@Luciano-S. said in How to first connect to the Omega2 without a serial-to-USB?:
Just do be correct ... the mini-dock has a UART (USB to Serial) chip! Just the Power dock comes without this chip.
Oh sorry for the mistake; I intented to talk only of the power dock
@fossette said in How to first connect to the Omega2 without a serial-to-USB?:
For reference purpose:
Connect to the Omega via SSH
Thanks for pointing this out.
The quote "If your computer is on the same wifi network as the Omega, the Omega will be accessible via the omega-ABCD.local address. Where ABCD is 4 hex characters that are unique to each Omega and can be seen on the Omega's default AP name or on the Omega command line (seen through a serial connection)." was taken from that page.
@Luciano-S. said in How to first connect to the Omega2 without a serial-to-USB?:
Just do be correct ... the mini-dock has a UART (USB to Serial) chip! Just the Power dock comes without this chip.
Oh sorry for the mistake; I intented to talk only of the power dock
Ok, great thanks for the answer.
I didn't find a mention to it as an Access Point; I only found this:
"If your computer is on the same wifi network as the Omega, the Omega will be accessible via the omega-ABCD.local address. Where ABCD is 4 hex characters that are unique to each Omega and can be seen on the Omega's default AP name or on the Omega command line (seen through a serial connection)."
that I thought wasn't clear enough.
So when the Omega2 starts, it creates an open AP named "Omega-ABCD" to which I have to connect to, then I can SSH it.
Thanks.
Yes, I know SSH is available... but how to connect to a brand new Omega2 WITHOUT a serial TTY?
The on-board WiFi is preconfigured as an Access Point?
Thanks for your reply.
However I DID read that thread before posting, I thought it was clear when I wrote "any other method".
But in such thread you answer the user "So, stop trying to connect the Omega over tty if you have it in the power-dock, please ;)".
If you read, I never asked about TTY, I clearly wrote I'm aware that Omega2 mini-dock or power-dock have NOT a USB-to-serial (sorry if I wrote "serial-to-USB", did that mislead you?).
I asked if there is any DIFFERENT method than a serial one; I asked if there is something about Omega2 automatically connect to a "default" open AP, of maybe a way for the Omega2 to become a AP by itself if it doesn't find a TTY and a configured WiFi.
Frank asked about TTY, I asked abuot a wifi (SSH) connection.
If the asnwer is "there is no other way", please state it clearly, would be of help; but I couldn't think there is no other way that buying a $15 dock that I won't use it anymore than the 1st run, so I prefer to ask.
If there is no other way, I think someone should think about it: with a wifi onboard it's just a matter of thinking about it and configure the supplied OpenWRT before shipping.
Hi everyone. I just discovered Omega2 and I am extremely excited; I have HomeGenie running on RaspberryPi as a domotic solution and very happy with that; Omega2 could help me expand my horizons 
I have tried to read all Tutorials and Documentations, but I still have a doubt.
I'm interested in using the Omega2 with the LiPo-battery Dock that is without serial-to-USB.
How can I connect to the Omega2? Is there any other method? Like it starting as a WiFi-AP? Or for it to connect to an open WiFi like Onion2-HOST or something similar?
I wouldn't like to buy a dock just for the very first start of the configuration (as soon as connected to my home protected wifi, the dock would become useless to me).
Thanks in advance to everyone.
Marco