I have a Raspberry Pi and an Innovv K5 system mounted on my Energica Ribelle electric motorcycle.
I am able to turn the cameras on and off remotely, over the internet, by switching a relay with my Raspberry Pi.
I can then access the RTSP stream and the camera file server directly from my computer at home, or through my phone, as the Raspberry Pi is hosting the RTSP content on a webserver. I can also route the content directly and use streaming software like VLC.
The next step for me is to be able to use the APP for streaming and adjust the settings in the camera system, which you can do through the APP. - But only if there is a WiFi connection! I guess the app just looks for 192.168.1.254 on the wifi, but is it possible to make the app compatible with the internet instead? It seems like i hit a dead end, so if it is not possible, then is there another way to adjust the settings than through the APP?
Thanks :)
Hi all,
I have been reading your posts and thanks for sharing your experiences.
I recently bought an Innovv K5 model and have been thinking how to engineer a device to automatically retrieve the video files while driving. It is a bit painful to download files every evening (assuming you have been driving the day) to avoid to lose the data.
I was thinking about a raspberry pi downloading the files via HTTP on a local storage. Did anybody play with HTTP requests to download files? I did not see any specific commands in the forum (tell me if I am wrong).
regards
telemaco
Hi Simon,
interesting project.
The next step for me is to be able to use the APP for streaming and adjust the settings in the camera system, which you can do through the APP. - But only if there is a WiFi connection! I guess the app just looks for 192.168.1.254 on the wifi, but is it possible to make the app compatible with the internet instead? It seems like i hit a dead end, so if it is not possible, then is there another way to adjust the settings than through the APP?You are correct. The App tries to connect to 192.168.1.254 and if it gets the expected response, it thinks it is connected. The IP is hardcoded, so you would need to fool the App to think it is connected to the K5 by either forwarding the traffic to the K5 or by routing it through a tunnel. The App simply uses http to talk to the K5 (see here)
, so it should be no big deal.
I suppose you want to use the App not only at home, but from everywhere to access the K5. In this case the best idea would be to set up a VPN tunnel with the Raspi as the VPN Server (e.g. OpenVPN). If you configure it in a way that it gives your smartphone (as the client) the 192.168.1.254, the app should be able to connect without complaining.
Hi Simon, can you tell me more about how you have set up the Raspberry (software) and how you have set everything up? What is the purpose of the raspberry on your bike?
I myself am regularly playing around with Raspebrry's and I am curious about your setup.
Thanks for your reply.
Okay fine. Streaming is no problem. I am doing that already. Just the APP I was wondering about.
Thanks ! :)
Okay fine. Streaming is no problem. I am doing that already. Just the APP I was wondering about.
Thanks ! :)
Dear Simon
Thanks for your suggestion, it will be cool if we can use the App for streaming, but at this moment, same as other Motorcycle Dash Cam brands, we still can not make it, we suggest that you download the files on the phone and share with your friends via mobile data.
Thanks and have fun.