Connect to reference image

This section describes how to connect to your image after you have it running on the ASRock Beebox.

Because the default IFS image starts an application immediately, you won't have a console connection to the Beebox. You can connect to it using an ssh connection. However, the first time you boot the Beebox, you probably won't know its IP address unless you have a static IP address preconfigured to match the MAC address on the device.

Note: If you know the static IP address that you've configured on the device, you won't need to perform these steps. If you can't connect to your device using the assigned static IP address, then see the suggestions in the Troubleshoot Common Issues chapter of this guide.

Determine the IP Address

To determine the IP address assigned to the Beebox, you can boot an IFS image that doesn't start the application immediately. Before you do so, ensure you have the Beebox connected to a display (e.g., Lilliput 10" display) and a USB keyboard. For more information, see “Configure hardware and boot a reference image” in the Install and Boot a Reference Image chapter of this guide.

After you turn on the power for the Beebox, wait for a prompt that shows this:
```
QNX Boot 1.2b Loader: qnx-ifs
                      qnx-ifs-NO-SCREEN.ifs
```
On your keyboard, immediately press the Down arrow key to select qnx-ifs-NO-SCREEN.ifs and press the Enter key. You should see a command-line prompt after it boots the qnx-ifs-NO-SCREEN.ifs image.
Note: If you don't select qnx-ifs-NO-SCREEN.ifs immediately, qnx-ifs is booted (default). You can simply reset the power on the Beebox to try again.

At the command-line prompt, use the ifconfig to determine the IP Address assigned to the Beebox. For example:

# ifconfig
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 33136
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
        inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
        inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
rt0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        capabilities=7<IP4CSUM,TCP4CSUM,UDP4CSUM>
        enabled=0
        address: f4:4d:30:68:40:ee
        media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT full-duplex)
        status: active
        inet 10.101.10.100 netmask 0xfffffe00 broadcast 10.101.10.255
        inet6 fe80::f64d:30ff:fe68:40ee%rt0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x11
pflog0: flags=0 mtu 33136
#

If this IP address preserved after a reboot, you can use it to connect to the Beebox using ssh. This may be dependent on the policies you have in place in your network. In some cases, it may be easier to assign a static IP address to your Beebox.
To test, reset the power on your Beebox and let it boot using the default IFS image (qnx-ifs). You should see the ADAS example application run once it completes booting.
Using a terminal (Linux or macOS) or terminal program (Windows) such as puTTY or HyerTerminal, use ssh to connect to the IP address you determined from the previous steps. You can log in using the user ID and password root. For example, in a PuTTY you should see a similar prompt:
```
# ssh 10.101.10.100
login as: root
root@10.101.10.100's password:
#
```