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At a loss for H.264 success Hello Tinypilot staff, I can't get H.264 to work. I have updated to 2.6.5, here is the janus status log: ● janus.service - Janus WebRTC gateway
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/janus.service; enabled; vendor preset: ena>
Active: active (... | Technical Support | M / | 10 | 2025-02-12 11:55:55.897Z |
Two way audio (microphone/speaker) I know there is multiple reports asking for two way audio, but recently PiKVM included this feature and really wanted to know if there is work in progress to do the same in Tinypilot or any idea to include it in a future version. This will bring a lo... | Technical Support | DC/C | 1 | 2025-01-29 21:22:40.639Z |
Multiple TinyPilots on the same network I have an Hamachi VPN. I have a TinyPilot which mostly works - I have to override the IP for tinypilot using the hosts file if I am on a network where my local address is not a 192.168.., but other than that, it works. I want to get a second unit, on... | Technical Support | 2C/C | 1 | 2025-01-26 20:25:11.997Z |
Security Enhancements - LED for active connection and Authentication against central authority Enjoying trying out our first TinyPilot. There is great potential with a few changes. I'm willing to do the work or collaborate. I haven't dug into the device coding yet and don't really know what I can and can't change. For broad adoption in our glo... | Ideas | FC/C | 1 | 2025-01-21 10:51:48.274Z |
How to Connect Tinyplot UI Interface from Different Locations? I need to connect the Tinyplot UI interface from different locations, specifically using different internet connections that are not shared. This is necessary because my work requires frequent travel, sometimes abroad. If there is a solution, please ... | Technical Support | AC/C | 3 | 2025-01-22 00:39:10.505Z |
Is Power-over-Ethernet in use? can you tell remotely? Hello! I got my TinyPilot Voyager 2a PoE and it is working great. I'm using the wall plug for power for now. Does there happen to be a way to query the TinyPilot from the linux command line and tell if the Power-over-ethernet is also being supplied? ... | General | JJ/ | 2 | 2025-01-20 12:15:21.412Z |
Upgrade Error "The Update Failed" Trying to upgrade from 2.5.0 to 2.5.4, the link to the log is here: https://logs.tinypilotkvm.com/pj6BgiHx Seems like perhaps two error logs: TASK [ansible-role-ustreamer : check if legacy Janus package is installed] ***** fatal: [localhost]: FAILED!... | Technical Support |  C/C | 1 | 2025-01-15 23:25:54.269Z |
| Technical Support | N | 2 | 2025-01-15 12:01:03.294Z | |
Stun Server Port I am accessing TinyPilot remotely over 8443 > 443. However when doing this it flips to mjpeg and I tried turning the STUN server to Google and to GMX, but the issue still persists. On the local network it is fine. Do I need to also forward any STUN p... | Technical Support | TC/C | 1 | 2025-01-15 23:31:17.899Z |
Get TinyPilot to show up as common, over-the-counter devices? (Monitor, USB hub) My company has some draconian security mandates, including many that affect productivity but make nothing more secure. Well, they were able to detect that for a time period, I have a TinyPilot connected to my machine. How did they detect this? Was it... | Technical Support | S | 1 | 2025-04-07 11:25:20.839Z |
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Cant force install on RPI Zero 2 W? Hey guys, Trying an install on RPI Zero 2 W, Bullseye 32 Bit printenv does show FORCE_INSTALL=1 as set Doesnt seem to actually force the install? What am I missing here? curl --silent --show-error https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiny-pilot/tinypilo... | Technical Support | U/ | 3 | 2025-01-16 11:43:26.885Z |
does tinypilot allow me to power cycle/reboot the target computer? I could not tell from reading the website. Does TinyPilot allow me to reboot the computer it is monitorinig, say if it is in a hung state? Thanks! - Jason | General | JC/C | 1 | 2025-01-13 22:49:21.136Z |
Green Lines on screen when using Tiny Pilot. Especially when moving the mouse I had the tiny pilot device for about 1 month now. It was functioning fine so far. But lately I started getting green Lines on the screen (On my personnal computer not the target computer) when using Tiny Pilot. Especially when moving the mouse. I br... | Technical Support | SA/ | 12 | 2025-03-13 11:07:10.987Z |
iPhone - click and drag Hello, the recent update to accommodate clicks from touchscreen/iPhone has been a game changer, however is there a way to click a drag? Im unable to move and resize windows. | Technical Support | KC/C | 1 | 2025-01-08 00:59:35.095Z |
TinyPilot LogIn Issue I bought a tiny pilot KVM Voyager 2 4 months ago and used it without issue. Recently I am gonna reconnect it and use it but have some errors on the web browser like this. import glob import os import subprocess import sys from distutils import log fr... | Technical Support | TC/C | 7 | 2025-01-13 22:47:53.484Z |
Initial setup w/o ethernet I don't have router at home any only have wifi. Is there a step by step instructions to set this product up? | Technical Support | G/ | 1 | 2025-01-03 12:00:03.909Z |
No Signal Hi, I hope you're all having a great day enjoying Tinypilot. I've been using Tinypilots for several months without any issues, but with my new laptop, I'm experiencing something unusual. I connected the laptop to a new Tinypilot, but I received a "No... | Technical Support | C/ | 3 | 2024-12-24 11:00:51.182Z |
Lost Connection with Tailscale (power outage) I recently experienced a power outage that lasted almost an entire week due to a hurricane. After power was restored, the TinyPilot booted up, but I lost connection to it because the IP address was changed by my router DHCP. I've since corrected that... | Technical Support | LC/C | 3 | 2024-12-24 15:54:04.963Z |
Can't Install TinyPilot to save my life Hello all, I have been attempting to install TinyPilot on a Pi 5 and I am struggling hard. Running ubuntu desktop just trying to get this to install on any os. I am able to SSH into the Pi and have no network issues at the moment. Had issues with ras... | Technical Support | CC/C | 1 | 2024-12-23 00:17:56.194Z |
lost the ability to ssh in I have a REMOTE tinypilot that I lost the ability to ssh in, and also upgrade. How can I fix it? | Technical Support | LC/C | 8 | 2024-12-27 14:19:43.426Z |
Cannot Control Mouse/Keyboard I just received my TinyPilot v2. I do have visual with the Target machine, but do not have any control over mouse/keyboard Troubleshooting steps taken: 1- Flashed SD card 2- Tried multiple source and target machines Both Source and Target machines ar... | Technical Support | R/ | 13 | 2024-12-20 11:54:36.353Z |
Cannot connect to server Can someone help me figure out what's the problem, I can get access the web interface but I cant get the screen to work, tried hdmi and the VGA. Also the log shows the usb cannot be found? I tried uploading or posting my log but it says has to be an ... | Technical Support | G/ | 22 | 2025-01-02 12:19:01.224Z |
issue setting up tinyPilot Voyager 2a without ethernet I recently received my tiny pilot v 2a in the mail and I am attempting to set it up. I was wondering if someone here could direct me on how to set this device up without using ethernet. I do not have direct access to the router in my building; howeve... | Technical Support | M/ | 1 | 2024-12-10 12:19:43.958Z |
Cannot connect to https://tinypilot I just connected TinyPilot v2 1- Red Power Light is solid red 2- Green Light is also solid green 3- Ethernet cable is connected to Router and TinyPilot 4- Data Cable Connected to TinyPilot USB-C port and Target Laptop USB-A port 5- HDMI connected to ... | Technical Support | R/ | 5 | 2024-12-11 17:11:10.553Z |
issuess access the tinypilot website when everything is setup the next step to go tinypilot i get can not reach this page this is a new unit | Technical Support | T2/ | 1 | 2024-12-09 14:50:05.823Z |
Return Order Hey I need to return an product. Need help with it. I just bought it on dec 2nd. | General | S/ | 1 | 2024-12-06 11:49:15.447Z |
Mouse Pointer Issues I have a number of the TinyPilots and they work great. I got another laptop and for some reason with the TinyPilot Pro, the mouse tracking is off about an inch or so, because they don't line up between the one I'm using and the one on the laptop So w... | Technical Support | PC/C | 4 | 2024-12-07 04:08:53.291Z |
relative mouse support I am using multiple tinypilots to operate on custom boxes. A recent update of these debian based boxes breakes mouse function. I was told, the it would work if mouse is configured to use relative coordinates. And indeed, if I check with a PiKVM (stil... | Technical Support | TC/C | 1 | 2024-12-05 22:51:46.831Z |
Keyboard/Mouse not recognized I've been using my TinyPilot Pro for about a year and a half without issues. I use a KVM switch to remotely toggle between multiple devices, and all my devices work flawlessly except for a new laptop, a Lenovo ThinkPad. While I can get video output, ... | Technical Support | R/ | 1 | 2024-12-05 12:20:51.821Z |
Purchase problem Hi, I have made the payment to purchase TinyPilot. The payment method that I'm using is PayPal. I have proceeded the payment and was successful, but nothing happened on the check out page. What should I do? | General | F2C/C | 1 | 2024-12-04 02:07:36.398Z |
copy paste and characters problem facing 2 problems unable to copy paste some characters are not typed same like hash # etc quoted text | Technical Support | T/ | 1 | 2024-12-03 12:25:25.619Z |
Seeing Error in Settings.yml Logs: https://logs.tinypilotkvm.com/8vPPwj8S It was working fine for many months and now I am seeing Error in Settings.yml all of sudden. The device was enabled to the read-only file system. I am working remotely, please dont tell me to factory reset... | Technical Support | A/ | 5 | 2025-03-07 12:08:50.842Z |
Can I buy a TinyPilot in Mexico? Hi there, I live in Mexico and I am wondering if I can buy TM. If the, how long will it take after an order? | General | S/ | 1 | 2024-12-03 11:57:41.357Z |
How to return the device Hi need to return the device. It was delivered on November 12. And I didn’t used that. I have all the boxes packed. How do I return that. | Technical Support | S/ | 1 | 2024-12-02 11:59:01.669Z |
No Video Signal on TinyPilot via Local and SSH Hi all, I'm completely new to tinypilot and kvm and looking for some help with an issue. I set up the TP today and connected to a mini pc I bought and everything was working great on the local network. Then I setup SSH and tailscale and was able to a... | Technical Support | A/ | 2 | 2024-12-02 12:25:30.769Z |
Original RasbPI 4 TinyPilot with 2.6.5? Hello, I have two TinyPilot kits I bought in 2021 that I ended up not using back then and recently found a need, so as I was trying to set one of them up, I first tried to upgrade within the GUI and it got to v2.4.0, but kept failing when trying to g... | Technical Support | S2C/C | 4 | 2024-11-27 17:24:37.521Z |
Port forward not showing server screen and not able to control. Hi there, On local network with the tinypilot default URL I’m able to connect and control the server(another computer) however when I try to setup port forwarding I cannot see the server screen and can’t control anything. I am able to see the tinypil... | Technical Support | S/ | 1 | 2024-11-25 12:44:48.326Z |
No Signal after working great Hi my tiny pilot is giving me the no signal error, was wondering if you could take a look at the log and let me know if you see anything standing out. None of the other fixes are working, https://logs.tinypilotkvm.com/fFARFrCT | Technical Support | W/ | 3 | 2024-11-21 15:24:02.880Z |
How to connect data cable to MacBook Pro Since there are no old usb port on MacBook Pro, can I just use a usb a to c and connect TP to MacBook Pro ? Will the keyboard and mouse data transfer work ? | Technical Support | TC/C | 3 | 2024-11-19 23:47:22.945Z |
| Technical Support | CWC/C | 2 | 2024-11-15 02:29:15.500Z | |