Difference between revisions of "Set up a new Raspberry PI"

Revision as of 20:15, 13 October 2017

Login to the application UI as a follower user
Go to Sensors > M2MBridge Application menu and download the provided Raspberry PI image
- the image file is downloaded as .gz file, extract it to a .img file.
Remove the memory card from the PI and insert it into your computer
Identify the device path for the memory card under /dev directory (you may use gnome-disks as auxiliary tool)
Write the image to the memory card. Using ddrescue:

sudo ddrescue -f /path/to/amtech-ubuntu-mate-16.04.2-desktop-armhf-raspberry-pi-compat.img /dev/<deviceid>

Remove the card from your computer and reinsert it into the Raspberry PI
Boot the PI
- Wired network interface is auto configured using DHCP
- Wireless network is autoconfigured as an AP with SSID 'amtech-pi'; password is 'freepass'. If you connect to this network, the PI will have address 192.168.0.1
- SSH is enabled
SSH to the PI by using the following credentials:

User: amtech

Password: 4mt3ch.

Execute sudo raspi-config to expand the filesystem
- Go to "Advanced Options" > "Expand Filesystem"
- Go to "Finish" and reboot the PI
Go to http://<address of your pi>/ to start configuring the PI

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 * Login to the application UI as a follower user
 * Go to <code>Sensors > M2MBridge Application</code> menu and download the provided Raspberry PI image
+**the image file is downloaded as .gz file, extract it to a .img file.
 * Remove the memory card from the PI and insert it into your computer
 * Identify the device path for the memory card under /dev directory (you may use gnome-disks as auxiliary tool)