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📈 How to configure your new crypto-watcher

  1. Optionally, remove the screen protoector that is covering the e-paper display (there is a red tab at the bottom-left)
  2. Connect a micro-usb cable to the raspberry pi board on your crypto-watcher
  3. Wait a minute or so for it to boot up
  4. The device will display a short intro sequence for you to follow
  5. From another device, connect to the bitbot-{nnn} access point
  6. if you are not automaticaly shown the config web page, open your browser and goto google.com. the page should then load.
  7. Select your home wifi access point name
  8. Enter your wifi password
  9. Wait for the device to reboot (this may take 1-2 mins)
    • Your crypto-watcher will refresh the screen once it has loaded up and connected to the internet.
    • The device is set up to refresh every ten minutes.
    • The dispayed instrument defaults to Bitmex BTC/USD.

More detailed instructions with screenshots can be found here

⚙️ Advanced Configuration

Configuration for your crypto-watcher is stored in a config.ini file on the raspberry Pi

  • Visit http://bitbot:8080 in your browser to edit the configuration
  • Edit the config file directly see 💾 Config Options
  • A list of supported crypto-exchanges can be found here
    • Please see your selected exchange for the instruments that it supports

Bitbot uses Style Files to control the chart layout.

  • If you're feeling experimental.. you can edit these! Examples of the styling options can be found here

Inky Impression Button support

  • toggle_picure_frame_mode
  • refresh_display
  • toggle_volume
  • toggle_extended_view

💻 Help

Source code for the application can be found at: https://github.com/donbing/bitbot

For technical assistance please contact us via the Etsy shop, or raise a github issue