NEBRA ROCK Pi User manual

INDOOR HOTSPOT QUICK START GUIDE
Indoor Hotspot Quick Start Guide
• Box Contents
• Warnings
• Preparing Nebra ROCK Pi Indoor Hotspot
• Conguring Nebra ROCK Pi Indoor Hotspot
• Onboarding Video
Box Contents
Your Nebra ROCK Pi Indoor Helium Hotspot comes with the following items:
Figure 1: Indoor Hotspot Included
• 1 x Nebra ROCK Pi Miner
• 1 x 3db LoRa Antenna
• 1 x WiFi Antenna
• 1 x Universal Power Supply
• 1 x Ethernet Cable
• 1 x Hotspot $40 On Boarding Fee
• 1 x First $10 Location Assert Fee
Please note the above image is for illustrative purposes only, colours of some
parts may change.
Warnings
Please remember to follow these important warnings when using your Nebra
ROCK Pi Indoor Hotspot:
•Never power on the ROCK Pi Indoor hotspot without it’s antenna
connected as this may damage the unit.
• Do not place in direct sunlight or on hot surfaces (e.g a heater).
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• The Indoor unit’s case is designed to be used indoors, and is not suitable
for use outdoor usage.
•The ROCK Pi Indoor hotspot comes with a 12v power adapter, so
don’t use that adapter to power any generic Type-C devices like a
mobile phone or anything and vice versa, it will damage the device.
Note: If you want place your miner outside, please consider our IP67 rated
weatherproof outdoor hotspot miner.
Preparing Nebra ROCK Pi Indoor Hotspot
Step 1: First screw in the included antenna into the connector on the back of
the hotspot.
Figure 2: Indoor Hotspot Included
If you are using wired connection, plug an ethernet cable in between a router
and the ethernet port on the hotspot.
Step 2: Next nd a suitable location for your Hotspot to be positioned, to
provide the best coverage we recommend placing it near a window just out
of direct sunlight. You’ll need to be near a mains power source too.
Please check “Ideal Hotspot Placement” Guide
Step 3: Assemble the appropriate adapter for country onto the universal
power supply, plug into mains power and insert power cable into the hotspot.
Step 5: When the hotspot is powered up, the lower orange LED will be on. It
will take up to 5 minutes to congure after the rst boot.
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Figure 3: Indoor Hotspot Included
Figure 4: Indoor Hotspot Antenna
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Figure 5: Indoor Hotspot Included
Figure 6: Indoor Hotspot Included
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This process may take slightly longer as it’ll also perform rmware updates as
soon as it gets a connection to the internet. Once it’s done you can see the
Green light led is turned on.
Figure 7: Indoor Hotspot Included
Conguring Nebra ROCK Pi Indoor Hotspot
To congure your Hotspot, you will require the Helium Network application
installed on a Mobile Phone, and for you to have gone through the account
setup process to continue.
Prerequisites
• Ready to connect nebra hotspot
• Helium application with account.
Step 1: Open the Helium application and login, then press + Add a Hotspot.
Step 2: Next click Set up Hotspot, from here you will want to select Nebra
Indoor Hotspot.
Step 3: Place your hotspot in appropriate location, please reer Ideal
Hotspot Placement
Step 4: Accept diagnostics permission , This will allow Nebra Ltd to identify
issues with your Hotspot in a secure way
Step 5: Power Up the Nebra hotspot, and please note that never power on the
Indoor/Outdoor hotspot without it’s antenna connected as this may damage
the unit.
Step 6: Turn on mobile phone bluetooth and Push the button on the back of
the unit once to enable pairing
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Figure 8: Indoor Hotspot App Step 1
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Figure 9: Indoor Hotspot App Step 4
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Step 7: Select your hotspot in the app, you can check it is the correct one by
matching the last 6 characters shown in the application with the last 6 charac-
ters of the mac address printed on the sticker on the bottom of the hotspot.
Step 8: The app will show the available Wi-Fi networks within range of your
Hotspot.
Step 9: Once you provide the WiFi details, it will take few minutes to complete
the connection
If you are using Ethernet, tap Use Ethernet Instead and skip to
Step 10.
If using Wi-Fi, tap on the name of your Wi-Fi network on the app
which will bring you to the following screen.
Figure 10: Indoor Hotspot App Step 7
Step 10: Next you need to submit antenna height and power details.
Step 11: Provide location permission: The helium application use phone loca-
tion to assert location to the device.
Step 12: Finally, you can conrm the location of your hotspot. Click continue
and you should be presented with a map to then place where your hotspot is
on the app. This requires $10 and it’s alredy paid by Nebra LTD.
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Figure 11: Indoor Hotspot App Step 10
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Step 13: The setup should now be complete, it’ll submit the details of the
Hotspot to the Helium network and then in approximately 15 minutes conrm
it’s added to the network.
Figure 12: Indoor Hotspot App Step 13
You can move device to another location, However every time you move your
hotspot to a new location you will need to pay the $10 location assert fee
again.
Resource
• Ideal Hotspot Placement
• The First Few Days, What to Expct
• Advanced Diagnotics Information
Onboarding Video
You can also watch this video to learn how to onboard the hotspot. This is
using the Nebra Indoor Hotspot on Android, but the process is very similar
for the Outdoor Hotspot and using iOS devices:
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