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

Revision as of 20:04, 2 November 2017

Steps to set up a Raspberry PI with AMTech M2MBridge

• 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

Alternatives to copy the image to your SD card

Using etcher (compatible with Linux, Windows and Mac)

• Go to the etcher website and download a version compatible with your operating system and architecture.
• Install it if your download requires an installation
• Run the application and follow the three steps shown in the main window:

Etcher application running

• • Select the image file (the one that you already downloaded and extracted)
  • Select the device that represents your SD card
  • Click on Flash! and wait for the operation to finish

Linux compatible procedure

• 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>

Final steps

• Remove the card from your computer and insert 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
• You can open SSH session to the PI by using the following credentials:

User: amtech

Password: 4mt3ch.