2. Preliminary Setup — PhotoMiroir documentation
2. Preliminary Setup¶ ¶
2.1. Plugging the PhotoMiroir¶ ¶
Simply plug the power line in the micro-USB port and the camera cable in one of the four USB port.
Ensure that the micro-SD card is fully inserted.
2.2. Wifi Setup¶ ¶
This section describe how you can set up the PhotoMiroir to connect to your local wifi.
2.2.1. Via the PhotoMiroir own wifi¶ ¶
The PhotoMiroir enables a local wifi network on which you can connect.
Once the PhotoMiroir is started, you connect your computer or your phone on
the wifi network whose name (SSID) is PhotoMiroir
.
Then, you can use any web browser to navigate to http://photomiroir.fr and click on the admin link in order to access a configuration page allowing you to change the wifi configuration.
On the configuration page (see Fig. 2.1), click on the System and Network Configuration link ❹:
And then fill in the host_ssid
and host_wifi_pass
fields with the name
and the password of the wifi network you want the PhotoMiroir to connect
(see Fig. 2.2).
2.2.2. Via PhotoMiroir micro-SD Card¶ ¶
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Put the SD card in another computer.
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Ensure that the smallest partition is mounted.
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Add a file named
wifi.conf
into this partition. This file shall contain your wifi configuration according to the following format:network={ ssid="SSID NAME" psk="password string" }
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Unmount the SD card and insert it in the PhotoMiroir .
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Plug the PhotoMiroir. It then shall be available on your network.
2.3. Getting the local IP address¶ ¶
Once the wifi is configured as described in Wifi Setup, you can see the
Photomiroir IP address on the local network by first connecting to
http://photomiroir.fr/admin once connected to the PhotoMiroir
wifi.
The top of the page will show something like (LAN IP : 192.168.0.44)
. You
can then connect to the Photomiroir via you local network simply by using
http://192.168.0.44 (replace with the address shown on your Photomiroir).