Your Altruist, screen by screen: short video guides

Join the Altruist-… network from your phone and the setup page opens by itself. Pick your home network (2.4 GHz), type the password, and wait for Connected. Save the IP address the page shows, then press Finish setup.

Map → GPS & Sensors: enter latitude and longitude and check the marker on the small map. The coordinates are public. A point a block away keeps your home private and the data just as useful.

Local → Readings shows every value the sensor measures. Status tells you whether it is online, whether the last data reached the map, its IP and its address. Copy all puts the technical details on your clipboard, handy when you write to support.

Map → Publish to map: tick the values you want on the open map. Encrypt map values: the ticked values leave the sensor sealed and open only for you, after you log in on sensors.social with your key or your backup file. Untick everything to keep the sensor fully private.

Map → Robonomics: how often the sensor writes its signed log, which node it talks to, and the RWS Owner Address (legacy) field. That field holds a subscription address, not the sensor’s key. Most owners never need to touch this screen.

Local → Firmware Update → Check for update compares your version with the latest one. Press Update and watch the progress bar. Keep the sensor powered until it restarts.

System → Backup & restore → Download backup saves one backup.json file: Wi-Fi, location, settings and the sensor’s key. Keep it away from the sensor, for example in your password manager.

Same screen: choose the file and confirm. The sensor restarts with its Wi-Fi, key, address on the map and all settings back.

You do not have to set everything up again. While the sensor is still on its own setup network, before it joins your Wi-Fi, the setup page already has Backup & restore.

New router or new password? System → Delete configuration → Wi-Fi only forgets the network and keeps everything else. The sensor reopens its setup page and you connect it again.

Local → Settings → LEDs: turn the strip on or off and set the brightness.

The same setup page, with one more choice: run Insight on its own, or together with an Urban outside.

Insight finds the Urban on your network, or you type its IP. The main Urban shares the first page of the e-ink screen with Insight’s own readings.

Local → Other Urbans: add a second or third sensor and give it a name for the screen, like kitchen or balcony. Each one gets its own page.

Set the hours of your night, choose whether the report opens on the screen every morning and until when, and add the outdoor dust and noise from your Urban to the score.

Local → System → Date format: MM/DD/YYYY, DD.MM.YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD. The e-ink header and the Status page follow your choice.

Turn the LEDs on or off, set the brightness and the hours when they switch off and back on. They dim gradually before switching off. Set the same hour twice to keep them on all night.