* Connect your board to your USB port and open ESPHome Flasher.
* If your board is not showing under Serial Port then you likely need to install the drivers for the CP210X serial chip. In Windows you can check by searching “Device Manager” and ensuring the device is shown under “Ports”.
* In ESPHome Flasher, refresh the serial ports and select your board's serial port.
* Browse to the downloaded firmware and select the correct firmware based on the board type.
* Select/Press Flash ESP.
* Once complete, “Done! Flashing is complete!” will be shown.
## Installing from source (only for advanced users)
* Clone Git repo to any folder of your PC
* Download and install "Visual Studio Code"
* Open "Visual Studio Code" and add "PlatformIO" plugin
* Open "PlatformIO" and click on "Import Arduino Project"
* In the top part of the window choose youy board then browse to cloned repo and click "import"
* In the left column click on the ANT-shaped icon, choose your board and click on "Upload". COM port should be detected automatically Wait for procedure to finish and keep reading
Wait for the board to reboot, connect to "N0CALL AP" WiFi network, password is: xxxxxxxxxx (10 times "x") and point your browser to "192.168.4.1"
### WiFi Settings
you can scan for local SSID or manually type in name and password
### APRS Settings
These are main APRS settings such as callsign, SSID and symbol (refer to: http://www.aprs.org/symbols.html). Please remember to turn ON GPS in order to use it as a tracker
### Device Settings
These are main device settings, hover the mouse on the checkboxes and explainations will appear Note: as of 09/2021 "Auto Power OFF" is enabled only with TBEAM 1.0, it will turn board off after unplugging USB