1.2. Connect to Red Pitaya

This is the most common and recommended way of connecting and using your Red Pitaya boards. Your LAN network needs to have DHCP settings enabled, which is the case with the majority of local networks. With this, a simple plug and play approach is enabled. Having a Red Pitaya board connected to the local network will enable quick access to all Red Pitaya applications using only your web browser.

Simply follow this 3 simple steps:

  1. Connect your Red Pitaya board to the router

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  2. Connect the power supply to the Red Pitaya board

  3. Open your web browser and type rp-xxxxxx.local/ into the address bar

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Note

xxxxxx are the last 6 characters of the MAC address of your Red Pitaya board. The MAC address is written on the Ethernet connector.

After the third step you will get a Red Pitaya main page as shown below.

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Red Pitaya’s main page user interface.

Note

For any issues during setup, check troubleshooting or check the forum for a solution. If you cannot find a solution, please post your problem, providing as much detail as possible.

Note

For arranging other types of connections (wireless, direct ethernet connection), use the Network manager application.

Note

Windows 7/8 users should install Bonjour Print Services, otherwise access to *.local addresses will not work.

Windows 10 already supports mDNS and DNS-SD, so there is no need to install additional software.

Note

Access to the internet is only required when:

  • upgrading Red Pitaya OS,

  • installing applications from the marketplace.