[2.0.1 BETA] Early January 2020

Info

This pre-release is a full-OS based on Raspberry Pi OS Lite.
It contains several additions and improvements to the web-ui, greatly improving the user-expierence.

The latest version of Inkycal has been installed, drivers for the 9.7" E-Paper display have also been installed.
Driver files for the 12.48" E-Paper displays have been added, but testing could not be carried out.

Please note that this release is not meant to be modified via SSH. It should work out-of-the-box and the web-ui has been updated to allow a ssh-free setup for the first time.

Setup

To get started, please do the following:

• Download and unzip the OS file from below (1GB download file, 3.22GB file after unzipping)
• Flash the OS on a microSD card with at least 4 GB space
• Add the wpa_supplicant.conf file to the microSD card after generating one from the web-ui with your wifi details
• Eject the microSD card and add the microSD card in the Raspberry Pi
• Wait for 3 minutes after powering up the Raspberry Pi, then type the following in a browser: http://inkycal.local/

Using the web UI

• Add the opened website to your home screen of your phone. This will make it look (and act) just like any app.
• login with the default details: username: admin password: admin
• Please change your password in the [change password] section, keeping default passwords is a very bad idea and a security risk. It's not possible to restore the password, so be sure to remember or write down the new password
• Identify which display your have in the [Display test] section
• Add your details via the [customize] section. Previous settings file from older releases will not work, then click save
• Head over to the [Control] section and press on [start Inkycal]
• If everything went well, you'll see Inkycal updating. If not, check the log file of Inkycal via the button

Check out the video tutorial

inkycal-os-getting-started.mp4