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Is Power-over-Ethernet in use? can you tell remotely?

By Jason2 @jason2
    2025-01-18 01:14:06.853Zassigned to
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    Hello!
    I got my TinyPilot Voyager 2a PoE and it is working great. I'm using the wall plug for power for now.

    Does there happen to be a way to query the TinyPilot from the linux command line and tell if the Power-over-ethernet is also being supplied? I'm not near the installation (its 4000 miles away and a friend installed it) to just try unplugging it :) but I'm curious.

    Thanks!
    Jason

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    1. David @david2025-01-20 12:10:23.697Z

      Hi @jason2, thanks for your question!

      Does there happen to be a way to query the TinyPilot from the linux command line and tell if the Power-over-ethernet is also being supplied?

      There isn't a way to do this as far as I know. The PoE implementation is entirely hardware based, so there's no software interface here.

      From a quick test, USB-C power seems to take priority over PoE. For example, if you connect USB-C power and PoE and then remove the USB-C power, your TinyPilot will power off before PoE starts powering the device (it's not possible to remove USB-C power and have PoE 'take over' without losing power to the device).

      I hope that helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions.

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      1. JJason2 @jason2
          2025-01-20 12:15:21.412Z

          Good to know. Thanks David, very helpful!

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