BRCK How To: Registration
Welcome to a new series of videos called BRCK: How To’s! We’re kicking things off with a step-by-step walkthrough of the first thing you’ll want to do when you get your BRCK: register it. Learn everything from what the lights mean to how to handle some commonly encountered issues. Enjoy, and see below for a description of the registration process! BRCK How To: Registration from BRCK on Vimeo.
Registration process:
To setup your BRCK for the first time, plug it in and turn it on. The lights will tell you what it is doing. The center light tells you your power status:- Red < 10%.
- Yellow < 40%.
- Green < 95%.
- Blue < 100%.
- Pulsing indicates that your BRCK is charging.
- Spinning means the BRCK is searching for a connection.
- Solid outer lights mean your BRCK has established a connection. The outer ring will pulse at a rate that indicates your connection speed.
- Orange is for the BRCK’s internal startup process.
- Purple is for Ethernet connections.
- Green is for WiFi bridging.
- Blue is for 3G.
- Plug in an Ethernet cable from another modem or router.
- Insert a data enabled SIM card.
- Or use the local dashboard to configure a WiFi bridge (more on this below).
- Click “View” under WiFi.
- Select your network.
- Enter your password.
- Click join.
- Wait patiently while your BRCK configures these changes (this can take several minutes).
- Enter your name, email, and choose a password.
- Click “Create account”.
- Once your BRCK has finished applying these changes, click “Go to your dashboard”.
- To change the name of the WiFi network your BRCK broadcasts, click in the box under “WiFi Name”.
- Enter a new name, set a password, and click “Save”.
- You may see an error message at this point. This happens because once you’ve changed the name of your BRCK’s WiFi network, your computer will lose connection to it and the cloud dashboard.
- Open your WiFi list.
- Your BRCK’s new WiFi name should appear shortly.
- Connect to it, et voila!
Written by paulbirkelo