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MediaTek LinkIt™ Smart 7688 Get Started Guide

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Step 3: Install Bonjour Print Service (For Windows 7 only)

The LinkIt Smart 7688 development board uses mylinkit.local as its local domain. In Windows

7, you’ll need to install the

Bonjour print service because mDNS is not supported. This helps your

computer discover the LinkIt Smart 7688’s IP address within the local domain. For Windows 8 and

later, Mac OS X and Linux, mDNS is supported and you can use

mylinkit.local without

additional software.

If you are using a virtual machine, please note that mDNS may have problems reaching the guest OS

network. In this case, please use the host OS browser for the next step – sign into the board’s Web UI.

1.2. Sign into the LinkIt Smart 7688 development boards Web UI

Now power up your board, connect a USB power source or your PC to it and open the board’s Web

UI, which you’ll use in subsequent steps to configure your board.

Quick steps:

• Power up your board

• Search for LinkIt_Smart_7688 AP and connect the

board through Wi-Fi

• Sign into the LinkIt Smart 7688 Web UI

Next: Update Your Board’s Firmware.

Step-by-step

Step 1: Power up your board with a micro-USB cable

Plug in one end of a Micro USB cable to the power connector of the LinkIt Smart 7688 and the

other end of the cable to a USB power source, such as your computer as shown in Figure 1, or a

USB power adaptor. Make sure you connect the cable to the Power (PWR) connector, not the USB

host (HOST) connector near the MPU reset button. The Power LED (Green) will light up solid first

followed by the Wi-Fi LED (Red) which will blink once per second. Then, after about 5 seconds, the

Wi-Fi LED will light on solid; this indicates that the boot loader has initialized.