Configuring WiFi Settings

This section explains the process of configuring your Raspberry Pi to connect to your wireless network. If you are using a hardwired connection on your Raspberry Pi, you can continue to the Finding Your IP Address section.

• Insert the microSD card that you installed the MainsailOS on into your computer;

• Once the microSD card is recognized by your computer you should see a 'boot' drive appear in file explorer;

• In the root of the 'boot' drive look for a file called mainsailos-wpa-supplicant.txt;

mainsailos-wpa-supplicant

• Edit the mainsailos-wpa-supplicant.txt

Windows Users:

• Do not use Wordpad for editing this file, it will mangle it and your configuration won't work. Use a proper text editor instead;

• Recommended:

  • Notepad++, VSCode, Atom, SublimeText.

Mac OSX Users:

• If you use Textedit to edit this file, make sure to use "plain text format" and "disable smart quotes" in "Textedit > Preferences", otherwise TextEdit will use non-compatible characters and your network configuration won't work!

• Edit lines 27 to 30 and remove the # comments from all 4 lines;

• Enter your SSID (wireless network name) between the quotes on line 28;

  • ssid="YourWifiNetworkName"

• Enter the password of your wireless network between the quotes on line 29;

  • psk="YourWifiPassword";

Your Wifi SSID and password is case sensitive

WiFi SSID and Password

• Ensure you SAVE the mainsailos-wpa-supplicant.txt file;

• Close your text editor;

• Eject the microSD card from your computer properly;

• Load the microSD card into your Raspberry Pi;

• Power-on your Raspberry Pi.

Do not connect your Anycubic Vyper 3D printer to the Raspberry Pi at this time, you will do this as the last step in Klipper Firmware section.