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@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ We're going to break this down into a few substeps and separate out the camera a
First, let's examine the camera and all its various points of connection.
![Camera Pin out](../images/sbs-Camera-Pinout.jpg)
![Camera Pin out](../images/sbs-Camera-Pinout-v2.jpg)
To flash OpenIPC we need to use the FTDI adapter to open up a console connection on the camera, and then break into the bootloader. This sounds more complex than it is - all we have to do is solder up a few wires and press RETURN at the right point.
@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Ok, so whether you've soldered or used the tool, you now want to connect up to y
If you are now thinking "Hang about, which ground pin?". Let me show you my slightly refined pin-out diagram of the camera which I call the "useful pins"
![Useful pins](../images/sbs-camera-userful-pins.jpg)
![Useful pins](../images/sbs-camera-userful-pins-v2.jpg)
What we have here are the pins that actually have some relevance to us when wiring up this camera. We've already connected the TX/RX, so if you have an old 3 pins connector from an FPV camera it may be just the right size to put into the socket containing the GND on the left of the pictured board. This is what I did at least. If you don't have any JST connectors like this - get some. Where possible I like to avoid soldering around these tiny components as much as possible.
@ -476,9 +476,13 @@ Then something is wrong. The usual culprit is having D-/D+ crossed over, so if
### Step 3 Generating and installing the key pairing for WFB-NG
What is WFB-NG? Well, WFB is wifibroadcast... you may remember that command from the previous step. It was the project that really started off OpenSoure HD FPV. WFB-NG is Wifibroadcast Next Generation - a new and improved version of wifibroadcast, then OpenIPC uses for FPV. WFB-NG also uses encryption when sending/receiving data between the ground/air so it's necessary for us to generate some keys to use and then move them into the correct places for WFB-NG to work. Login to your groundstation via ssh and run the command
What is WFB-NG? Well, WFB is wifibroadcast... you may remember that command from the previous step. It was the project that really started off OpenSoure HD FPV. WFB-NG is Wifibroadcast Next Generation - a new and improved version of wifibroadcast, then OpenIPC uses for FPV. WFB-NG also uses encryption when sending/receiving data between the ground/air so it's necessary for us to generate some keys to use and then move them into the correct places for WFB-NG to work.
`root@openipc# wfb__keygen`
Default keys will be automatically installed after groundstation and camera was flashed, so video link will work without generating new key pair. Howewer defaut keys is not secure (it is ok to leave it for bench testing or if you dont care about encryption). If you want to setup individual true encryption follow next instruction.
Login to your groundstation via ssh and run the command
`root@openipc# wfb_keygen`
Which should give you the output
@ -511,6 +515,13 @@ and look for the drone.key on the camera and gs.key on the groundstation
There's a bit more to the wifibroadcast configuration than just getting the keys correct. There's a config file to edit on both the camera and the groundstation. To do this it's necessary to use the text editor called vi. This might be a bit new and strange for Windows users as it's not your typical editor and has a few commands for you to delete characters, insert, append things, and save the file. There's a basic vi tutorial [here](https://www.guru99.com/the-vi-editor.html) that will hopefully help you new users through. Luckily we don't have a huge amount of edits to make in this file.
```
You need this vi commands
press i on keyboard to enter edit mode
press esc on keyboard to exit edit mode after edited parameters
press shift+zz to save file and exit vi
```
You'll open up the file for editing on both the camera and groundstation with the command
`root@openipc# vi /etc/wfb.conf`
@ -523,6 +534,14 @@ Channel refers to the wifi channel that we will use. Channel 14 is in the 2.4Gh
`channel=161`
#### Configuring the TX power
In the same wfb.conf file you will see 2 parameters with txpower setting. Availiable range for this paramaters is 20-58. Be carefull do not set maximum power when testing on bench as you can simply burn your wifi cards! Use fan for testing.
txpower - for atheros wifi card
tx_power_owerride - for 8812au card
### Step 5 Configuring vdec.conf on the groundstation
At this point, if you were to test the video stream, you would see on the groundstation the number of RX packets received, along with the data rate. What you wouldn't see is an actual picture from the camera. The reason for this is yet more files we have to edit to set the camera up as we like and tell the groundstation what to expect. The first of these we do on the groundstation with the vdec.conf file.
@ -541,6 +560,7 @@ You'll also see some video modes to expect the incoming stream to be in. We're
Ok, this file is done. On to the next one.
### Step 6 Configuring the majestic.yaml file on the camera
Majestic Streamer is the video streaming application used by OpenIPC. If you ssh to the camera and look at the /etc/majestic.full file you will find a long and extensive list of configuration options. Whilst a good number of these will make sense - there's also a lot more that need more extensive documentation and perhaps a list to let us know which ones are the more relevant to FPV. The file we actually edit is called majestic.yaml As it's not too large I'm going to show you my version of the file with all the changes that were made. This will at least let us get our video streaming from the camera to the groundstation.
@ -634,11 +654,11 @@ I write this step-by-step guide after filming a YouTube tutorial which you can s
This is the basic setup that gives you streaming video. It's not ready for FPV yet - we need to connect our telemetry so the OSD gets populated and think about how to stuff that large camera in a model. I'll be tackling this at a later date.
### Powering camera by 5 volt
To power your camera by 5 volts power supply, you should solder wire as shown on picture below.
![5v power](../images/camera-5v.jpg)