How to get started

Everything you need to get started quickly with easyvis.io

Raspberry Pi Setup

Just a few steps are necessary to setup your raspberry pi.

Download the easyvis.io image (with your account you can request an image)
Flash the microSD card with the image by following the flashing instructions for your operating system
Insert the microSD card and plug the power adaptor into the board
Wait a few minutes until the initial setup is done
Connect to the newly created wifi access point with the name “Device” and enter your wifi credentials via the page: http://10.42.0.1:5000/setup. After the successful wifi setup, note down the device id.
Register your device in the easyvis console
You are ready to go. Enjoy easyvis.io!

Flashing instructions

These steps will walk you through creating an easyvis.io SD Card

On Ubuntu

Insert your SD card into your computer (make sure to have a formatted SD card in FAT 32 format)
Identify its “drive address” by opening the “Disks” application and look for the “Device” line. If the line is in the /dev/mmcblk0p1 format, then your drive address is: /dev/mmcblk0. If it is in the /dev/sdb1 format, then the address is /dev/sdb
In a terminal perform the following command to flash the image to your SD card
```
xzcat easyvis-pi3.img.xz | sudo dd of=< drive address > bs=32M
```
Run the sync command to finalize the process
You can eject your SD card and you are ready for the next steps

On Windows

Insert your SD card into your computer (make sure to have a formatted SD card in FAT 32 format)
Extract the downloaded image with an archive extractor software (e.g. 7-zip)
Download and install the Win32DiskImager
In a file explorer check at which drive your SD card is listed (e.g. F:)
In the Win32DiskImager select the unpacked easyvis.io image file and the drive of the SD card.
Flash the image to your SD card by pressing Write
After the flashing process has finished you can eject your SD card and you are ready for the next steps

On MacOS

Insert your SD card into your computer (make sure to have a formatted SD card in FAT 32 format)
With the diskutil list command identify your “disk number” (e.g. for /dev/disk3 the number is 3)
Unmount your SD card
```
diskutil unmountDisk disk<disk number>
```
Unzip the image
```
gunzip easyvis-pi3.img.xz
```

Copy the image to the SD card

sudo dd bs=1m if=easyvis-pi3.img of=/dev/disk<disk number> conv=sync

You can eject your SD card and you are ready for the next steps

Connect your visualization devices

Connect your visualization device (TV, led wall, …) to your raspberry pi by following the specific instructions for each device.

Android App Setup

Once you have access to easyvis.io you will provide you the instructions how to install the easyvis.io Android App on your TV or tablet.

Install the Android App on your TV or tablet by following the instructions we provide you in your account
Start the app and login with your easyvis.io credentials
With the first start of the app you need to provide a device label, so that you can reference the device from the easyvis.io console
You are ready to play content on your Android device

Start controlling your visualization devices

The basis to control and manage your visualization devices is our API (API Reference) but for quick access and testing you can use the easyvis console.

The console is easy to use and no coding is required. To use the API directly check the authorization section, the visualization apps and the API Reference.