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PS14 wrote:oh, ok. so you must be charging it up in the shop then putting in in for race day? I plan to use the Pico to automatically charge it while the car is running.

Yes, and I top it off in between sessions.

That's a nice little unit, and only $25 online! question, I see it has a power button. do you have to turn it on/off every time? and where did you run the usb cable to? It turns off by itself when the USB cable is disconnected. Also you do have push the power button to start it up. I ran the USB ca...

Having problems with my RPi voltage, I have a 12v-5v5a power source, but when i hit the starter, RPi restarts. So, i ordered one of the UPS Pico units but they wont/cant ship a LiPo battery overseas. so my question is, now that i am searching hobby stores for a battery, what size should i get? the ...

timlhunter wrote:How do I use minicom to issue the resetConfig on RCP's command line interface?

Anyone know how to do this?

How do I use minicom to issue the resetConfig on RCP's command line interface?

timlhunter wrote:I should know this, but some how I can't remember how to do this, what are the steps to keep the screen on the Pi from turning off while running RaceCapture?

Never mind I found it. Have to add

[SeatDefaults]
xserver-command=X -s 0 -dpms

to the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf file

I should know this, but some how I can't remember how to do this, what are the steps to keep the screen on the Pi from turning off while running RaceCapture?

When initially powering on RaceCapture (RC) device via USB to the raspberry Pi the GPS status indicator on the top right of the screen will blink red and green while viewing the data channel screen. Until the GPS status indicator stops blinking between red and green, the USB comm with the RaceCaptur...

Hard to say without knowing more. Does it still happen after repeated attempts? The app remembers the last port it successfully connected to. Also, try checking with a factory default configuration (use minicom to issue the 'resetConfig' command at the CLI) and see if that still happens. So it look...

I got my PI3 running with the standard 7" screen this morning in about 45 minutes the benefit of 20+ years of Linux experience. However RC app doesn't seem to be getting any data - the setup shows it's connected to USB but when I swipe to the "Raw Channels" screen I get "Waiting...