Device Configuration

Successful startup will be indicated by a dull green glow on the LED. If the LED is off, or blinking a sequence, see the troubleshooting section.

After successful startup, you can connect to the device with your web browser to access the configuration app. Use the url: http://iotawatt.local or, if your device has been renamed, use http://<newname>.local. The configuration app starts with a row of buttons:

Main Menu image

Hover over **Setup button** and click **Device Button** in the dropdown menu.

Config Device image

Device name

You can change the Device name to another 8 character name if you wish. If you have more than one IoTaWatt you will need to do this so that they each have unique names. When you press save, the IoTaWatt will restart using the new name. From then on, http://<newname>.local will be the url that you will use to access the device from your browser, and the new Device name will be the password that you must use to connect to the AP if configuring for a different WiFi network.

TimeZone

Set your local Time Zone relative to UTC time. All of the measurements are time stamped using UTC, but log messages and various reporting apps will use this offset to show the data in local time.

If your time zone is subject to “Daylight Saving Time”, check the Allow Daylight Time box. IoTaWatt has DST rules for most of North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

Auto-update Class

Auto-update Class tells IotaWatt if you want to receive automatic updates of the firmware and what type of updates you are interested in. The choices are:

NONE

Do not Auto-update this device.

MAJOR

Only update major releases of the software.

MINOR

Update with minor releases. More frequent but somewhat tested firmware. This is recommended.

BETA

Latest production firmware.

ALPHA

Recently released firmware with the latest features - and the latest bugs.

IotaWatt checks the IotaWatt.com site for new software regularly. The update process takes less than a minute. New firmware is authenticated with a digital signature from IotaWatt and installed automatically.

Save

Click **Save**. Your changes will be saved. If you changed the name of your device, it will restart when you press save and you will need to restart the configuration application from http://<newname>.local.

The next step is VT Configuration