Connecting meshO Prime and radios

Audience: Timing operators setting up the radio network before and during the event.

How to connect Manager to meshO Prime over USB, confirm radio controls are reporting in, and recover when the connection drops.

Status: Stub — not yet written.

What this page will cover

[ ] What meshO Prime is and how Manager talks to it (second virtual COM port)
[ ] Connecting Prime for the first time — drivers, COM port selection
[ ] Confirming the connection is healthy (the Field Units Status card)
[ ] Identifying and naming individual radio controls
[ ] Battery state, signal strength, last-heard-from times
[ ] Handling a disconnected Prime (cable pulled, USB reset)
[ ] Switching to a different COM port mid-event
[ ] Running in replay mode from a captured file (for testing and training)
[ ] Running without Prime (radio punches off — Manager still handles SI card downloads at the finish)