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Quick start

This is the full happy path. You only need an Android phone, a computer with an MCAP viewer, an SD card, and a USB power source (wall charger, power bank, or a computer's USB port).

What you need​

  • ✅ EGO1 device (with its tethered USB cable)
  • ✅ A compatible SD card, formatted FAT32 — see SD cards
  • ✅ A USB power source
  • ✅ An Android phone with the Visio Companion app installed — see Visio Companion app
  • ✅ A computer with an MCAP viewer installed (e.g. Foxglove Studio) — see Retrieve & view data

Steps​

1. Insert the SD card​

With the device unpowered, insert your prepared SD card into the card slot.

2. Power on​

Connect the tethered USB cable to any USB power source. The device powers on automatically — the power LED on the top lights up to confirm.

3. (Optional) Connect the phone for preview​

Power gives you recording; the phone gives you a live view. Connect to the device's Wi-Fi hotspot GILABS-XXXXXX and open Visio Companion to check framing, focus, and SD-card space, and to attach metadata (task name, location, notes). Full steps: Visio Companion app.

4. Start recording​

Capture is always-on — it begins the moment the device powers on. You can also start/stop manually from the Visio Companion app. (EGO1 has no physical record button.) Recording is written to the MicroSD card.

5. Stop recording​

When you're done, stop the recording from the Visio Companion app — or, in always-on mode, power the device down. Wait a moment for the recording to finish saving.

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Let any in-progress recording finish saving before disconnecting USB power — stop it in the app first if you can. Cutting power during a recording can lose that clip.

6. Power down​

Once recording has stopped, disconnect USB power.

7. Retrieve and review​

Offload your recordings by pulling the MicroSD card, then open the .mcap files in your MCAP viewer. (Wi-Fi is for live preview, not for transferring recordings.) See Retrieve & view data.

That's it​

You've captured, saved, and reviewed an EGO1 recording. From here: