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How to best schedule a weekly or nightly reboot for performance? Hi there. I noticed that after about a week being connected and up and running to an always-on system that tiny pilot needs to be power cycled in order to maintain its snappy and responsive performance. Otherwise, things slow to a crawl when trying t... | General | A A | 3 | 2022-01-19 21:33:54.667Z |
Blank screen on old mac mini I've got my tinypilot (hobbyist kit) up and running great. Confirmed by connecting it to my laptop dock and it mirrored my mac pro screen great. the problems begin when i connect to an old mac mini [mid 2011 - A1347 (EMC 2442)] i just get a blank scr... | Technical Support | K | 1 | 2022-01-18 17:33:24.642Z |
tinypilot can't handle resolution changes and frequently hangs My tinypilot is connected to an "AIMOS" hdmi/usb kvm. Connected devices use various display mode/resolutions. When switching between devices, the display often becomes garbled, usually like this: After a few seconds, the tinypilot hangs and has to be... | Technical Support | W | 4 | 2022-01-17 21:26:07.855Z |
List of Items That Work with TinyPilot Just as an FYI, here are some items I use that work with TinyPilot: Greathtek 4-port KVM switch: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08J3W2JYZ/ Port 1: Optiplex 9020; port 2: Optiplex 9020; port 3: PowerEdge T30; port 4: Monoprice 4x1 HDMI switch (s... | General | CC | 2 | 2022-01-12 02:57:16.348Z |
Questions before I buy Tiny Pilot Hello all, I'm a newbie regarding TinyPilot, so please bare with me, I have an office that has 6 servers that i want to manage without needing to go to the server room or my boss can remotely(VIA VPN) manage from his home(different state).Would this ... | General | V | 5 | 2022-01-11 22:42:28.695Z |
VPN Hi there, awesome product and software - THANK YOU! Question: Is there any guidance on how to set up a VPN? Use case: I'm looking to have my virtual assistant interact directly with my computer and would need some way for them to access it outside of... | General | RSALC | 13 | 2022-01-11 02:05:00.438Z |
TinyPilot Voyager 2 Keyboard does not work in Bios or Windows boot menu Just got an TinyPilot Voyager 2. Setup with no issues. Easy to reach via browser. Left lower corner of browser window, when at the Windows login prompt, shows green and "connected" However...Keyboard and Mouse work well in Windows even at the pre log... | General | SS | 9 | 2022-01-08 01:11:25.658Z |
No USB input Hello, I setup TinyPilot for the first time. I'm using a Raspberry Pi 4 along with the TinyPilot Power Connector. The video works fine, but I have no USB input - keyboard (real or virtual) / mouse. I don't see a generic USB keyboard or mouse detected... | General | AC | 16 | 2022-01-06 03:50:56.176Z |
Just got Voyager2, red power light comes on but no ethernet link light. I have verified the network cable and hub are all working but I can't get the Ethernet lights to come on the Pi, nor does it show link on the switch. Any troubleshooting I can do or is it a bad Ethernet on the RPi? | Technical Support | EFM | 5 | 2022-01-05 00:59:55.118Z |
Bug: Noticable (& annoying) physical mouse input lag when the HDMI is connected (slave PC) Hello there. Just received my new TinyPilot 2 today. However I am disappointed because I am noticing a significant mouse performance decrease on the slave PC (with physical mouse and keyboard usage plugged into the slave, which TinyPilot may think is... | General | AF | 10 | 2022-01-03 21:41:49.339Z |
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Any impact to making TinyPilot Voyager 2 non-headless (ex: LXDE shell)? Unscrewing the base, I noticed some hidden display ports within, which are the RPI4's microHDMI which Voyager 2 doesn't expose (curious why now obstructed?). In any case, I cut my own hole (CAREFULLY!) and now have a less-headless device. I installed... | General | AA | 2 | 2021-12-30 20:47:05.367Z |
Idea - enable adding keyboard shortcuts Today Actions > Keyboard Shortcuts includes just one item (Ctrl+Alt+Del). I would welcome the ability to create my own keyboard shortcuts to be passed through to the remote system. For me, I want Win+Tab (or Alt+Tab) for switching active windows on t... | Ideas | F | 1 | 2021-12-30 18:49:58.822Z |
Video Signal Blank - M1 When using the HKS0801A1U KVM mentioned in the KVM Compatability list, I get a black screen on my M1. The aspect ratio appears to be correctly and I can send mouse and keyboard commands. I can see the mouse and keyboard working from another screen sh... | General | TT | 2 | 2021-12-29 19:31:07.162Z |
Pass trough USB from 'host to target server Hi Guys! Just out of curiousity - lets say i have a USB headset that i would like to use with my server without directly plugging it in - is it possible with TinyPilot Voyager ? | General | Y | 1 | 2021-12-29 19:06:24.455Z |
Disable Internet Access & Other Questions I want to make sure my tinypilot cannot talk to the internet in any way and can only work on my LAN. How do I go about this? I understand this means that updates will also be disabled, that is okay. Assume Voyager 2 If I have the ability to VPN to th... | General | UF | 3 | 2021-12-29 16:56:16.551Z |
No mouse, no keyboard Thanks for a great product. I'm trying it out for the first time. November release Hobbyist kit (minus the prebuild sd card) 16GB sd card built with BalenaEtcher Chromebook either mirrored or extended screens Firefox on Windows used to access https:/... | General | JUJ | 4 | 2021-12-29 16:36:36.744Z |
Using Tinypilot stealthily deleted | General | L2 | 1 | 2021-12-29 16:12:20.857Z |
Pi Zero 2 W I have the Hobbyist kit -- which comes with a Pi 4b, IIRC. I'm wondering, though, if I could swap that out for a much cheaper pi zero 2 w and thus avoid buying another Pi 4 b for a different project? Does the 2w have enough performance and good enoug... | General | W | 1 | 2021-12-27 22:31:33.639Z |
Remote control of laptop I am going to be working remotely on a permanent basis. Looking to set up a KVM over IP solution that I can have a user plug in a PC or a Macintosh, so I can remotely reboot, troubleshoot, wipe and reload, and re-image machines. Will this work? | General | C | 1 | 2021-12-27 22:27:04.563Z |
Crash Cart KVM Use/Set Up Is it possible to use TinyPilot as a crash cart kvm if need be? I am looking for an alternative for the poor crash cart KVMs on the market. Would I be able to connect the Ethernet cable straight to my laptop from the TinyPilot or does it always requi... | General | TA2 | 7 | 2021-12-17 22:14:50.354Z |
Tiny Pilot Voyager keeps dying I have to power cycle the device multiple times a day. This is not sustainable! What can I send that would help diagnose the issue? | Technical Support | SFE | 7 | 2021-12-10 18:58:10.208Z |
Relative mouse support? We have a system that is using a custom OS, I've seen it mentioned in a few threads that only absolute mouse input is currently supported. Left and right click works, but the mouse cursor is stubbornly stuck. I've seen emulators and remote desktop vi... | General | R | 1 | 2021-12-10 13:43:59.083Z |
Full Screen Mode not working in Safari Hey team -- fullscreen mode for Safari seems to be broken. Here is the console log...I believe it's because the requestFullScreen has to be prefixed with webkit for Safari https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/requestFullScreen -- ... | Technical Support | S2 | 1 | 2021-12-09 21:22:01.992Z |
after bullseye upgrade ansible virtualenv job fails Has anyone upgraded to bullseye and been able to get everything running after the upgrade? I noticed that openipmi, ustreamer and a couple other services were not starting. Some services were fighting over opening ports, so I resolved those issues. I... | Technical Support | SS | 18 | 2021-12-07 20:16:09.058Z |
Tiny Pilot KVM + voyager VGA adapter, no video, just snow I have a tinypilot kvm with voyager and I'm having no luck with connecting to anything with a VGA output/input. I get 'snow' and flashing of different screen sizes. This is confirmed to be the case on the three machines I've tried it on so far. The H... | General | D | 1 | 2021-12-06 19:50:43.470Z |
Unable to connect to https://tinypilot Hi, I have connected Tinypilot to my Lenovo laptop which has 2 wireless cards. I made sure one of the wireless card is on the same wifi as my working laptop and I am unable to connect to https://tinypilot. Followed the instructions at https://tinypil... | General | B | 6 | 2021-12-03 22:42:31.129Z |
Mouse Cursor offset after update Hello, after updating today, the cursor no longer lines up across host and remote computer. Is this a bug? Can I revert versions? | Technical Support | S | 4 | 2021-12-02 19:59:46.421Z |
No video capture working, unable to update TinyPilot When updating from the UI. Clicking settings>update does tell me an update is available, clicking the green Update button returns this error in a red box: Failed to start update Error: 500 Internal Server Error Internal Server Error The server encoun... | Technical Support | T2T2 | 3 | 2021-12-02 02:07:38.409Z |
Newbie Problems / Questions Hey all new user here. I have two issues: I can't get to https://tinypilot but I can get to https://tinypilot.local however on latest Chrome it will NOT let me pass the mismatch cert problem while Safari will let me get by. Not the end of the world j... | General | H | 14 | 2021-12-01 23:06:41.830Z |
Keyboard Typing using SSH Hi, I am trying to automate my initial boot process for several MacMinis and wondering if I can type using just SSH. This would be used for the initial password entry with a return. That possible? | General | C | 1 | 2021-11-29 23:10:41.684Z |
keyboard and Mouse not working with Macbook pro USB-c I purchased tinypilot Voyager, I can see the screen using KVM but Keyboard and mouse not working Thanks Gurjinder Singh | General | GCA | 8 | 2021-11-29 23:07:48.238Z |
November 23, 2021 update is a winner! Came online to post an issue, saw mention of release 2.3.1 (November 23, 2021 update) and performed the upgrade. I am seeing much improved video and mouse performance! Great update everyone. Thank you. | General | F | 1 | 2021-11-23 21:45:22.543Z |
Waking sleeping machine using keyboard or mouse, but without using WoL Can anyone say if TinyPilot is able to wake up a remote machine if WakeOnLan is not available? I can wake the remote machine by moving or pressing a button on a logitech keyboard or mouse. | General | T | 1 | 2021-11-22 20:19:31.649Z |
at bios, unresponsive just got my tinypilot v2.3.1 [pro] played around with it and was intrigued with the virtual drive option. very handy. so i mounted a few ISOs and installed an ubuntu LTS. worked very good. now i wanted to update my bios. pc is a intel-nuc-kit-nuc6i7k... | Technical Support | Y | 2 | 2021-11-22 15:41:57.122Z |
TinyPilot Voyager with PoE splitter Dear Sirs I'm going to install a TinyPilot Voyager and power it via a PoE splitter. Can I discard the Power Connector altogether and use a front USB port for keyboard and mouse traffic? Thanks and Regards Mauricio | General | M2M2 | 3 | 2021-11-20 10:52:15.274Z |
VGA-to-HDMI adapter power & splitting signal What are the best methods for powering the VGA-to-HDMI adapter with the USB cable? Powered from Tiny Pilot? Powered from target? Powered from external power? For us, from target is easiest, but we had one adapter that was failing at the Ubuntu instal... | General | J | 1 | 2021-11-19 15:48:55.988Z |
virtual media upload failing Is there a way to sftp the virtual images to the tinypilot? they keep failing to upload when i try to upload from my laptop via the web interface | General | B | 1 | 2021-11-18 19:30:29.361Z |
Update fail Hi. I'm new to the Pi. I thought I knew what I was doing and SSH'd to the tinypilot. I ran the apt update to update everything, rebooted, and now the Tinypilot doesn't respond to the tinypilot URL. I have a solid green and red light. I took out the S... | General | S | 3 | 2021-11-11 22:23:40.412Z |
Reverse Proxy Settings? Hi Michael, I'm in awe of what you've built here. Reading your development journey and then building products and a company around what is an amazing solution is really inspiring! I hope it all goes well for you! Also thank you for keeping a free ver... | Technical Support | JJ | 7 | 2021-11-10 20:33:12.961Z |
Windows 11 - missing USB Storage Hello, Windows 11 based installations can't see USB Storage, so installation from Virtual Media is not possible. Is there any workaround ? Thanks. | Technical Support | V | 3 | 2021-11-08 22:49:43.685Z |