Working with images

Description

AdvanReaders use an embedded Linux board with the required software for its autonomous operation. It is a flexible platform that can be extended.

How to flash a device

This process will wipe out all data in the BeagleBone. Make sure you have an empty SD card to mount the new image.

Image

First step is to get a valid image for your device. You may ask the Keonn Support Team.

Flashing the SD card

To be able to boot the SD card from th device we first need to burn the SD card with the image. This procidure will depend on your OS.

First download the following software: https://etcher.balena.io/
*If you are using Linux, run:
sudo dpkg -i etcher-*.deb
sudo apt install -f
to run: balena-etcher

Click the "Select Image" button and browse to the location of the image file you want to flash to the SD card.
Click the "Select Target" button and choose the SD card.
Click the "Flash!" button to start the image flashing process. This may require administrator permissions.

Flashing the device

First of all, unplug the POE from the device. Locate the micro-SD slot within your device.

Insert the card and plug the device again.
Locate de device's IP (may have changed). Enter through SSH using "user;password" : "flash;flash". The flash process should run automatically.
Once the process finishes, unplug the device again and remove the SD card. Power the device for the last time and check if the IP has changed.