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Setup with a MacBook Pro as the target machine Just got the TinyPilot Voyager. I have it connected to a MBP via a USB-C to HDMI cable. I have the data connection to the MBP via the microUSB to USB-A cable that came with the Voyager via a USB-A to USB-C adapter. I can access the web app but I’m no... | Technical Support | B | 2 | 2021-05-19 22:20:57.410Z |
PS2 interfaces + VGA What adapters can be used to interface this unit to a KVM that uses PS2 & VGA , I believe there is a VGA>HDMI solution , which one is know to work well & what USB>PS2 Keyboard and mouse emulator are available and work well with this unit ? many thank... | General | B | 3 | 2021-05-18 19:22:01.724Z |
Holding CTRL not working after update I have been using TinyPilot Voyager for remotely controlling my laptop, great product ! Holding down the CTRL key does not work as it is supposed to anymore after the latest update. CTRL itself works, but holding it down for GUI operations, like mult... | General | K | 0 | 2021-05-17 23:17:16.372Z |
certificate error after importing ca cert into system store on MacOS Big Sur Hi, I just assembled my kit and the device is up and working great. Very cool. The only issue I have is that even after importing the cert into my store/keychain, chrome still doesn't like the certificate. I can't click through in chrome and in safar... | Technical Support | SS | 7 | 2021-05-14 23:47:35.371Z |
multiple TinyPilots on same network Received 4 new TinyPilots and want to install all 4 on the same network. Looking for some guidance and/or directions to make each unit unique. I think the hostname needs to be unique but not sure how to accomplish that task or if that is the correct ... | General | M | 3 | 2021-05-13 17:37:23.213Z |
Black screen I've set up my tinypilot and can connect to it via a web browser. The mouse and keyboard are communicating with the host machine, but the screen is only showing black. I've reseated all the connections several times as well as rebooted. I'm using a k... | General | P | 2 | 2021-05-11 22:22:08.492Z |
Service doesn't start after install Hi I have used the quick install script. I see a 502 Bad Gateway error and the log shows the following: Connection refused) while connecting to upstream, client: 192.168.100.103, server: tinypilot, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", upstream: "http://127.0.0... | General | F | 14 | 2021-05-11 22:20:42.664Z |
Rename from "tinypilot usb" to "keyboard usb"? Can you create a custom build that renames the recognized device name from "tinypilot usb" to "keyboard usb"? | Technical Support | BB | 4 | 2021-05-10 21:17:35.498Z |
WOL Wake-On-LAN? Hi. Apologies is this has already been asked. I searched and didn't see anything. I just ordered your kit a few hours ago and am reading. I know that you can't interact directly with powering the machine on and off, but have you thought about making ... | Technical Support | SS | 2 | 2021-05-10 20:43:21.252Z |
Non-blurry images fail to load in docs When I visit your docs in one particular Chrome instance, all of the images are hopelessly blurry and unusable, and there is an uncaught Promise rejection in the JS console. This doesn't happen in incognito or on my phone. There must be some browser ... | General | JJ | 6 | 2021-05-07 22:54:11.579Z |
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USB OTG on the 1st gen RPi B? Hello, I installed TinyPilot on my RPi B (1st generation with 256Mb RAM), I only have these devices. The video stream does work properly, however I can't get USB input to the client PC to control it, that doesn't work. I'm using one of these USB-Y sp... | General | E | 3 | 2021-05-07 16:48:01.297Z |
Mouse Not Working - Log Attached TinyPilot logs May 05 13:26:02 raspberrypi python[530]: self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs) May 05 13:26:02 raspberrypi python[530]: File "/opt/tinypilot/app/hid/write.py", line 18, in _write_to_hid_interface_immediately May 05 13:26:02 raspber... | General | DD | 2 | 2021-05-05 23:57:37.726Z |
Female to dual male splitter cable Can i use female to dual male splitter cables? I used kapton tape to disconnect power from one cable. | General | S | 1 | 2021-05-05 20:42:08.938Z |
Power Supply suitable for the UK, and questions about the dongle... Hello - I received my Hobbiest Kit today. It's very nice, but being in the UK the power block is somewhat useless. I was wondering if anyone could point me at a power supply suitable for the UK? Also in the instructions, it describes clicking the but... | Technical Support | F | 1 | 2021-05-05 20:39:37.943Z |
Wifi trouble I set up the raspi wifi config to my main network but when I try to set up a different network configuration it doesn't take, and after the reboot it goes right back to the first configuration. | General | M | 1 | 2021-05-05 13:19:26.359Z |
Video brightness little dull Hi, I recently got my TinyPilot. I have set it up ,but I notice there is a difference in the brightness of the Target host in other monitor. Are there any configurations that can be applied so the brightness is retained ? Thanks | General | G | 4 | 2021-04-29 19:19:02.072Z |
Older systems... SVGA adapter? I am considering a tiny pilot to do support at a remote location, but not all of the systems there have HDMI or DVI - many are still stuck at SVGA. Has anyone had verified luck with an svga -> hdmi adapter on the capture port? | General | MY | 2 | 2021-04-29 15:07:06.107Z |
Two networks? Hey guys I think I am on my wired lan as well as my wireless lan. I see in my router two IP address for "tinypilot". Is there a way to disable the wifi? I am having some connection issues via VPN right now within my network. I can't seem to get video... | General | H | 1 | 2021-04-28 20:29:23.498Z |
Cant access tiny pilot through a mobile or non desktop browser I am trying to access the tiny pilot url through a mobile phone and it dose not work, this is also the case for any non desktop browser. | General | M | 3 | 2021-04-27 21:29:21.404Z |
Video lagging but mouse and keyboard aren't. Hello, Hello When I access my system from my local network I am not having any issues with the video however once I access it over the internet there is a 25 second video lags however if I refresh the webpage it there is no lag. there is no lag with ... | Technical Support | R | 7 | 2021-04-27 20:39:10.577Z |
Audio Pass through Currently there is no audio pass through.. Are you planning to have it anytime soon ? Thanks | General | G | 1 | 2021-04-26 21:38:04.468Z |
server not starting up I just got the tiny pilot and followed the instructions. When I go to https://tinypilot/ I get a server not found error | Technical Support | RR | 4 | 2021-04-16 16:42:56.273Z |
How can I install the remote apps How can I install any of these apps onto the device. Provider Setup Complexity Performance remote.it Easy Medium Tailscale Moderate High ZeroTier Advanced High | General | AA | 2 | 2021-04-13 20:00:54.290Z |
New device not able to access I have just received the device I am unable to access the same. Below is my screenshot | General | AA | 4 | 2021-04-13 20:00:06.888Z |
Latency question Hi Michael I'm trying to use the TinyPilot over the internet on a rather limited 4G/5G connection. I realize that this will in it self cause latency issues because of the slow connection. My setup is: A TinyPilot with VPN and local WiFi client. The T... | Technical Support | VV | 2 | 2021-04-06 12:51:38.566Z |
Invalid username and password on 1st web server login Hello, I'm starting to set up my 2nd Tiny Pilot Voyager. The first one went fine, but on the 2nd one, I'm getting this error, when trying to log into the web server: Invalid username and password on 1st web server login I logged in first through SSH,... | General | L | 3 | 2021-04-01 18:19:45.127Z |
TinyPilot for Laptops? I stumbled upon the TinyPilot build while scouring the internet for potential laptop/kvm solutions for my remote support scenarios. Previously I have used a Lantronix Spider for similar applications with desktops and servers. My biggest challenge is ... | General | E | 3 | 2021-03-30 22:11:54.196Z |
Over the internet usage instruction Hello Michael. In FAQ I can see 3 option to use TinyPilot over the internet. My problem is that it is not quite clear how to setup each of this options. Is it any chance you can create step by step guide what should be done in order to make it works?... | General | P | 1 | 2021-03-30 22:03:31.093Z |
No IPV4 / Web interface I just received the TinyPilot today and have tried to connect it without much luck. It never seems to obtain an IPV4 address and my router never grants the device a DHCP lease. I can connect using SSH over IPV6, but the webinterface never comes up. B... | Technical Support | V | 1 | 2021-03-30 14:45:47.631Z |
Blank screen on reboot When I reboot my server tinypilot goes to a black screen and I have to reboot tinypilot to get video back. Any way to fix this? | General | JM | 8 | 2021-03-29 19:48:15.678Z |
Latest Update seemed to make Shift or Control clicking not work anymore. When I hold shift and left click on the mouse, or hold control and left click on the mouse (to select multiple items) on a remote PC, it no longer works for me, anyone else? I noticed it broke update before this last one, but thought I would wait for... | General |  M | 10 | 2021-03-26 13:46:32.576Z |
Not sure why keyboard still doesn't work for me I ran the update to the latest version as of a few minutes ago but still get nothing at all either via the soft keyboard or from my hardware keys forwarding. Likewise no cursor movement. Any common gotchas for me to check? Since it doesn't appear to ... | Technical Support | R | 3 | 2021-03-24 20:21:06.805Z |
Latest update disabled my ability to remotely control my computers. So with the set up I have, is a POE Hat, and a USB 3 cable with the V+ blocked and plugged into the PC from the USB Power slot of the Pi (4 Mdl B). This setup was working for me before I updated to the latest version and then I no longer have the abi... | Technical Support | GJ2TR | 8 | 2021-03-22 12:57:41.016Z |
Two Preliminary Questions Can TinyPilot be installed on a Raspberry Pi that contains minimal pre-existing software on the device? Currently I'm running a RPi 4 2GB with PiHole and a few minimal scripts. Can I install the TinyPilot alongside this software, or does TinyPilot ne... | General | C | 4 | 2021-03-19 22:49:52.021Z |
Hobbyist Kit vs Voyager I undertand the Voyager is finished - plug and go kind of solution. But with the Hobbyist kit you need too be comfortable to build and configure things. Beside that big difference - are there usable feature differences? | General | S | 1 | 2021-03-16 21:28:38.329Z |
Enter on Num Pad - TinyPilot Voyager When I am using the old TinyPilot I had, enter on the num pad worked fine, but now when I push the enter on the num pad it looks like below. This is where I pushed the normal enter key, then the num pad enter key 4 times then the normal enter key. Fo... | Technical Support | | 4 | 2021-03-08 23:30:54.397Z |
Tiny Pilot Pro Http Server, Caddy Http Reverse Proxy, and Logging into TinyPilot within an iFrame Wanted to share a discussion I had with Michael so that others with a similar environment can benefit. In my environment at home, I'm running Home Assistant (https://www.home-assistant.io/). Home Assistant is basically my portal to controlling everyt... | General | P | 1 | 2021-02-26 20:45:57.167Z |
Possible to remap the ESC key? The escape key takes me out of full screen. Is it possible to remap this to another set of keystrokes? | General | S | 1 | 2021-02-18 20:54:18.719Z |
Can't insert a period? Hello all. I just received my pilot today, and it was a very painless setup. However, I'm unable to insert a period. This is in firefox (chrome won't allow me to bypass the SSL error). If I hit the period key on my keyboard or on the soft keyboard, i... | Technical Support | DD | 6 | 2021-02-17 10:58:23.268Z |
10 sec+ Latency w/ Full Raspbian OS I installed Raspbian OS, used USB HDMI capture device and was experiencing over 10 seconds of latency on the video feed. I reached out to you via e-mail and you suggested maybe trying the CSI bridge. Ordered and installed today. I was thinking that w... | Technical Support | DD | 7 | 2021-02-12 23:12:17.376Z |