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Quick start

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

What you need​

  • ✅ EGO1 device (with its tethered USB cable) — either variant, see EGO1/EGO1GS
  • ✅ A compatible SD card, formatted exFAT or FAT32 — see SD cards
  • ✅ A USB power source
  • ✅ A computer with an MCAP viewer installed (e.g. Foxglove Studio) — see Retrieve & view data
  • ⬜ Optionally, a phone with the Visio Companion app — see Visio Companion app. Without it you can still do everything from the device's own setup page in a browser.

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 status LED on the back lights up to confirm. On EGO1GS you'll also hear it say it's ready.

3. (Optional) Connect for live preview​

Power gives you recording; a phone or browser gives you a live view. Join the device's Wi-Fi hotspot (GILABS-…) and either open Visio Companion, or just browse to http://192.168.4.1. Use it to check framing, set the mount pitch, see SD-card space, and attach metadata (task, location, capturer, notes).

Full steps: Connect, preview & capture.

4. Start recording​

Flip the record switch on the device. You can also start capture from the app or the setup page. The status LED starts blinking, and the recording is written to the MicroSD card.

5. Stop recording​

Flip the switch back — or stop from the app or the setup page. Wait a moment for the recording to finish saving.

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Let any in-progress recording finish saving before disconnecting USB power. Cutting power during a recording can lose the part being written.

6. Power down​

Once recording has stopped, disconnect USB power.

7. Collect and review​

Either let the device upload to your own cloud bucket automatically, or pull the MicroSD card and copy the files off. Then open the .mcap files in your MCAP viewer — see Retrieve & view data.

That's it​

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