To access the companion interface, in a web browser of your choosing, type in the IP address of the product followed by the port number to access the Companion Interface. By default all StreamPi’s ship with an IP address and port of 192.168.0.100:8000.
Logging into the Pi
To change the IP address of the StreamPi, you will need to access the Pi via another computer using SSH. We are using Windows Powershell to show you how to use this or you can use another program of your choice.
To access the Pi, type:
ssh pi@192.168.0.100If it’s your first time connecting, you will be asked to authenticate the login. Type “yes”
Type in the password for the pi which is “ecs”. Please note when typing the password, nothing will happen on the screen, but it is accepting the character.
If all this is done correctly, you should be met with a screen that says something like this:
ssh pi@192.168.0.100
pi@192.168.0.100's password:
Linux CompanionPi 5.15.56-v8+ #1575 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 22 20:31:26 BST 2022 aarch64
The source code repository for this project can be found here:
https://github.com/bitfocus/companion
Full licensing information for Bitfocus Commpanion can be found by running 'companion-license'
in the terminal or visiting https://github.com/bitfocus/companion/blob/master/LICENSE.md in a web browser
Any bugs, issues, or feature requests for the Companion software should be reported on the project's GitHub:
https://github.com/bitfocus/companion/issues
Companion should auto-start on this computer as soon as a viable network connection is detected.
You can access the Companion Admin User Interface on port 8000 of this computer's IP address
(i.e. http://192.1.1.2:8000).
For more information on Companion specific commands you can run try running `companion-help`
Last login: Fri Aug 19 11:49:22 2022
Wi-Fi is currently blocked by rfkill.
Use raspi-config to set the country before use.
pi@CompanionPi:~ $Changing the IP Address
To change the IP address of the PI, once your logged in to the pi, type:
sudo Nano /etc/dhcpcd.confhit Enter
Scroll down to the to the bottom of the page using your arrow keys, and you’ll see the IP information of the Pi.
This is where you can change the IP address of your Pi to work with your network. For example, if you would like to change the IP address to 2.0.0.10 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, you will have to enter the following
static ip_address=2.0.0.10/24
static routers=2.0.0.1
static domain_name_servers=2.0.0.1Once you have changed your IP address, hit “Ctrl+C” to close the window. It will ask if you want to save, hit “Y” and Enter.
Reboot your Pi for the change to take affect. To reboot your Pi, type:
sudo reboot