Important: Before proceeding with command-line installation, it is assumed that you are already familiar on how to install an operating system into your machine.

Please follow the steps to build your coin operated wifi hotspot using Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS amd64:

1. Command Line Installation
2. Setup Payment Portal
3. Other Admin Settings

Command line installation is used when software image is not available for your board/machine. First, you need to have access to the command line of your board/machine. In this guide, we will use our customized ubuntu iso Ubuntu Server 18.04.3.

Flash the iso file to your Flash drive using rufus, unetbootin, or balena.

Insert the flash drive into your PC. Access bios setting and set the boot priority to mass media or flash drive first. Read and respond to installation prompts accordingly. After the installation, it should show the login screen with the IP Address of your machine.

• Boot into BIOS setting. Press the button to enter BIOS setup. In this guide, DELETE button is the key to our board's BIOS setup.
  

• Go to boot setting and in the boot priority, select Mas media or the flash drive you inserted as first.
  

• Save changes and exit
  

• Select Auto Install AdoPiSoft Hotspot System
  

• If a prompt to unmount partitions that are in use, select “Yes” and press enter.
  

• In Partition disks prompt, select “use entre disk” to utilize the full storage capacity
  

• Select the disk to partition
  

• In the prompt “Write changes to disk?”, select “Yes”
  

• When the machine rebooted, the login screen will show with the login credentials and the IP Address.
  

Installation Wizard

Given you have a mobile phone or another PC connected to the same network with your pc/machine, open a browser and enter your board/machine's IP address.

Example:

http://192.168.1.123

1. Type your password
2. Confirm your password
3. Click Save Changes button

NOTE: If you encounter error about UUID, just ignore it and proceed.

1. Choose your board/machine type. Select Generic x64 Machine.
2. Click Save Changes

1. Select your WAN network interface. The system will automatically recommend the interface connected to your network.
2. Click Set as WAN Interface button
3. Configure your WAN interface (Dynamic IP or Static IP). If not sure, check Dynamic IP Address.
4. Click Save Changes button

Important: Make sure your board/machine has two network interface. For boards without wifi interface, you have to insert the USB to LAN adapter first.

1. Choose the network interface for your LAN. It can be the wifi interface (wlan0 or wlpsxxx) or any ethernet interface.
2. Check Enable Captive Portal
3. Set alias to LAN Interface or Built-in WiFi (or anything you like)
4. Disable/Uncheck Dynamic IP Address
5. Set Statc IP Address to 10.0.0.1
6. Set Network Prefix to 20
7. Check Use System DNS Server
8. Check Enable DHCP Server on this interface
9. Set DHCP Pool Start to 10.0.0.10
10. Set DHCP Pool End to 10.0.15.254
11. Click Save Changes button
12. Click Done or Finish button.

IMPORTANT: After the successful setup, update the software to latest version. Go to System→Device page and click Check Updates.

• Serial Coinslot
• Wireless Coinslot/Sub-vendo
• Wired LAN Subvendo