Added to your bag

1

Checkout

Tap the cart icon up top any time to review your bag.

Tell us when it's back

We make each piece by hand, so restocks come in small batches. Drop your number and we'll send a WhatsApp the moment a new one is ready.

Overwatch by SatoPrints

Set up your Overwatch

Three steps: plug in the board, run one command, send a message in Claude Code. It takes about two minutes.

This computer

  • Checking for the Overwatch program…
  • Board: —
  • Claude Code: —

Checked from this browser against the program on your own computer. Nothing is sent to SatoPrints.

  1. Step 1

    Plug in the board

    Connect Overwatch to your computer with the USB cable it came with. If you use your own, it must be a data cable, not a charge-only one.

    Windows: if the board isn't recognised

    Open Settings → Windows Update → Advanced options → Optional updates → Driver updates and install anything named Silicon Labs CP210x or WCH CH340. Or download the driver directly: CP210x · CH340. macOS and Linux need no driver.

  2. Step 2

    Install the program

    Copy one line into a terminal on the computer the board is plugged into.

    Windows — in PowerShell

    irm https://www.satoprints.co.ke/overwatch/install.ps1 | iex

    macOS and Linux — in Terminal

    curl -fsSL https://www.satoprints.co.ke/overwatch/install.sh | sh
    What the installer changes
    • Copies the program into your user folder (no administrator rights needed).
    • Sets Claude Code's status line so the program receives your usage figures. If you already had a status line, it keeps working.
    • Starts the program when you log in.
    • Asks you to approve this computer in your SatoPrints account, so only your computers can use your device. Your Claude usage figures stay on your computer.

    Prefer to download it yourself? All downloads, then run it with install.

  3. Step 3

    Send a message in Claude Code in a terminal

    Open a terminal, run claude and send any message. After Claude replies, the dials fill: your 5-hour session on the left and your 7-day week on the right, with a countdown to each reset. You need a Claude Pro or Max plan. The figures come from Claude Code's status line, which the Claude desktop app and the VS Code panel don't run. If you mostly use the Claude desktop app, Overwatch reads its session figure automatically (unofficial), and the weekly dial updates whenever you use Claude Code in a terminal. Codex is read automatically too.

Troubleshooting

The board says “Waiting for your computer…”

The program isn't running or can't see the board. Use a USB data cable (charge-only cables have no data wires), try another port, and run the install command again. On Windows, if Device Manager shows “CP2102” or “USB-SERIAL CH340” with a warning sign, install the USB driver from step 1.

The board says “Waiting for Claude Code…”

Everything is connected; the board just hasn't received usage figures yet. The official source is Claude Code running in a terminal: run claude, send any message, and the dials fill after its reply (Claude Pro or Max plan). If you use the Claude desktop app, Overwatch reads its session figure automatically (unofficial; the weekly dial still needs the terminal), and it reads Codex automatically too. Update the Overwatch app if that isn't happening, and check Usage sources on your device's page.

Use Codex too

Nothing to set up: once Codex has been used on the computer connected to the device, Overwatch reads only the rate-limit lines Codex writes in its session logs, never your prompts or replies, and shows Codex on its own page: tap the title at the top left of the dials to switch between Claude and Codex. Finish one turn in Codex for the figures to appear. You can turn it off under Usage sources on your device's page.

Windows Security warned about the program

Overwatch starts itself when you log in so the dials are always live, and some antivirus tools flag any program that does that. Open Windows Security → Virus & threat protection → Protection history, find Overwatch, and choose Allow on device. Message us if you'd like to check anything first.

Linux: the board isn't found

Your account needs access to USB serial devices. Run sudo usermod -aG dialout "$USER" (or uucp on Arch), then log out and back in.

“Computer asleep or unplugged” on the screen

The board heard nothing from the computer for 30 seconds, usually because it went to sleep. It wakes by itself when the computer does; tap the screen to see the last figures.

Uninstall

Removes the program, the start-at-login entry and the Claude Code status line, and puts back any status line you had before.

Windows 
& "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\SatoPrints\Overwatch\overwatch.exe" uninstall
macOS 
"$HOME/Library/Application Support/SatoPrints/Overwatch/overwatch" uninstall
Linux 
~/.local/share/satoprints-overwatch/overwatch uninstall

Building from a kit?

Flash the board firmware once, then follow the steps above. Download overwatch-cyd.bin from the downloads page and write it at address 0: 

pip install esptool
python -m esptool --chip esp32 --baud 115200 write_flash -z 0x0 overwatch-cyd.bin

If the screen stays white or the colours look wrong, flash overwatch-cyd-st7789.bin instead.

Still stuck?

Message us and we'll get it working with you.

WhatsApp SatoPrints Get an Overwatch