Upon Receiving Your Gear

A package has arrived containing Buendia hardware for you. What now?

Here's how to check that your gear is all working properly.

Contents

Your package should contain:

• A server (20 cm x 20 cm square box), and possibly a second backup server
• Some tablets, possibly enclosed or plain
• At least one tablet charger
• A wireless networking access point, and possibly wireless bridges as well

You should also have been given:

• The wifi network name
• The wifi password
• The OpenMRS password

Get the network up

Your first step is to get a wifi network up. If you received a wifi AP, power it on.

(Or, you may be using an existing wifi network. In this case, configure your wifi network with the network name and password you were provided, and be sure to disable DHCP on your network.)

Power up the server

You only need one server. Take one server unit and connect it to power; its yellow light should come on. (After five minutes, or if the server has already been on for five minutes, the green light will be on instead. Because the server has very long-lasting batteries, the server may have been powered on throughout its travels to you.)

The server should already be configured to connect to the wifi network with the name and password you were provided.

Connect to the server with your laptop

Grab your laptop and join the wireless network, using the network name and password you were provided. Once it has joined, open a web browser on your laptop and go to http://server/. You should see a status page.

Note that because the server provides network addresses (using DHCP), your laptop won't be able to join the network if the server is off or the server has not joined the network.

Set the server clock

When the server is off, its clock does not tick. So when it arrives, the clock will most likely be incorrect.

Ensure that your laptop has the correct time (most likely it will be keeping its own clock accurately set from the Internet). Then go to the status page at http://server/ and click "Server clock", then click "Set the server clock" which will set the server's clock to match your laptop.

This step is essential. If the server clock is incorrect, the dates and times on the patient records will all be wrong.