VR Lab : Remote Control of GoPro Hero 4 by VR Spark Companion Computer and OSD integration.

Dear Friends and Developer,

in this video is possible to see the result of integration of VR Spark on board companion computer to video Payload.

Actually we implemented the integration with GoPro and Sony . In this demostration is possible to see how we decide to implement the Pilot user interface. Instead to copy the approach did with 3DR Solo we prefer to implement quite different approach instead to use the Smartphone or Pad with our VR Pad Station application only , we prefered to use the compannion computer to control the status of 4 switch on Taranis Radio and configure it with more usefull functionality.

On the 4 switch we assigned control of video , photo , near , standard and wide field of view and video resolution 1080P , 2.7 K , 4K.

On the VR Spark we have a standard osd and analog switch between FPV Camera and Payload camera.

All this kind of configuration available on standard GoPro App is possible to assign to 4 switch.

In the next video i'll show you integration in the PAD and digital stream video with low latency :)

For more information about Spark you can see this link :

http://www.virtualrobotix.it/index.php/en/shop/multirotori-rtf/spark2015-detail

Best

Roberto

Hi Glenn ,

so we have differents options ... basically we developed a companion computer dedicated to control the payload .... on it we implemented different standard functionality and customize using standard api or other source the control of payload. In the GoPro implementation we are using a dedicated wifi dongle set at low power near the gopro for control the camera ... for the streaming we have two option ... three in the next future .

1) Option use av output of gopro and connect it to Spark Analog mixer , we can manage two channel one for payload and one for fpv camera and trasmit to ground station by Video Analog Transmitter (Simple but a lot of user like this solution as preview ) .

2) Seond option is take the preview video by wifi connection on GoPro ,Sony and thermal inspector it's available and send it by digital 5.8 ghz link or 3G/4G

3) Use a specific digital / analog grabber connected to the companion computer and trasport the signal by 5.8 Ghz link or 3G/4G on ground station.

Best

Roberto

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Roberto Navoni June 12, 2015 at 1:15pm

Hi Glenn ,

so we have differents options ... basically we developed a companion computer dedicated to control the payload .... on it we implemented different standard functionality and customize using standard api or other source the control of payload. In the GoPro implementation we are using a dedicated wifi dongle set at low power near the gopro for control the camera ... for the streaming we have two option ... three in the next future .

1) Option use av output of gopro and connect it to Spark Analog mixer , we can manage two channel one for payload and one for fpv camera and trasmit to ground station by Video Analog Transmitter (Simple but a lot of user like this solution as preview ) .

2) Seond option is take the preview video by wifi connection on GoPro ,Sony and thermal inspector it's available and send it by digital 5.8 ghz link or 3G/4G

3) Use a specific digital / analog grabber connected to the companion computer and trasport the signal by 5.8 Ghz link or 3G/4G on ground station.

Best

Roberto
Glenn Gregory June 12, 2015 at 11:50am

Hi Roberto, looks very nice. Are you using wifi to change gopro settings and stream video?
Federico Boldori June 11, 2015 at 11:57pm

great job!! the digital low latency video is really interesting!

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