Logging into your Sentinel
This is only relevant if you have a WiFi connection and the Sentinel-modem
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This is only relevant if you have a WiFi connection and the Sentinel-modem
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Setting up the modem
For this you need a working WiFi connection (or Hotspot) without a secondary verification e.g. hotel Wifi with a login page
This process repeats your WiFi to a network that Sentinel knows (called sentinel-net). This allows the Sentinels to always look for the same network wherever they are
Plug-in provided modem via micro USB cable
Connect to sentinel-net (PW: endextinction)
Open the browser and navigate to 192.168.8.1 (PW: endextinction)
Click the Scan button, and connect to your WiFi network
Check that you are both connected to sentinel-net network and that a webpage loads
You will only have to do this process once.
The Sentinel team strives not to require users to see a single line of code. For this part, we aren't quite there. Sorry 😢 we are working on it...
Open Terminal (Mac: found inside Finder/Utilities, Windows: Powershell)
If you have a Windows computer that is not fully updated, you may have to install OpenSSH
Attach a power source to the Sentinel (the microUSB or 18650 batteries).
Turn on Sentinel
Verify that the Sentinel is connected to Sentinel-net (during boot-up the Sentinel shoudl show a stable blue light at some point):
ssh into the sentinel: (change out {device-name} for your device name (i.e.,jumping-nexus, etc.) by typing into your terminal:
Copy in the command that the Conservation X Labs engineer gave you.