DENKOQuick start
From the box to a working station on your Wi-Fi in about ten minutes. Each step links to the full explanation in chapter 1.
You need: the station, its cable and power supply, a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network with internet access (you will need its name and password), and a phone.
1. Place it
- Keep the antenna unit as far as practical from electrical equipment: air conditioners, power supplies, chargers, computers, routers and LED lighting. Distance helps a lot, because this kind of interference weakens very quickly as you move away from it.
- Do not fix the antenna unit with metal clamps or brackets that go all the way around it.
- The satellite (GNSS) antenna is built into the base unit: place the base unit where it can see as much open sky as possible, for example at a window or outdoors.
- The base unit must be within reach of your Wi-Fi.
2. Connect it
- Connect the antenna unit to the base unit with the supplied cable.
- Connect the power last.
3. Power on and wait
The display shows the Denko logo and the firmware version, then the status screen.
- If the station already knows a Wi-Fi network in range, its IP address appears on the status screen, usually within half a minute. Go to step 5.
- A new station, with no Wi-Fi saved yet, shows the setup screen with a QR code within seconds. Go to step 4.
- A station that has a saved network it cannot reach tries it for about 5 minutes first, then shows the setup screen.
If the top line shows a version older than v388 (for example AURORA 9994 v366) and no setup screen appears, the station needs a USB update first: see section 4.3, which has the download.
4. Connect it to your Wi-Fi
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- Scan the QR code with your phone's camera and join the
Aurora-…network it offers. - The setup page opens by itself. If it does not, open
http://192.168.4.1/. - Enter your Wi-Fi network name and password and press Save and connect.
- The station restarts and joins your network. Its IP address appears on the status screen.
5. Open the web interface
On a phone or computer connected to the same Wi-Fi network, open http://<IP address>/, using the address from the status screen. You see the live signal and the station's status. See section 5.
6. Check that it is working
Give the station a few minutes after it joins your network, then look at the status screen:
| Look for | If not |
|---|---|
| An IP address | Not connected to Wi-Fi. Wait for the setup screen and repeat step 4. |
OK on the line below the IP | INIT is normal for the first seconds, and BAD:nofix until the station gets its first satellite fix (see the next row). Any other code after BAD: or OK? means the station noticed a problem with its measurement: check the cable between the antenna unit and the base unit, and contact Denko if the code stays. All codes: chapter 2. |
GPS with a number of satellites | GPS nofix: the base unit cannot see enough sky. Move it nearer to a window or outdoors. |
locked at the bottom right | unlocked is normal for the first minutes. It becomes locked once satellites are in view. |
7. Leave it running
- The station updates its firmware by itself over the internet. If the display shows
FIRMWARE UPDATE/keep power ON, do not unplug it, and leave it powered for at least 3 minutes after it restarts. - It restarts by itself once a day. This is normal.
- The red light is off when all is well. If it flashes, count the flashes and see chapter 2. The white lights flash for each lightning signal the station reports.
- If your Wi-Fi goes down, the station keeps trying to reconnect. After about 5 minutes it also shows the setup screen, and it rejoins by itself as soon as your network is back.