Tutorial

Download the Comitup Image

Find the link on the Comitup Home Page for the Bittorrent download. You will need a Bittorrent Client for the download.

Once the image is downloaded, use an unzip utility to restore the original image.

Copy the image to a microSD card

For Windows, this is covered in the Raspberry Pi Quick Start Guide, steps 3 & 4.

The Raspberry Pi Website has copying instructions for Linux, Mac OS, and Windows.

Boot the Raspberry Pi 3

Insert the microSD card into the Raspberry Pi 3, and apply power. The first boot will take a couple of minutes, while the system makes some initial configuration changes.

Connect to the Comitup Hotspot

Using a Wifi-enabled computer, smart phone, or tablet, view a list of available Wifi Access Points. You should see one named 'comitup-' followed by 4 digits. Connect to this Hotspot.

Connect the Raspberry Pi to your Wifi Access Point

While connected to the Comitup Access Point, browse to 'http://10.42.0.1' (or to 'comitup.local', if you are using a Mac). You should see a list of available Access Points. Select one, enter a password if necessary, and click on 'Connect'.

Start Computing!

Connect you computer/phone/tablet to the same Access Point. Use a Zeroconf Browser to identify the Raspberry Pi IP address. Use SSH to open a terminal session.

A good first step at this point is to update your operating system to the latest packages:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Enjoy!