Connect to a Somewear Device

Your data is about to become an astronaut.

Enable USB Line-in

Before connecting your Somewear device, you will need to switch it to connect over USB instead of Bluetooth.

Enable USB with Beam CLI (Node Only)

1. Power off Node.

2. Connect Node to your computer over USB.

3. beam device update-settings --connection-mode usb

4. Beam will show your device settings before the update. Hit enter to accept.

5. When your Node is powered on, you will be able to connect over USB.

To revert back to Bluetooth connections, use beam device update-settings --connection-mode bluetooth

Enable USB with Mobile App

1. In the Somewear mobile app, pair to your Node or Hotspot.

2. Tap the device status pill in the top right.

3. Tap “Advanced Settings” down at the bottom.

4. Tap “Change” under the “Connection Mode” row. Tap USB & “Change and disconnect” to confirm.

5. The hotspot will disconnect and you can now connect to your hotspot over usb.

Send Over Somewear Device

Once connection mode is set to USB, you can send data over your device.

1. Connect Node / Hotspot to your computer over USB.

2. beam up – run Beam in the background, if it's not already.

3. beam device connect – have Beam connect to your device.

4. beam message send --content 'Hello from space!' --channels 'radio,sat' – send a message to your Workspace over radio (Node only) and satellite. If you don't include the channels option, the message will be sent over all available channels which includes your computer's WiFi.