Quick Start

From unboxing to a working camera trigger in about 10 minutes. This guide assumes you already have a SnapAzule device and a USB-C cable.

1. Connect the device

Plug the SnapAzule into your computer with the USB-C cable. The screen will stay dark on a brand-new, unlicensed device — that's expected. A dim flashing backlight means the device is waiting for a license.

Use Chrome or Edge. Firefox and Safari can't talk to the device over USB (no Web Serial support).

2. License and flash

Open shop.snapazule.com in Chrome or Edge.

1. Click Connect Device and pick the SnapAzule from the browser's serial-port picker.
2. The site reads the device's MAC address and offers a one-time license for $49.
3. After checkout (or if you already have a license on this MAC), click Flash Firmware. This takes about 30 seconds.
4. When you see the green checkmark, the device reboots and the screen lights up.

That's the last time you'll need Chrome/Edge. Everything after this works in any browser.

3. First boot — the device is its own Wi-Fi hotspot

Straight out of the box (and any time you factory-reset), SnapAzule starts its own Wi-Fi access point:

• Network name: SnapAzule
• Password: SnapAzule
• Setup page: http://192.168.0.7

On your phone or laptop, join the SnapAzule Wi-Fi network. Your device will warn you that the network has no internet — that's normal. Stay connected anyway.

Open http://192.168.0.7 in a browser. You'll see the initial setup page asking for your home Wi-Fi credentials.

The LCD on the SnapAzule shows the same setup address plus the web-admin username and password. The web admin is admin / SnapAzule during setup.

4. Join your home Wi-Fi

Enter your home Wi-Fi SSID and password on the setup page and click Save and Connect. The device reboots.

• If it joins your network, the LCD shows the new IP address (something like 192.168.0.137).
• If it can't join (wrong password, no signal), it falls back to its own SnapAzule access point so you can try again.

Reconnect your phone to your normal Wi-Fi, then browse to the IP shown on the LCD.

5. Change the admin password

The first time you load the station-mode page, SnapAzule forces you to replace the factory-default admin password. Pick something 8+ characters and save. You're now in the main configuration page.

6. Pair Bluetooth

On whatever device should receive the keystroke (phone, tablet, laptop), open its Bluetooth settings and look for SnapAzule. Tap to pair. No PIN.

The Bluetooth Status panel on the web page switches to green with the connected peer's MAC address.

SnapAzule remembers the pairing across reboots, so you only do this once per peer device.

7. Configure what to watch for

This is the part that depends on your camera setup. A common recipe:

1. Set Monitor to G-code and enter M600 as the pattern. (Or try Coordinates or Incremental Change — see the User Guide for what each means.)
2. Set Key Type to Keyboard and pick a keystroke your camera app responds to — Volume Up is a good choice for iOS Camera.
3. Click Save Configuration.

8. Test it

Trigger the condition you configured (run a G-code file containing M600, or manually hit a coordinate). Your Bluetooth peer should receive the keystroke and fire the shutter.

The Monitor Activity panel at the bottom of the page shows the match count and timestamp so you can verify the trigger is firing even when the camera isn't responding.

What's next

• Watching a running print: see Prusa Link to connect over the network instead of reading the SD card.
• Per-feature reference: the User Guide (left sidebar) covers each monitor mode, key-type option, and setting in detail.
• Something went wrong: if the device won't leave AP mode, or you forgot the admin password, see Admin & Reset for the factory-reset procedure.