NEBRA NBR-0063 HNT Indoor Hotspot Miner User Guide
- June 6, 2024
- NEBRA
Table of Contents
NEBRA NBR-0063 HNT Indoor Hotspot Miner
Indoor Hotspot Quick Start Guide
- Box Contents
- Warnings
- Preparing Nebra ROCK Pi Indoor Hotspot
- Configuring Nebra ROCK Pi Indoor Hotspot
- Onboarding Video
Box Contents
Your Nebra ROKC Pi Indoor Helium Hotspot comes with the following
items:
- 1 x Nebra ROCK Pi Miner
- 1 x 3db LoRa Antenna
- 1 x WiFi Antenna
- 1 x Universal Power Supply
- 1 x Ethernet Cable
- 1 x Hotspot $40 On-Boarding Fee
- 1 x First $10 Location Assert Fee
Please note the above image is for illustrative purposes only, the colors of
some parts may change.
Warnings Please remember to follow these important warnings when using your
Nebra ROCK Pi Indoor Hotspot:
- Never power on the ROCK Pi Indoor hotspot without its antenna connected as this may damage the unit.
- Do not place in direct sunlight or on hot surfaces (e.g a heater).
- The Indoor unit’s case is designed to be used indoors and is not suitable for use outdoor usage.
Note: If you want to place your miner outside, please consider our IP67 rated weatherproof outdoor hotspot miner.
Preparing Nebra ROCK Pi Indoor Hotspot
- Step 1: First screw in the included antenna into the connector on the back of the hotspot.
- Figure 2: Indoor Hotspot Included
- If you are using a wired connection, plug an ethernet cable in between a router and the ethernet port on the hotspot.
- Step 2: Next find a suitable location for your Hotspot to be positioned, to provide the best coverage we recommend placing it near a window just out of direct sunlight. You’ll need to be near a mains power source too.
- Step 3: Assemble the appropriate adapter for the country onto the universal power supply, plug into mains power and insert the power cable into the hotspot.
- Step 4: When the hotspot is powered up, the lower orange LED will be on. It will take up to 5 minutes to configure after the first boot.
- This process may take slightly longer as it’ll also perform firmware updates as soon as it gets a connection to the internet. Once it’s done you can see the Greenlight led is turned on.
- Figure 7: Indoor Hotspot Included
Configuring Nebra ROCK Pi Indoor Hotspot
To configure your Hotspot, you will require the Helium Network application
installed on a Mobile Phone, and for you to have gone through the account
setup process to continue.
For the best results, Nebra Hotspots require some ports to be port forwarded
on your network. Please check our security and port forwarding pages for more
details.
Prerequisites
- Ready to connect Debra hotspot
- Helium application with the account.
Step 1: Open the Helium application and login, then press + Add a
Hotspot.
Step 2: Next click Set up Hotspot, from here you will want to select
Nebra Indoor Hotspot.
Step 3: Place your hotspot inappropriate location, please refer Ideal
Hotspot Placement
Step 4: Accept diagnostics permission, This will allow Nebra Ltd to
identify issues with your Hotspot in a secure way
Step 5: Power Up the Nebra hotspot, and please note that never power on
the Indoor/Outdoor hotspot without its antenna connected as this may damage
the unit.
Step 6: Turn on mobile phone Bluetooth and Push the button on the back of
the unit once to enable pairing
Step 7: Select your hotspot in the app, you can check it is the correct
one by matching the last 6 characters shown in the application with the last 6
characters of the mac address printed on the sticker on the bottom of the
hotspot.
Step 8 : The app will show the available Wi-Fi networks within range of
your Hotspot.
Step 9 : Once you provide the WiFi details, it will take a few minutes to
complete the connection
If you are using Ethernet, tap Use Ethernet Instead and skip to Step
10.
If using Wi-Fi, tap on the name of your Wi-Fi network on the app which will
bring you to the following screen.
Indoor Hotspot App Step 7
Step 10: Next you need to submit antenna height and power details.
Step 11: Provide location permission: The helium application use phone
location to assert location to the device.
Step 12: Finally, you can confirm the location of your hotspot. Click
continue and you should be presented with a map to the place where your
hotspot is on the app. This requires $10 and it’s already paid by Nebra
LTD.
Step 13: The setup should now be complete, it’ll submit the details of
the Hotspot to the Helium network and then in approximately 15 minutes confirm
it’s added to the network.
Figure 12: Indoor Hotspot App Step 13You can move the device to another
location, However, every time you move your hotspot to a new location you will
need to pay the $10 location assert fee again.
Onboarding Video
You can also watch this video to learn how to onboard the hotspot. This is using the Nebra Indoor Hotspot on Android, but the process is very similar for the Outdoor Hotspot and using iOS devices: