• Instructions

FarmBot Configurator is a piece of software built into FarmBot OS that makes it easy to connect your FarmBot’s Raspberry Pi to a WiFi network and to your FarmBot web app account. You will not ever need to connect a keyboard and screen to the device or SSH into the device over an ethernet connection.

Standard with FarmBot OS

If you installed FarmBot OS onto your Raspberry Pi, then you already have FarmBot Configurator installed.

Instructions

When the device boots up, it automatically starts up FarmBot Configurator. FarmBot Configurator checks for configuration data. Initially, there will not be any configuration data, so the device will not be able to connect to your home WiFi network or your FarmBot Web App account. In this case, FarmBot Configurator will create its own WiFi network with an SSID similar to farmbot-xxxx.

1. Check your WiFi browser for an SSID network named: farmbot-xxxx (x representing numeric and letter symbols).
2. Using your phone or laptop, connect to the farmbot-xxxx WiFi network and open up a web browser.
3. Navigate to farmbot.io/setup, the FarmBot Configurator page.

If you are using a smartphone you may need to disable cellular data to allow your phone’s browser to connect to the configurator.

1. From here, follow the on-screen form to enter:
   • The name of the WiFi network (SSID) you would like your FarmBot to normally connect to, and that network’s password.
   • Your username and password for the FarmBot Web App.
2. Now press Submit Configuration. FarmBot OS will now attempt to connect to the WiFi network and FarmBot Web App account provided. This will close the connection from your device to FarmBot OS, so the configuration screen will disappear.

If there is a problem with the configuration, such as a password is wrong, then FarmBot Configurator will restart and you will see the farmbot-xxxx WiFi network again. Return to Step 1.

Check the web app

If all has gone well during your setup, you should now see your FarmBot ‘Online’ in the web application interface.