Fly Gemini V2 SBC setup

Fly Gemini V2 SBC setup

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Fly-Gemini V2 initial setup

Connect to the Fly-Gemini V2 by serial over USB

Install CH340 driver

Download and install the CH340 driver.
Connect the Fly-Gemini V2 by USB to your PC using the USB C port marked in red.

USB port for SBC side.

Open device manager, expand ports, and note the com port number of the device labeld CH340

Find the port number for the CH340 device.

Connect to the Fly-Gemini V2 over serial.

Open putty and configure a session as follows
Serial line: Use COM port from the CH340 device listed in device manager.
Speed: 115200
Connection type: serial

Configure Putty for serial

Click ‘Open’ to start the session.

Connect to the Gemini over serial.

Configure Wifi using nmtui

Run the following command to start the Network Manager TUI
```
 nmtui
```
Select ‘Activate a connection’

Select activate

Select your WiFi network from the list of discovered networks.

Select your wifi network

Enter your WiFi password

Enter your WiFi password

Exit nmtui

Find the IP address

Run IP to get the Fly-Gemini V2 IP address.
```
ip address show wlan0
```

Find the IP address

Note the IP for the next step.

Connect to the Fly-Gemini V2 over SSH.

Open Putty and configure a new session
- Host name: Use the IP listed in the last step.
- Port: 22
- Connection type: ssh
Click ‘open’ to start the session.
Log on with the username ‘fly’ and the password ‘mellow’

SSH to the Gemini

Set the password

Run the following command to reset the default password

 passwd

Enter the current password you used to log on.
Enter your new password.
Confirm your new password

Install Bonjour support

Bonjour will allow the Fly-Gemini V2 to respond to it’s hostname. The defaut hostname is ‘flygemini.local’

Run the following commands to update and install Bonjour support.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

sudo apt install avahi-daemon

When complete your Fly-Gemini V2 will respond to local dns queries for it’s hostname.

Install PySerial

If you plan to use CanBoot you may want to istall pyserial.

pip3 install pyserial

Setup is now complete

Continue on to the next section Configuring Klipper

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