Set up a new Raspberry PI

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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:
  • 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
Etcher application running

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 172.20.10.1
    • SSH is enabled
  • Proceed to configuration of the bridge
  • You can open SSH session to the PI by using the following credentials:
User: amtech
Password: 4mt3ch.