Kinoma Element User Manual

Kinoma Element User Guide

About Kinoma Element

The most important thing to know about Kinoma Element (shown in Figure 1) is
that it is primarily a 3.3-volt system. If you are new to 3.3V systems or to
hardware in general, this means that (unlike with an Arduino or some other
boards), you can only send up to 3.3 volts into input pins on the device without
doing damage to the pin.

Figure 1. Kinoma Element

Kinoma Element First Run

Take these steps to get going on your Kinoma Element for the first time.

Plug in Element with a moblie phone charger and micro USB cable. Use a high
quality charger like the Apple iPhone charger. Element will boot automatically
when powered.

Element status light blinks red when booting.

Element status light steady red when successfully booted and connected to a
Wi-Fi network.

Configuring the Kinoma Element

xsEdit

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xsEdit. xsEdit has a GUI interface for adding the Kinoma Element

network, setting the device name and pin configurations. xsEdit also is a
Javascript editor and can push scripts wirelessly to your Kinoma Element.

Command line

You can configure your Kinoma Element via command line also. To do so
connect the Kinoma Element to a PC/Laptop with a Micro-USB cable. In a
Terminal application use the following commands.

Get modem number

ls /dev/tty.*

The result will show the usbmodem number, add that to the following
command

sudo cu -l /dev/tty.usbmodem1421

Ater successfully connecting to the Kinoma Element use the following
command to join a local Wi-Fi network. Kinoma Element will save the network
configuration if a successful connection is made. Kinoma Element saves up to
10 Wi-Fi network profiles.

connect YOUR-NETWORK-NAME wpa2 YOUR-NETWORK-PASSWORD 0 true

Use the command: ip to view the Kinoma Elements current IP address

ip

Use the command: hostname to view the Kinoma Elements current device
name. You can set the device name also with the hostname=YOUR-HOSTNAME