Installation on Creality Sonic Pad

The installation on the Sonic Pad is relatively straight forward.

1. Enable SSH root access

• Select “Configure” on the Sonic Pad's screen
• Select “Other Settings”
• Select “Advance options”
• Select “Root account”
• Carefully read the warning, but no real risk is involved
• Check the box and select "Next step"
• The username and password will be shown, usually it is user root and password cxsw-sonic_2023

2. Find the Sonic Pad's IP

• Select “Configure” on the Sonic Pad's screen
• Select "Network settings"
• Select "Wireless network" or "Wired network", whichever is applicable to you
• Note down the IP address on top

3. Connect via SSH

Using a SSH client such as MobaXterm on Windows or the inbuild terminal application on macOS or Linux, connect to your Creality Pad using the IP address and credentials from the previous steps:

• ssh -oHostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa root@<your-sonic-pad-ip>
• Enter the password when prompted and press Enter. You will not see what you type, this is normal.

4. Install OctoApp

with the active SSH session run the following:

• cd /usr/share/
• git clone https://github.com/crysxd/OctoApp-Plugin octoapp
• cd octoapp
• ./install.sh
• Follow the prompts on screen

5. Connect the app

Well, not much to do! Next time you use OctoApp the app will register with the plugin automatically and will receive notifications moving forward. If the app doesn't connect to the plugin for 14 days, the plugin will automatically remove the app...until the app registers itself again automatically.