Smartscope WiFi Bridge

The battery-operated SmartScope WiFi Bridge allows you to power and use your SmartScope over a wireless or wired network connection. Because the SmartScope WiFi Bridge includes a battery, all you need to do is connect your SmartScope to the WiFi bridge and you can use any tablet/phone/PC on the network to run the GUI! The WiFi Bridge and client GUI both implement ZeroConf, which means that you don't need to input any IP address -- they will find each other automatically.

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Current benefits of the SmartScope server:

• Allows to control a SmartScope from a (non-jailbroken) iPhone/iPad. Simply download the SmartScope app from the regular AppStore, and it will connect to a SmartScopeServer running in the network!
• Allows 9h+ of wireless connectivity to the SmartScope (full performance over WiFi)
• In case this would not be enough, you can charge the WiFi Bridge while it is operating
• Last but not least, you can use the SmartScope WiFi Brige as a standard USB battery pack to charge any USB device :)

Typical use-cases:

• Cases where a wired connection is just not that practical
• Leave your SmartScope at a test setup, and you can visualize the result from your chair
• ...

Description

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• USB port: this is where you connect the SmartScope
• Test button: pressing the 'T' button will show 0 to 4 LEDs, indicating the current charge on the internal battery
• Main switch:
  • Left position '0': WiFi bridge is off. Use this for storing the device.
  • Middle position 'C': WiFi bridge is acting as a charger. Connect any chargeable USB device to charge it. WiFi/CPU are disable to conserve energy.
  • Right position 'R': Active mode, see below
• Micro-USB port: used for charging the internal battery

Active mode

When switched to Active mode, the LED will indicate following states:

• Solid Red: indicates CPU is starting
• Flasing Red: indicates the bridge is scanning for free WiFi channels, and is starting up the WiFi Access Point
• Purple: All set and ready to receive connection requests!

At this point, the bridge will have created a wireless network named SmartScope. Follow these remaining logical steps:

1. Hook up a SmartScope to the USB port of the WiFi Bridge
2. Connect any device to the SmartScope WiFi
3. Start the SmartScope app on that device!