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Unable to control device with tiny pilot Hello, When I connect to tiny pilot I am able to see the scree of the device and it mirrors the device properly. However at the bottom left of the screen it says Disconnected and I am not able to control the device. The same issue happens when I conn... | Technical Support | RR   | 22 | 2022-12-12 12:16:17.566Z |
Networking general questions. Looking at this device… I’m assuming it is a basic rpi with your custom OS. And a few security upfits. Would I be correct in the following assumptions— It will use default gateway routing for remote routing say over a VPN. Ip chain functionality via ... | Technical Support | R2C | 1 | 2022-12-11 19:28:37.415Z |
General technical questions about security and usage Hello everybody, we're thinking of buying a TinyPilot, but we'd like to understand certain aspects of the device and the software before. 1. Security of the transmitted screen image stream We have understood that the TinyPilot offers a Web Interface ... | Technical Support | GG | 6 | 2022-12-10 11:59:36.285Z |
Tinypilot pro on default RPI OS Hi all. I recently purchased two Voyager 2s. I have been using TInypilot (non-pro) software with RPI4, self bought HDMI dongle and a USB-C data/power splitter from Tinypilot. Software-wise, I have my RPI4 set up exactly the way I want to. I want to r... | Technical Support | MCM | 6 | 2022-12-08 16:29:38.561Z |
USB A to Serial Cable Is there a possibility to add (From TinyPilot) USB A to USB (or RJ 45) console serial cable support? This way the TinyPilot could connect to serial-based devices and provide an out of band function? This could include a USB to RS232 FTDI chip support. | Ideas | BJC | 3 | 2022-12-08 15:22:02.050Z |
HDMI works fine, the HDMI to VGA adapter does not I want to use this for servers that only have VGA outputs, and the HDMI works fine. I've tried powering the VGA adapter on the computer and with its own power supply. Please assist as soon as possible, this is useless to me without VGA. | Technical Support | RC | 1 | 2022-12-05 22:50:54.990Z |
VNC support is it coming? Hi, Just wanted to check if VNC is something in the pipeline for Tinypilot. I have asked this before and it seems the answer is that it will take several months and may not be priority. Given all the enhancements, is it something doable now or can be... | Technical Support | D | 1 | 2022-12-05 19:30:34.486Z |
Shipping damage, device not well packaged. I got my Tiny Pilot today, but unfortunately it's not usable. The case and the Pi4 are pretty badly damaged. Frankly, it's only partially the shippers fault, the TP was only packaged in one layer of bubble wrap in a single layer cardboard box. I can ... | Technical Support | BCB | 2 | 2022-12-02 00:14:15.438Z |
Right Alt not working in tinypilot's web interface I’m using your Tinypilot software and I came across one issue. I connect to the remote laptop using tinypilot's web interface. USB on the go forwards keystrokes to the laptop and almost everything works fine. I can use shift and control keys (except ... | General | PGA | 16 | 2022-12-01 18:24:13.927Z |
1040 G9 wont except Key bored I have a 1040 G9 that won't except keyboard until windows is booted and trying to get it booted to Bios, how can I solve this? | Technical Support | S | 1 | 2022-12-01 12:49:25.186Z |
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Display Screen I have a 800 hp G9 that boots to Bios but never displays bio screen/ menu | Technical Support | S | 2 | 2022-12-01 12:28:55.298Z |
Tiny Pilot doesn't shows up in network Hey Team, Till yesterday it was working perfectly fine since today morning all of a sudden tiny pilot doesn't show up in the network. the URL is not reachable nor I can see it on the router map. I can see on the tiny red light on and the ethernet lig... | Technical Support | MC | 6 | 2022-11-30 20:15:35.523Z |
Screen in webfrontend is not displayed in full with and hight Well, difficult to explain the problem. I bought two pilots. Two laptops, each of them is connected to one pilot. Both laptops are duplicating their screen into the hdmi signal. Laptop 1 has 1920 x 1080, Laptop 2 has 1920 x 1056. Laptop 1 is displaye... | Technical Support | T | 24 | 2022-11-30 12:29:38.228Z |
NO screen shown - just keyboard I'm trying to get tinypilot to work with my MacBook Pro m1. I have it connected to an external screen it is mirrored there. When I connect the tinypilot and go to the URL, I get the keyboard but I don't see any screen. Here are my logs - hoping someo... | Technical Support | M | 4 | 2022-11-29 16:19:10.226Z |
NO SIGNAL Hi, I think I may have one of the original tinypilots - I bought it 2 years ago. It worked when I got it and it's been in storage since. Today I took it out to use it but I am getting "NO SIGNAL" on the UI, but the keyboard and mouse work https://i.i... | Technical Support | KC | 1 | 2022-11-29 03:10:07.453Z |
No signal --- how to troubleshoot? Purchased TinyPilot Pro via punkt.de, version 2.5.0, with VGA adapter. I am getting a blank screen with "no Signal" message --- thinking it was a video issue I tried with 2 other different HDMI cable I regularly use, I powered the VGA adapter power s... | Technical Support | DE | 12 | 2022-11-28 12:26:15.573Z |
Setting a static IP My network does not give out DHCP how do I get in and set the IP for the device? | Technical Support | JE | 2 | 2022-11-23 15:03:16.516Z |
Problem with update/downloading from github Hello Im using these commands to update and download files for my raspberry: sudo apt update sudo apt full-upgrade curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mtlynch/tinypilot/master/quick-install | bash - sudo reboot When i discovered that this link... | Technical Support | R3 | 1 | 2022-11-23 12:11:45.523Z |
Character sending via cronjob doesnt work Hi, i want to stop a remote laptop to fall into sleep mode. Thats why i plan to send every 5 minutes a character via /dev/hidg0. Via command line it works like a charm but via Cron it doesnt work at all. I also created a cronjob with sudo - same resu... | Technical Support | TCT | 4 | 2022-11-22 17:17:59.440Z |
Brand new TinyPilot, but keyboard/mouse doesn't work Just received my TinyPilot Voyager 2 kit, already running 2.5.0. Connected it to my Minisforum TH50 Mini PC, and neither the mouse nor keyboard was detected. I noticed the following entries in the log file... Oct 30 02:54:42 tinypilot python[615]: Pr... | Technical Support | AA | 11 | 2022-11-22 14:22:09.380Z |
New install of TinyPilot issue Hi, I am setting up a new install of TinyPilot on my raspberry Pi 4. I am having an issue with the install. The task that is failing is TASK [ansible-role-ustreamer : install Janus Debian package] ******************* fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"... | Technical Support | AC | 1 | 2022-11-21 15:15:54.007Z |
Usb 3.0 Hello, I have an desktop, with only usb 3.0 and no 2.0... it has an usb connector also, But i saw online that usb 3.0 could make some problems with the keyboard and i am having that issue.... Is keyboard supported with usb-c to usb-c? Or is there an ... | Technical Support | J | 4 | 2022-11-18 20:33:20.225Z |
Getting Disconnected After Adjusting the jpg Quality The device was working very well. I decided to adjust the jpg quality to see if I could improve latency. After I did the device started to and has continued to disconnect my session after a few minutes. Refreshing the browser and going past the certi... | Technical Support | J | 9 | 2022-11-18 20:26:36.195Z |
Lost Mouse Hello, I lost mouse functionality in one of my TinyPilot Voyager 2 PoE KVM's (I own 4 of the exact same model, I love'em). I try updating Windows thinking that may have been the culprit but after installing all optional updates and several reboots I ... | Technical Support | IC | 25 | 2022-11-16 22:01:02.352Z |
Cabling the "Data" line? Hey folks, I'd like to verify that conceptually a wiring plan I'm scheming will work before I spend the money. I'd like to run: TinyPilot USB-C's Data line -> a USB-C-to-USB-C cable -> a USB-C-to-USB-C keystone jack -> a USB-C-to-USB-A cable -> a Mac... | Technical Support | GCG | 2 | 2022-11-16 19:24:13.073Z |
Possible to run TinyPilot without a fan? I love my TinyPilot, which allowed me to shove my server into the basement where its noise would not disturb me. Then the dust in my basement killed the server, so I took the opportunity to moveit back to my office, along with the TinyPilot, and sadl... | Ideas | A2 | 1 | 2022-11-16 12:19:49.110Z |
No Video We are having an issue with a TinyPilot we just deployed. Keyboard and mouse are working but we are not getting any video. Just get a message for No Signal. I saw the display pop up for 2 seconds and then went back to No Signal. Anything we can try? ... | Technical Support | E | 4 | 2022-11-15 17:03:29.739Z |
The image only persist 7 seconds Hi, I bought a tiny pilot voyager 2 everything looks fine except for the fact that the image in the streaming is only for 7 seconds. This are my log, I'm new in this :( Logs 2022/11/10 16:40:55 [error] 1268#1268: *53 upstream prematurely closed conne... | Technical Support | N | 3 | 2022-11-15 16:59:24.755Z |
TinyPilot Power Connector stopped working It seems something went wrong with my TinyPilot Power Connector. It has no LED and does not provide power to my Pi. Any idea would could have gone wrong? | Technical Support | B | 3 | 2022-11-15 12:01:11.924Z |
Flickering distorted video signal Hi, our new TinyPilot shows a flickering image that show a different colorful distotion every second, with the original video signal showing in the background. I have video and image, but they are too large for upload. S/N 0001648005993072 We tested ... | Technical Support | A2C | 11 | 2022-11-15 11:57:32.007Z |
Severe color distortion Hi, Trying to use TinyPilot to view the GUI presented by the Ubuntu live disk when you select "Try Ubuntu" but colors are so badly distorted its not usable. Is there a configuration to avoid this? | Technical Support | A2CA2 | 7 | 2022-11-15 04:13:30.905Z |
TinyPilot has been perfect for months, suddenly USB input lag. Reboot doesn't help :( Hey guys, our TP has been perfect for months. Suddenly, I've got about a 1 second delay between each key (!) arriving at the host. I've rebooted through the UI and CLI, no change. I grabbed a shareable log, https://logs.tinypilotkvm.com/DdW0xGP3 if t... | Technical Support | KCK | 5 | 2022-11-11 00:40:27.816Z |
my TinyPilot power and data block has flickering LED. looking for my vintage Avionics solder kit. 40 [private information removed] | Technical Support | SC | 7 | 2022-11-09 20:48:10.112Z |
USB Hello, Question, does there need an videocard to make the usb keyboard to work? I have an raspberry pi3b and i have an usb a to usb a cable, should this just work without an video caption card plugged in? I have an video caption card buyed but still ... | Technical Support | J | 1 | 2022-11-07 13:15:30.673Z |
Installation Fails at "build uStreamer" I'm trying to install Tinypilot on my new Pi4 running the latest version of Pi OS Lite using SSH with the simple installation command found on GitHub, but keep getting a "builduStreamer fail" error time and time again. TASK [ansible-role-ustreamer : ... | Technical Support | F | 2 | 2022-11-07 12:14:28.700Z |
Wireless and Tailscale Hi, It seems like I setup wireless SSiD on my home wifi and it’s stuck to it but when I change it to hotspot it stays connected and only works to home wifi or is this a Tailscale issue? | Technical Support | S | 1 | 2022-11-03 12:46:01.435Z |
Nginx version My Tinypilot install seems to be running nginx 1.14, which if I'm not wrong is deprecated. Is it possible/easy to update it? | Technical Support | T | 1 | 2022-11-02 20:37:04.512Z |
Question about Tiny Pilot Does the Tiny Pilot pass the network through to the machine it is connected to or would we need to have a second network drop or small switch to keep Tiny Pilot and the computer it is controlling connected to the network? | Technical Support | E | 1 | 2022-11-02 19:13:33.695Z |
USB-C to USB-C Anything magic about cables for from USB-C Data port (V2) to USB-C (target device) versus C to A? I tried with a few cables and it didn't work - I had to use a laptop-USB hub (C-->A*4 on the target device) and the A-C cable that came with the Voyager... | Technical Support | M2 | 2 | 2022-11-02 15:14:07.314Z |
How can i use tinypilot to show another external monitor besides the laptop monitor ? How can i use tinypilot to show another external monitor besides the laptop monitor ? | Technical Support | A3C | 3 | 2022-11-01 00:12:24.310Z |