Releases: OpenIPC/sbc-groundstations
Orange Pi 5 w/ OpenIPC v1.2.0
V1.2.0 Notes
DVR and streaming behavior has changed. In the previous image it was ambiguous whether the dvr was recording or not. Now pressing the button starts the video stream as well as dvr recording. Pressing the button a second time stops the stream and saves the mkv dvr file, which is then transcoded to an mp4 file for easy use. Depending on the time of your recording, this hardware accelerated transcoding can still take upwards of 90 seconds or more, if you power off the device before the process is finished, the mkv file is still at your disposal.
This is a prebuilt image for the Orange Pi 5 to stream OpenIPC video. Simply setup your keys and desired channel, give the system a reboot, and after the stream will begin automatically on plug-in.
On first boot, connect a keyboard and enter a terminal with CTRL+ALT+F1 -- login is orangepi/orangepi
Run ./home/orangepi/scripts/resizefs.sh to repartition and resize your filesystem. Ignore all the red text and let the script finish.
Run wfb_keygen and transfer the keys. Run sudo cp gs.key /etc to transfer your gs.key to the groundstation's /etc directory. To transfer the drone.key file, connect your camera and orange pi to your home network, then run scp drone.key [email protected]:/etc and replace x.x.x.x with your camera's local ip address. (You will need to set up your network accordingly.)
Stock settings will set the display to 1920x1080@60fps. You will want to change this behavior in the setdisplay.sh script in the scripts folder found in your home directory. -- sudo nano /home/orangepi/scripts/setdisplay.sh
e.g. for HDZ goggles -- change MODE to 1280x720 and RATE to 100
This image includes DVR functionality; It requires a push button to be installed to the gpio header between physical pins 23 and 25 like so:
DVR is saved to the Videos folder in your home directory. DVR can be accessed either at /home/orangepi/Videos or via a media server. Connect your groundstation to your home network and it can be accessed via a web browser at x.x.x.x:8080 -- replace x.x.x.x with your groundstation's local ip address.
Radxa Zero 3w w/ OpenIPC v1.3.0
This is a prebuilt image for the Radxa Zero 3w to stream OpenIPC video. Simply setup your keys and desired channel, give the system a reboot, and after the stream will begin automatically on plug-in.
NOTE The stream in this image does not begin without a push button.
How to flash the image to your onboard emmc
On first boot, connect a keyboard and enter a terminal with CTRL+ALT+F1 -- login is radxa/radxa
Run ./home/radxa/scripts/resizefs.sh to repartition and resize your filesystem. Ignore all the red text and let the script finish.
Run wfb_keygen (located in your path) and transfer the keys. Run sudo cp gs.key /etc to transfer your gs.key to the groundstation's /etc directory. To transfer the drone.key file, connect your camera and radxa to your home network, then run scp drone.key [email protected]:/etc and replace x.x.x.x with your camera's local ip address. (You will need to set up your network accordingly.)
Stock settings will set the display to 1920x1080@60fps. You will want to change this behavior in the setdisplay.sh script in the scripts folder found in your home directory. -- sudo nano /home/radxa/scripts/setdisplay.sh
e.g. for HDZ goggles -- change MODE to 1280x720 and RATE to 100
You can setup the onboard wifi for SSH connectivity. (udev rules and networkmanager are already configured in this image, you only need to execute the nmcli commands)
This image includes DVR functionality; It requires a push button to be installed to the gpio header between physical pins 25 and 27 like so:
To record DVR, push the button once. The stream will start and DVR will begin recording. When finished, push the button once to stop the recording and save the file.
DVR is saved to the Videos folder in your home directory. DVR can be accessed either at /home/orangepi/Videos or via a media server. Connect your groundstation to your home network and it can be accessed via a web browser at x.x.x.x:8080 -- replace x.x.x.x with your groundstation's local ip address.
A note about the DVR recording in this image. To ease the strain on the processor, we record to to a ts file rather than mp4 or mkv. As a result, there is no "smear" effect recorded, the uncaptured frames are simply dropped. You may notice jumps in your recording where there was no frame information.
Orange Pi 5 Plus w/ OpenIPC v1.1.0
This is a prebuilt image for the Orange Pi 5 Plus to stream OpenIPC video. Simply setup your keys and desired channel, give the system a reboot, and after the stream will begin automatically on plug-in.
On first boot, connect a keyboard and enter a terminal with CTRL+ALT+F1 -- login is orangepi/orangepi
Run ./home/orangepi/scripts/resizefs.sh to repartition and resize your filesystem. Ignore all the red text and let the script finish.
Run wfb_keygen and transfer the keys. Run sudo cp gs.key /etc to transfer your gs.key to the groundstation's /etc directory. To transfer the drone.key file, connect your camera and orange pi to your home network, then run scp drone.key [email protected]:/etc and replace x.x.x.x with your camera's local ip address. (You will need to set up your network accordingly.)
Stock settings will set the display to 1920x1080@60fps. You will want to change this behavior in the setdisplay.sh script in the scripts folder found in your home directory. -- sudo nano /home/orangepi/scripts/setdisplay.sh
e.g. for HDZ goggles -- change MODE to 1280x720 and RATE to 100
NOTE
The Orange Pi 5 Plus has 2 HDMI-out ports. You MUST use the HDMI port closest to the ethernet ports:
This image includes DVR functionality; It requires a push button to be installed to the gpio header between physical pins 25 and 27 like so:
To record DVR, wait for the stream to begin then push the button once. DVR will begin recording. When finished, push the button once to stop the recording and save the file.
DVR is saved to the Videos folder in your home directory. DVR can be accessed either at /home/orangepi/Videos or via a media server. Connect your groundstation to your home network and it can be accessed via a web browser at x.x.x.x:8080 -- replace x.x.x.x with your groundstation's local ip address.
Stock settings for DVR record at the stream resolution, but limited to 30fps. You can change this to 60fps recording in the stream script located at /home/orangepi/scripts/dvr.sh.
Orange Pi 5 w/ OpenIPC v1.1.0
This is a prebuilt image for the Orange Pi 5 to stream OpenIPC video. Simply setup your keys and desired channel, give the system a reboot, and after the stream will begin automatically on plug-in.
On first boot, connect a keyboard and enter a terminal with CTRL+ALT+F1 -- login is orangepi/orangepi
Run ./home/orangepi/scripts/resizefs.sh to repartition and resize your filesystem. Ignore all the red text and let the script finish.
Run wfb_keygen and transfer the keys. Run sudo cp gs.key /etc to transfer your gs.key to the groundstation's /etc directory. To transfer the drone.key file, connect your camera and orange pi to your home network, then run scp drone.key [email protected]:/etc and replace x.x.x.x with your camera's local ip address. (You will need to set up your network accordingly.)
Stock settings will set the display to 1920x1080@60fps. You will want to change this behavior in the setdisplay.sh script in the scripts folder found in your home directory. -- sudo nano /home/orangepi/scripts/setdisplay.sh
e.g. for HDZ goggles -- change MODE to 1280x720 and RATE to 100
This image includes DVR functionality; It requires a push button to be installed to the gpio header between physical pins 23 and 25 like so:
To record DVR, wait for the stream to begin then push the button once. DVR will begin recording. When finished, push the button once to stop the recording and save the file.
DVR is saved to the Videos folder in your home directory. DVR can be accessed either at /home/orangepi/Videos or via a media server. Connect your groundstation to your home network and it can be accessed via a web browser at x.x.x.x:8080 -- replace x.x.x.x with your groundstation's local ip address.
Stock settings for DVR record at the stream resolution, but limited to 30fps. You can change this to 60fps recording in the stream script located at /home/orangepi/scripts/dvr.sh.
Radxa Zero 3w w/ OpenIPC v1.2.0
V1.2 Notes
Fixed an issue where the image could not be flashed to devices smaller than 16GB. 8GB devices are now supported.
This is a prebuilt image for the Radxa Zero 3w to stream OpenIPC video. Simply setup your keys and desired channel, give the system a reboot, and after the stream will begin automatically on plug-in.
How to flash the image to your onboard emmc
On first boot, connect a keyboard and enter a terminal with CTRL+ALT+F1 -- login is radxa/radxa
Run wfb_keygen (located in your path) and transfer the keys. Run sudo cp gs.key /etc to transfer your gs.key to the groundstation's /etc directory. To transfer the drone.key file, connect your camera and radxa to your home network, then run scp drone.key [email protected]:/etc and replace x.x.x.x with your camera's local ip address. (You will need to set up your network accordingly.)
Stock settings will set the display to 1920x1080@60fps. You will want to change this behavior in the setdisplay.sh script in the scripts folder found in your home directory. -- sudo nano /home/ubuntu/scripts/setdisplay.sh
e.g. for HDZ goggles -- change MODE to 1280x720 and RATE to 100
You can setup the onboard wifi for SSH connectivity. (udev rules and networkmanager are already configured in this image, you only need to execute the nmcli commands)
Radxa Zero 3w w/ OpenIPC v1.1.0
V1.1 Notes
Includes ffmpeg in preparation for DVR recording.
Overall image size has been reduced.
This is a prebuilt image for the Radxa Zero 3w to stream OpenIPC video. Simply setup your keys and desired channel, give the system a reboot, and after the stream will begin automatically on plug-in.
How to flash the image to your onboard emmc
On first boot, connect a keyboard and enter a terminal with CTRL+ALT+F1 -- login is radxa/radxa
cd to the scripts folder in your home directory. Run ./wfb_keygen and transfer the keys. Run sudo cp gs.key /etc to transfer your gs.key to the groundstation's /etc directory. To transfer the drone.key file, connect your camera and radxa to your home network, then run scp drone.key [email protected]:/etc and replace x.x.x.x with your camera's local ip address. (You will need to set up your network accordingly.)
Stock settings will set the display to 1920x1080@60fps. You will want to change this behavior in the setdisplay.sh script in the scripts folder found in your home directory. -- sudo nano /home/radxa/scripts/setdisplay.sh
e.g. for HDZ goggles -- change MODE to 1280x720 and RATE to 100
You can setup the onboard wifi for SSH connectivity. (udev rules and networkmanager are already configured in this image, you only need to execute the nmcli commands)
Radxa Zero 3w w/ OpenIPC v1.0.0
This is a prebuilt image for the Radxa Zero 3w to stream OpenIPC video. Simply setup your keys and desired channel, give the system a reboot, and after the stream will begin automatically on plug-in.
How to flash the image to your onboard emmc
On first boot, connect a keyboard and enter a terminal with CTRL+ALT+F1 -- login is radxa/radxa
cd to the scripts folder in your home directory. Run ./wfb_keygen and transfer the keys. Run sudo cp gs.key /etc to transfer your gs.key to the groundstation's /etc directory. To transfer the drone.key file, connect your camera and radxa to your home network, then run scp drone.key [email protected]:/etc and replace x.x.x.x with your camera's local ip address. (You will need to set up your network accordingly.)
Stock settings will set the display to 1920x1080@60fps. You will want to change this behavior in the setdisplay.sh script in the scripts folder found in your home directory. -- sudo nano /home/radxa/scripts/setdisplay.sh
e.g. for HDZ goggles -- change MODE to 1280x720 and RATE to 100
You can setup the onboard wifi for SSH connectivity. (udev rules and networkmanager are already configured in this image, you only need to execute the nmcli commands)
Orange Pi 5 Plus w/ OpenIPC v1.0.0
This is a prebuilt image for the Orange Pi 5 Plus to stream OpenIPC video. Simply setup your keys and desired channel, give the system a reboot, and after the stream will begin automatically on plug-in.
On first boot, connect a keyboard and enter a terminal with CTRL+ALT+F1 -- login is orangepi/orangepi
cd to the scripts folder in your home directory. Run ./wfb_keygen and transfer the keys. Run sudo cp gs.key /etc to transfer your gs.key to the groundstation's /etc directory. To transfer the drone.key file, connect your camera and orange pi to your home network, then run scp drone.key [email protected]:/etc and replace x.x.x.x with your camera's local ip address. (You will need to set up your network accordingly.)
Stock settings will set the display to 1920x1080@60fps. You will want to change this behavior in the setdisplay.sh script in the scripts folder found in your home directory. -- sudo nano /home/orangepi/scripts/setdisplay.sh
e.g. for HDZ goggles -- change MODE to 1280x720 and RATE to 100
This image includes DVR functionality; It requires a push button to be installed to the gpio header between physical pins 25 and 27 like so:
To record DVR, wait for the stream to begin then push the button once. DVR will begin recording. When finished, push the button once to stop the recording and save the file.
DVR is saved to the Videos folder in your home directory. DVR can be accessed either at /home/orangepi/Videos or via a media server. Connect your groundstation to your home network and it can be accessed via a web browser at x.x.x.x:8080 -- replace x.x.x.x with your groundstation's local ip address.
Stock settings for DVR record at the stream resolution, but limited to 30fps. You can change this to 60fps recording in the stream script located at /home/orangepi/scripts/stream.sh.
Final Note
I'm aware this image currently does not resize the file system on first boot. If you try to record DVR without resizing your file system, you will quickly run out of space. I included a resizing script in the scripts folder. Please run sudo ./home/orangepi/scripts/resizefs.sh if you plan to record DVR.
Orange Pi 5 w/ OpenIPC v1.0.0
This is a prebuilt image for the Orange Pi 5 to stream OpenIPC video. Simply setup your keys and desired channel, give the system a reboot, and after the stream will begin automatically on plug-in.
On first boot, connect a keyboard and enter a terminal with CTRL+ALT+F1 -- login is orangepi/orangepi
Run the resizefs.sh script in the scripts folder. Ignore all the red text and let the script finish.
Run ./wfb_keygen and transfer the keys. Run sudo cp gs.key /etc to transfer your gs.key to the groundstation's /etc directory. To transfer the drone.key file, connect your camera and orange pi to your home network, then run scp drone.key [email protected]:/etc and replace x.x.x.x with your camera's local ip address. (You will need to set up your network accordingly.)
Stock settings will set the display to 1920x1080@60fps. You will want to change this behavior in the setdisplay.sh script in the scripts folder found in your home directory. -- sudo nano /home/radxa/scripts/setdisplay.sh
e.g. for HDZ goggles -- change MODE to 1280x720 and RATE to 100
This image includes DVR functionality; It requires a push button to be installed to the gpio header between physical pins 23 and 25 like so:
To record DVR, wait for the stream to begin then push the button once. DVR will begin recording. When finished, push the button once to stop the recording and save the file.
DVR is saved to the Videos folder in your home directory. DVR can be accessed either at /home/orangepi/Videos or via a media server. Connect your groundstation to your home network and it can be accessed via a web browser at x.x.x.x:8080 -- replace x.x.x.x with your groundstation's local ip address.
Stock settings for DVR record at the stream resolution, but limited to 30fps. You can change this to 60fps recording in the stream script located at /home/orangepi/scripts/stream.sh.
Final Note
I'm aware this image currently does not resize the file system on first boot. If you try to record DVR without resizing your file system, you will quickly run out of space. I included a resizing script in the scripts folder. Please run sudo ./home/orangepi/scripts/resizefs.sh if you plan to record DVR.
Latest SBC GS
Latest OpenIPC SBC Ground Station
🌟 We have multiple editions of the SBC GS, each with its own characteristics. 🌟
🌟 Primarily maintained and recommended is [Buildroot Edition] 🌟
Buildroot Edition Maintained by @henkwiedig [ recommended ]
- Boards based on Radxa zero3
- snapshot build
- [vx.x](Not yet released)
Stock Edition Maintained by @JohnDGodwin
- Boards based on Radxa zero3
- Radxa Rock 2F (AV-OUT)
- Orange Pi 3b, 5, 5 Plus
CC Edition Maintained by @zhouruixi
- Boards based on Radxa zero3
| Edition | Positioning | Target Users | Base System | Development Status | Primary Maintainer | Code Branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buildroot | Current Default | Majority Users | Buildroot | Active | henkwiedig @henkwiedig | master |
| Stock | Old Default | Existing Users | Debian | Suspended | JohhnGoblin @JohnDGodwin | Stock |
| CC | Non Default | Few Users | Debian | Ongoing | CC @zhouruixi | CC |
| Etc. |
Current Default Edition: Primarily maintained and recommended by the community. During use, discussion, and consultation, if no edition is specified, it represents the current default edition.
