This article is the first in a series of articles on the reMarkable tablet, in which you will learn how to access your tablet via USB and WLAN, backup your files and develop applications for your device.
This first article teaches you how to access your tablet via USB and WLAN, and assumes you are using a Linux computer. While wireless (WLAN) access is more convenient, it is disabled by default and requires USB access first in order to enable it.
USB access
Gaining USB access is quite simple. First connect your tablet to a computer with a USB connector, then, on your tablet, go to Settings > General > Storage and press the toggle to 'allow USB connections'.
Once this is done, open up a terminal window on your computer and type the following:
ssh root@10.11.99.1
After pressing Enter, you will be prompted for your password (not your PIN code) which you will find on your tablet under Settings > Help > Copyrights and Licenses > General Information. Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will find your 'pASsWoRD' quoted in bold text.
After entering your password, you should get a new prompt informing you that you are now logged in to your tablet.
Before logging out, you may wish to read through the following section as it resolves some issues that will make things much simpler going forward. Once you are done looking around, simply type exit and press Enter.
Access over WLAN
While accessing a reMarkable via USB is already quite simple, it nevertheless requires you to have a USB connector, to enable USB connections and to type in your password every single time. This section resolves the first two of these issues, while the final issue will be address in another article.
If you are not logged in to your tablet, go through the steps laid out in the previous section. Once you have done that, allow wireless connections with the following command:
rm-ssh-over-wlan on
Now as long as your computer and tablet are connected to the same network you will be able to access your tablet. Try it out by exiting the session with exit command and disconnecting the USB connector.
Once you have done that, go to Settings > Help > Copyrights and Liscences > General Information and scroll to the bottom of the page. Underneath your password you should find an IP address that wasn't there before, in the form 192.168.xxx.xxx (xxx represents a one, two or three digit number).
To access your tablet, run the following command and replace ip_address with the one found on your tablet:
ssh root@ip_address
- Note:
- If this no longer works, check your IP address under Settings > Help > Copyrights and Liscences > General Information as changes after every software update.
With that, you can now access your tablet either wirelessly or via USB connector, and once you are done exit with the exit command.
If you found this article helpful, checkout the next one where you will learn some useful aliases to make gaining access to your reMarkable even simpler.