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Added more info into Cant find IP section Did a little reformatting and added more verbiage Added some stuff to the troubleshooting section
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				|  | @ -64,6 +64,20 @@ Why do I keep getting a different IP? | ||||||
|       Add to, /etc/systemd/network/eth0.network |       Add to, /etc/systemd/network/eth0.network | ||||||
|         [DHCP] |         [DHCP] | ||||||
|         ClientIdentifier=mac |         ClientIdentifier=mac | ||||||
|  | HELP!! I can't find the IP on the ZeroW/RPi4 | ||||||
|  |       Open a browser and type: pikvm, still doesnt work? | ||||||
|  |       Use the FING mobile app to scan your network, its free | ||||||
|  |       Install Angry IP scanner, tools/preferences/Display results in the results list/Select Alive hosts, modify IP range, hit start | ||||||
|  |       Using FF, navigate to https://pikvm | ||||||
|  |         Open web terminal and go to root, rw then nano /etc/issue | ||||||
|  |         add ‘IP: \4’ | ||||||
|  |         Once you reboot, you will now see the IP in the upper right | ||||||
|  | 	arp -a | grep below is a list of MAC's for Raspberry Pi | ||||||
|  | 		B8:27:EB:xx:xx:xx	B8-27-EB-xx-xx-xx	B827.EBxx.xxxx | ||||||
|  | 		DC:A6:32:xx:xx:xx	DC-A6-32-xx-xx-xx	DCA6.32xx.xxxx | ||||||
|  | 		E4:5F:01:xx:xx:xx	E4-5F-01-xx-xx-xx	E45F.01xx.xxxx | ||||||
|  | 	Power shell: arp -a | findstr 'b8-27-eb' (Replace with the above, all lower case) | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
| Help! I ran out of room! What now? | Help! I ran out of room! What now? | ||||||
|       You’ve cached package updates you no longer need. |       You’ve cached package updates you no longer need. | ||||||
|       Enter read/write mode by executing rw as root |       Enter read/write mode by executing rw as root | ||||||
|  | @ -78,20 +92,39 @@ I have a question that is not answered here!! Now what? | ||||||
|       Please look in #news on Discord |       Please look in #news on Discord | ||||||
| I want the v3 hat!! Where do I get it?? | I want the v3 hat!! Where do I get it?? | ||||||
|       At this time it is not available, due to the current pandemic the factories are running at a much slower rate |       At this time it is not available, due to the current pandemic the factories are running at a much slower rate | ||||||
| HELP!! I can't find the IP on the ZeroW |  | ||||||
|       Open a browser and type: pikvm, still doesnt work? |  | ||||||
|       Use the FING mobile app to scan your network, its free |  | ||||||
|       Install Angry IP scanner, tools/preferences/Display results in the results list/Select Alive hosts, modify IP range, hit start |  | ||||||
|       Using FF, navigate to https://pikvm |  | ||||||
|         Open web terminal and go to root, rw then nano /etc/issue |  | ||||||
|         add ‘IP: \4’ |  | ||||||
|         Once you reboot, you will now see the IP in the upper right |  | ||||||
| HELP!! Something isn't working!! | HELP!! Something isn't working!! | ||||||
|       What was the last thing or most recent thing you did? Did you undo it? |       What was the last thing or most recent thing you did? Did you undo it? | ||||||
|       Did you hook this to anything else? If not why not? |       Did you hook this to anything else? If not why not? | ||||||
|       Did you try different cables? |       Did you try different cables? | ||||||
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|  | Things to do after initial install: | ||||||
|  | 	Fix date timedatectl set-timezone America/Los_Angeles | ||||||
|  | 	Update Pi-KVM, follow #news on Discord for instructions | ||||||
|  | 	pacman -S avahi nss-mdns gtk3 python-dbus python-gobject | ||||||
|  | 	Enable the Avahi daemon in order to make it persistent after reboot: | ||||||
|  | 		systemctl enable avahi-daemon.service | ||||||
|  |     	Start the DBus (if not already running) & Avahi daemons: | ||||||
|  | 		systemctl start dbus.service | ||||||
|  | 		systemctl start avahi-daemon.service | ||||||
|  | 
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|  | 	https://linuxhint.com/install_configure_nfs/ | ||||||
|  | 		pacman -S nfs-utils | ||||||
|  | 		showmount -e 192.168.1.XXX | ||||||
|  | 		mount -t nfs 192.168.1.XXX:/volume1/Data /mnt/Data | ||||||
|  | 		nano /etc/fstab | ||||||
|  | 			192.168.1.XXX:/volume1/Data /mnt/Data nfs      auto,rw,soft    0 0 | ||||||
|  | 
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|  | 
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| Troubleshooting | Troubleshooting | ||||||
|  | 	It is expected that you are aware of basic networking while working on this project and that you have read up on the project prior to going to Discord | ||||||
|  | 	Do you know the IP? | ||||||
|  | 	Can you ping the IP? | ||||||
|  | 	Did you swap cables? | ||||||
|  | 	Did you swap the eth port to a known working eth port? | ||||||
|  | 	Do you have access to another router or switch? | ||||||
|  | 	Did you change ports on the router/switch? | ||||||
|  | 	RPi4 - Did you hook up a monitor? Once logged in, can you ping to your gateway? Other IP's on the same network? | ||||||
|  | 
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| 
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| Did you connect a monitor to the target? Does it work? | Did you connect a monitor to the target? Does it work? | ||||||
| Did you connect the PIKVM to the target directly? Does it work? | Did you connect the PIKVM to the target directly? Does it work? | ||||||
|  | @ -151,32 +184,27 @@ HDMI KVM Interface Issues | ||||||
| Connection issues | Connection issues | ||||||
| 
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| Fully working example of a Pi4 USB-HDMI KVM attached to AIMOS 4-port HDMI KVM switch, with keyboard hotkey switching between inputs, and mass storage media emulation on a Pi Zero W | 
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| 	https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wgBZHxwpbJWkJBD3I8ZkZxSDxt0DdNDDYRNtVoL_vK4 |  | ||||||
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| Misc stuff | Misc stuff | ||||||
| Very good article on PI-KVM setup - https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/kvm-over-ip-raspberry-pi | Fully working example of a Pi4 USB-HDMI KVM attached to AIMOS 4-port HDMI KVM switch, with keyboard hotkey switching between inputs, and mass storage media emulation on a Pi Zero W | ||||||
|  | 	https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wgBZHxwpbJWkJBD3I8ZkZxSDxt0DdNDDYRNtVoL_vK4 | ||||||
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| Useful links | Useful links | ||||||
| 	Pi-KVM Power/Data OTG splitter boards | 	Pi-KVM Power/Data OTG splitter boards | ||||||
| https://www.pishop.us/product/usb-pwr-splitter/ | 		https://www.pishop.us/product/usb-pwr-splitter/ | ||||||
| https://www.pishop.us/product/usb-c-pwr-splitter/ | 		https://www.pishop.us/product/usb-c-pwr-splitter/ | ||||||
|  | 		https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/kvm-over-ip-raspberry-pi - Very good article on PI-KVM setup | ||||||
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| Out of Stock or hard to get, all have exceptionally long shipping dates - Could try AliExpress | Out of Stock or hard to get, all have exceptionally long shipping dates - Could try AliExpress or get a usb2hdmi dongle, please ask or search in Discord for the best known working one | ||||||
| Ezcoo KVM | Ezcoo KVM | ||||||
| CSI2-HDMI bridge w/ TC358743XBG chip | CSI2-HDMI bridge w/ TC358743XBG chip | ||||||
| 	Alternative names for the same devices: | Alternative names for the same devices: | ||||||
| Tiamu	  	Sling	    	Yazan	    	Ningwang	Essenc	  	Geekworm | Tiamu	  	Sling	    	Yazan	    	Ningwang	Essenc	  	Geekworm | ||||||
| Fauge	  	Haudang	  	AKAT	    	Docoop	    	Katigan	  	Lyusa (recommended by mdevaev) | Fauge	  	Haudang	  	AKAT	    	Docoop	    	Katigan	  	Lyusa (recommended by mdevaev) | ||||||
| LNIMI	  	cherrypop	Lopbinte	Uang	      	Tuneway	  	Mustwell | LNIMI	  	cherrypop	Lopbinte	Uang	      	Tuneway	  	Mustwell | ||||||
| Facibom		Binchil	  	Cobeky	  	Ctzrzyt	    	Davitu	 | Facibom		Binchil	  	Cobeky	  	Ctzrzyt	    	Davitu	 | ||||||
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| Contributors - |  | ||||||
| 	Accalia |  | ||||||
| 	Arch1mede |  | ||||||
| 	Baddog |  | ||||||
| 	Srepac |  | ||||||
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| Developers | 
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| 	Mdevaev - Software  |  | ||||||
| 	Amt921 - Hardware |  | ||||||
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