[Commotion-discuss] [OTI-Field] Commotion: now without the paper clips

[Preston Rhea]

Also if anyone would like to share their "where were you when you first
learned the era of Commotion paperclips was over," that would be a good
thread too.


On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Georgia Bullen <
georgia at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:

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>
> This sounds great! The paper clip "dancing lights" state (as Jonathan
> describes it) was always the most challenging from a dexterity perspective.
>
> If anyone has opportunities to confirm this, please share here on the
> commotion-discuss list!
>
> -Georgia
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Georgia Bullen <
> georgia at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:
>
>> + Commotion Discuss list
>>
>> This sounds great! The paper clip "dancing lights" state (as Jonathan
>> describes it) was always the most challenging from a dexterity perspective.
>>
>> If anyone has opportunities to confirm this, please share here on the
>> commotion-discuss list!
>>
>> -Georgia
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Andy Gunn <
>> andygunn at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:
>>
>>> This is a game-changer. We weren't able to do this pre-DR1, so it never
>>> crossed my mind to do it with other builds.
>>>
>>> Amazing find Dan, thank you. We need to do this a few more times with
>>> fresh out-of-the-box routers, to confirm.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/17/2013 03:33 PM, Dan Staples wrote:
>>> > Whether or not we are all insane, that's still open for discussion.
>>> > However, I'm not sure whether or not we could have done this pre-DR1.
>>> At
>>> > least it works now!
>>> >
>>> > On Wed 17 Apr 2013 09:28:13 PM CEST, Ryan Gerety wrote:
>>> >> :-) nice! Were we all insane to be doing it the other way by default?
>>> >> Was there a way to also upload firmware? Or only online?
>>> >>
>>> >> On 4/17/2013 1:09 PM, Dan Staples wrote:
>>> >>> So it looks like Commotion can be flashed onto stock Ubiquiti routers
>>> >>> using the AirOS web interface. No need for the confusing paper
>>> >>> clip/command line method. Just wanted to give folks a heads up, as I
>>> >>> expect it will be greatly beneficial for educational and training
>>> >>> efforts.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I was only able to test by flashing the AirOS firmware onto one of
>>> our
>>> >>> Picostations, and then flashing Commotion via the web interface. I
>>> >>> wasn't able to test an actual stock router, but I don't expect there
>>> >>> will be any differences. If anyone has access to a stock router and
>>> >>> could confirm this, that would be very helpful.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Dan
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>>> Andy Gunn
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Georgia Bullen
>> Field Operations Technologist, Open Technology Institute<http://oti.newamerica.net/>
>> New America Foundation
>>
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