Jetson-Setup

Documentation and setup instructions for Jetson TX2

Minimal setup instructions

When the Jetson boots up, it will automatically login to the nvidia user and create a WiFi network called jetsontx2-#. This network forward the Jetson's network connection, so if you plug the Jetson into an Ethernet port you can access the internet.

Once you connect to the WiFi network from your local machine, you can start accessing the Jetson at the IP address 10.42.0.1.

• SSH: ssh [email protected]
• VNC: vnc://10.42.0.1 On Mac you can use the built-in VNC viewer by typing open vnc://10.42.0.1 in terminal.
• Copy files to Jetson: rsync <local_source_filename> [email protected]:/home/nvidia/<destination_filename>
• Copy files from Jetson: rsync [email protected]:/home/nvidia/<source_filename> <local_destination_filename>

Windows Instructions

For SSH access, use PuTTY. Tutorial: https://www.ssh.com/ssh/putty/windows

For VNC access, use VNCViewer. Connect to 10.42.0.1

Setup a new Jetson

Install Jetpack with the NVIDIA SDK Manager.

1. Run setup.sh
2. Enable autologin for the user. May need to manually edit /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
3. Create a new WiFi network from the top menu. Also set it to autoconnect
4. TODO: Setup .xprofile

Orbitty Carrier

Carrier documentation:

• Product Page
• User Manual

After flashing with NVIDA SDK Manager, you need to install the board support package.