updated getting started pages

Author: gijsio

content/pybytes/dashboard.md

@@ -16,36 +16,20 @@ In this section, we will explain how to create widgets for data visualisation an
 
  ```python
  # Import what is necessary to create a thread
- import _thread
- from time import sleep
-
- # Increment index used to scan each point from vector sensors_data
- def inc(index, vector):
- if index < len(vector)-1:
- return index+1
- else:
- return 0
-
- # Define your thread's behaviour, here it's a loop sending sensors data every 5 seconds
- def send_env_data():
- idx = 0
- sensors_data = [0, -0.2, -0.5, -0.7, -0.8, -0.9, -0.9, -0.9, -0.8, -0.6, -0.4, -0.2, 0, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 0.9, 0.9, 0.8, 0.6, 0.4, 0.1]
-
- while True:
- # send one element from array `sensors_data` as signal 1
- pybytes.send_signal(1, sensors_data[idx])
- print('sent {} to Pybytes'.format(sensors_data[idx]))
- idx = inc(idx, sensors_data)
- sleep(5)
-
- # Start your thread
- _thread.start_new_thread(send_env_data, ())
+ import time
+ import math
+
+ # Send data continuously to Pybytes
+ while True:
+ for i in range(0,10):
+
+ pybytes.send_signal(math.sin(i*math.pi))
+ print('sent signal {}'.format(i))
+ time.sleep(10)
  ```
 
 2. Press *Upload* button to upload the code into your device.
 
-3. After the upload is done, the device will reboot and start sending data to Pybytes. In the Pymakr terminal, you should see messages send to Pybytes.
-![](/gitbook/assets/pybytes/dashboard/device-send-messages.png)
 
 ## Step 2: Add a signal from your device
 

content/pybytes/gettingstarted.md

@@ -49,48 +49,24 @@ After creation, you will land on the provisioning page. This is where we 'inform
 ## Step 4: Your first signal
 
 1. Reset your Pycom device using the reset button. This will reboot the device and activate the Pybytes connection automatically. The output will look similar to this. You should see the `Last Connection` status in Pybytes change from `Never` to `Seconds ago`
- ```
- >>> ets Jun 8 2016 00:22:57
-
- rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
- configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
- clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
- mode:DIO, clock div:1
- load:0x3fff8020,len:8
- load:0x3fff8028,len:2140
- ho 0 tail 12 room 4
- load:0x4009fa00,len:19760
- entry 0x400a05bc
- WMAC: {redacted}
- Firmware: {latest version}
- Pybytes: {latest version}
- Initialized watchdog for WiFi and LTE connection with timeout 1260000 ms
- WiFi connection established
- Connected to MQTT mqtt.pybytes.pycom.io
- Pybytes connected successfully (using the built-in pybytes library)
- Pybytes configuration read from /flash/pybytes_config.json
-
- ```
 
   > If you get any kind of error message, check the WiFi credentials you entered are correct and that you are in range of this WiFi network
 
-2. Use the opportunity to define a signal in Pybytes. The signal number can be anywhere from 0-254 (255 is reserved)
-
-![](/gitbook/assets/pybytes/add-device/define-signal.png)
-
-3. Now, in the REPL, you can type:
+2. Now, in the REPL, you can type:
  ```python
  >>> pybytes.send_signal(1, "hello world")
  ```
  And it will show up on Pybytes in the `signals` tab:
 
 ![](/gitbook/assets/pybytes/add-device/send-signal.png)
 
-> Next to `pybytes.send_signal(...)`, we can use ...
-
-
+You can continue to [display data from your device into the Pybytes dashboard](/pybytes/dashboard/) 
 
 ## Final remarks
-If you wish to disable Pybytes, you can use `pycom.pybytes_on_boot(False)` will permanently
+If you wish to disable Pybytes, you can use `pycom.pybytes_on_boot(False)` will permanently. It is also possible to start Pybytes in a later stage (not on boot) by importing the module:
+```python
+from _pybytes import Pybytes
+pybytes = Pybytes
+```
+
 
-Continue to [display data from your device into the Pybytes dashboard](/pybytes/dashboard/)