# Starling 2 Max Quickstart Guide + Initial Setup

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/4704/starling-2-max-quickstart-guide-initial-setup
Category: Development Drones (https://forum.modalai.com/category/44/development-drones)
Tags: starling
Posted: 2025-08-26 19:30:54 UTC by phodskins
Replies: 1 · Views: 499

## phodskins · 2025-08-26 19:30:54 UTC

Hello, we recently purchased a full Starling 2 Max kit. It arrived with a card pointing to a 'QuickStart' guide but the website documentation seems to be absent. Is there an up to date QuickStart guide for the Max?

The batteries arrived without a charger - is there a recommended charger for the Amprius 3A batteries?

We opted for the microhard addon. Is there a default network ID and frequency/channel for the microhard radio?

## Reply by phodskins · 2025-09-08 16:54:50 UTC

If anyone is struggling to find the pMDDL2450 info that arrives with the Starling 2 Max + Microhard option (mine didn't come with any documentation) here is the RF configuration. By default the Max arrived with the radio turned off. I have paired mine with a pMDDL2450-ENC module connected to a laptop running QGround / MissionPlanner. 

One way to access the settings without having an external radio module to pair is ssh port forwarding. Make sure you're connected to the drone / have setup your VOXL WIFI settings then ssh into the VOXL using ssh -L 8443:192.168.168.1:443 root@192.168.8.1 

You can then access the microhard landing page at https://localhost:8443

My pMDDL2450 has the following default settings for the radio:

![c59d1c08-fd0f-4ce9-b40e-ec413952ce4d-image.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1757350102521-c59d1c08-fd0f-4ce9-b40e-ec413952ce4d-image.png)