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Getting Started

Thank you for choosing our CHESTER device. Here are the steps to get started and see your data in HARDWARIO Cloud.

Current devices are shipped with the firmware that uses our more advanced Cloud v2. You can also check the firmware version you use with mobile HARDWARIO Manager or computer HARDWARIO Monitor, and if the firmware is v3.0.0 or higher, you have Cloud v2 communication. Otherwise, jump to the Cloud v1 chapter.

Cloud v2​

Create an Account​

If you don't have an account:

Add a Device to the Cloud​

  • Select the SPACE where you would like to add a device
  • Click on the DEVICES in the left menu and choose +NEW DEVICE in the top right corner

Power-up Device​

Only after you create a device in the Cloud, it will be able to talk to the Cloud and connect.

If you put batteries before the device was registered in the cloud, it might take 10 minutes or hours to connect because CHESTER has a battery-saving functionality during connection.

You might force CHESTER to connect to the network immediately by using one of the solutions below:

  • Press the button four times to reboot the device.
  • Power reset by removing and inserting batteries. When CHESTER-M has blue supercapacitors, you also need to discharge them by holding the button or pressing the button five times that turns on the white LED on the back-side, which discharges the supercapacitors within 30 seconds.

Status LED​

Watch the CHESTER LED Behaviour. When the LED starts blinking green every 5 seconds, it is connected to the Cloud.

Cloud Messages​

Now, when you open DEVICES and click on the chat icon on your device, you will see messages from your device.

Now, please follow Cloud v2 documentation to assign your device and a connector a tag, then you can resend the device's data to your cloud/backend, send downlink commands, use a remote shell, FOTA and other functionalities.

In USERS, you might also invite your co-workers and assign them a role user (read only) or role admin, which can change anything.

Catalog Applications​

Now that you have your CHESTER running, you might explore how your catalog application works and what you can configure. Each catalog application has explained functionality. For example, CHESTER Clime has a single article with chapters: Measurement and Behavior, Default Configuration, Specific Commands, and Example JSON Message you will see in the cloud.

For configuration, you use config commands in the CHESTER shell, which can be accessed either:

Troubleshooting​

If you use our Vodafone SIM card in a country other than the Czech Republic, please reconfigure PLMN based on your country.

In the case of using your own SIM card, after changing PLMN and APN you have also to change the parameter to public IP for Cloud v2.

Cloud v1​

In HARDWARIO Cloud v1, we need to make accounts manually. So, if you have a CHESTER device and don't already have access to the cloud, please contact your salesperson from HARDWARIO or write to ask@hardwario.com. Please send us the HSN (HARDWARIO Serial Nuber) of the device(s) or HEO (HARDWARIO Order code) together with the email(s) for which we create an account.