Connecting a device to Pybytes by flashing Pybytes library manually

In this section, we will explain to you how to connect your device to Pybytes by flashing Pybytes library manually.

Step 1: Download your Pybytes Library

At the last step of the "Add Device" process:

You can also download Pybytes library at the device's settings page:

1. Navigate to your device in Pybytes;
2. On your device's page click on settings tab;
3. Click on the button Download at Pybytes library;

   

Step 2. Flash your device with Pymakr

1. Connect your device to your computer with USB cable.
2. Extract download Pybytes library and open extracted folder with Atom.
3. Get your device serial port: in Pymakr plugin click on More > get serial ports
4. Paste your device's serial port to pymakr.conf file:

    {
        "address": "PASTE_YOUR_SERIAL_PORT_HERE",
        "username": "micro",
        "password": "python",
        "sync_folder": "flash"
    }
   

5. Checkout your flash/pybytes_config.json file. It will be pre-filled with your information from Pybytes Like deviceToken or WiFi credentials. You can change e.g. your WiFy password here.
6. Put your device in safe boot mode.
7. Upload code to your device by clicking on Upload button in Pymakr. After all Pybytes library files are uploaded to device, device will restart and will connect to Pybytes.

Next step: Set up your device's dashboard!

Now it's time to display data from your device into Pybytes dashboard. You can check more about it here!