indicating what to press to start the project.

Stopping a project#

You can stop a project at any time using either VEXcode AIR or the controller.

Select the Stop button#

The upper right corner of the VEXcode AIR Toolbar, the Stop button is highlighted, to the right of the Run button, and the drone icon shown green.

Press the Takeoff button on the controller#

A closeup view of the lower left side of the Controller, with the takeoff button highlighted, indicating what to press to stop the project.

Press Land to stop the project and land the drone#

If the drone is flying when the Takeoff button is pressed, you will be prompted to land the drone to stop the project.

A screenshot of the prompt on the Controller screen, showing the project name at the top with two button options - to the left reads Land and to the right reads Fly. The Land button is highlighted indicating what to select to stop the project.
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