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			Update Community_FAQ.md (#354)
Added verbiage to Useful links Made 1 line out of Latency section Added more clarity and verbiage to power splitter section Added more clarity to using KB on a zerow Removed a section that seemed 3x as redundant Added a url reference back to the original information in how to get root section Removed v3 hat section Moved some verbiage in the cant find the 0w/rpi4 section Added verbiage to the realvnc section
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| - For the USB capture devices: Technically yes, but they will downsample to something smaller to meet the usb2.0 bandwidth limitations, so the source may be 4k, but the stream will not. | - For the USB capture devices: Technically yes, but they will downsample to something smaller to meet the usb2.0 bandwidth limitations, so the source may be 4k, but the stream will not. | ||||||
| 
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| ### Why so much latency between the screen and target? | ### Why so much latency between the screen and target? | ||||||
| - capture device | - capture device+compression+network+decompression+external network(if applicable) | ||||||
| - compression |  | ||||||
| - network |  | ||||||
| - decompression |  | ||||||
| 
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| ### Is Pi-KVM an OS or its own Distro? | ### Is Pi-KVM an OS or its own Distro? | ||||||
| - Yes and No, Other than the some repacking and patches, its heavly based off an existing [Arch Linux ARM](https://archlinuxarm.org/). | - Yes and No, Other than the some repacking and patches, its heavly based off an existing [Arch Linux ARM](https://archlinuxarm.org/). | ||||||
|  | @ -28,8 +25,8 @@ As an appliance, users are not expected to interact with the host operating syst | ||||||
| ### Do I need a power splitter? Why do I need one? | ### Do I need a power splitter? Why do I need one? | ||||||
| - Yes for RPi4, No for ZeroW | - Yes for RPi4, No for ZeroW | ||||||
| - Yes, otherwise you could back power the pi and or the target | - Yes, otherwise you could back power the pi and or the target | ||||||
| - You can get a Y cable from amazon and mod one of the leads - Please see getting started guide | - You can get a Y cable from amazon and mod one of the leads - Please see getting started guide - or see below for [non modding of Y cable](https://github.com/pikvm/pikvm/blob/master/pages/Community_FAQ.md#useful-links) | ||||||
| - You can get a power splitter board from Tindi or PiShop (Links provided below) | - You can get a power splitter board from Tindi or PiShop [(Links provided below)](https://github.com/pikvm/pikvm/blob/master/pages/Community_FAQ.md#useful-links) | ||||||
| - If you have the v3 HAT - This is built in | - If you have the v3 HAT - This is built in | ||||||
| 
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| ### I can't get the KVM KB to work on my ZeroW! | ### I can't get the KVM KB to work on my ZeroW! | ||||||
|  | @ -48,6 +45,7 @@ Ensure that you have the cable(Needs to support both power/data) plugged into th | ||||||
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| ### Can I use a KB on my ZeroW? | ### Can I use a KB on my ZeroW? | ||||||
| - Yes but kb/mouse passthrough will not work. Its one or the other | - Yes but kb/mouse passthrough will not work. Its one or the other | ||||||
|  | - edit ```/boot/config.txt``` | ||||||
|   - Host mode - Comment out dtoverlay=dwc2 |   - Host mode - Comment out dtoverlay=dwc2 | ||||||
|   - Passthrough mode - Uncomment out dtoverlay=dwc2 |   - Passthrough mode - Uncomment out dtoverlay=dwc2 | ||||||
| 
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|  | @ -71,10 +69,7 @@ Yes! And it's easy to do! Using a SSH session or the web terminal: | ||||||
| - Optional: Edit `/etc/kvmd/meta.yaml` to alter the displayed hostname in the web UI | - Optional: Edit `/etc/kvmd/meta.yaml` to alter the displayed hostname in the web UI | ||||||
| - Reboot the pikvm | - Reboot the pikvm | ||||||
| 
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| ### I can't make edits?!?!? | ### In the Web Terminal, how do I get root? Also found [here.](https://github.com/pikvm/pikvm/blob/master/README.md#youre-amazing) | ||||||
| - Did you issue a `rw` before updating/editing? |  | ||||||
| 
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| ### In the Web Terminal, how do I get root? |  | ||||||
| - Type `su -` | - Type `su -` | ||||||
| - Put `root` for the password | - Put `root` for the password | ||||||
| 
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|  | @ -113,9 +108,6 @@ ClientIdentifier=mac | ||||||
| - Use the FING mobile app to scan your network, its free | - 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 | - 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 (Depends on your network if this actually works, in most case's will work)) | - Using FF, navigate to https://pikvm (Depends on your network if this actually works, in most case's will work)) | ||||||
|   - 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 left |  | ||||||
|   - The below commands will verify that your Pi on on your network |   - The below commands will verify that your Pi on on your network | ||||||
| ``` | ``` | ||||||
| arp -a | grep below is a list of MAC's for Raspberry Pi | arp -a | grep below is a list of MAC's for Raspberry Pi | ||||||
|  | @ -124,6 +116,10 @@ arp -a | grep below is a list of MAC's for Raspberry Pi | ||||||
| 	E4:5F:01:xx:xx:xx	E4-5F-01-xx-xx-xx	E45F.01xx.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) | Power shell: arp -a | findstr 'b8-27-eb' (Replace with the above, all lower case) | ||||||
| ``` | ``` | ||||||
|  | - For older flashed images you can do the following | ||||||
|  |   - 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 left | ||||||
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| ### 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. | ||||||
|  | @ -143,18 +139,18 @@ rm -rf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/* | ||||||
| - Please look at all pins on Discord | - Please look at all pins on Discord | ||||||
| - Please look in #news on Discord | - Please look in #news on Discord | ||||||
| 
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| ### 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 |  | ||||||
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| ### 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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| ### Can you use an iPad on PiKVM? | ### Can you use an iPad on PiKVM? | ||||||
| - Yes, with the correct hardware you can control an iPad | - Yes, with the correct hardware you can control an iPad | ||||||
| - Yes, activate VNC and use JUMP app(Full featured but more expensive), or bVNC(Not recommended, lack luster features but cheap). RealVNC does NOT work | - Yes, activate VNC and use JUMP app(Full featured but more expensive), or bVNC(Not recommended, lack luster features but cheap). RealVNC does NOT work | ||||||
| ### Can I use RealVNC to connect to PiKVM? | 
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|  | ### Can I use RealVNC/Guacamole to connect to PiKVM? | ||||||
| - No, RealVNC is not a real vnc so will not work | - No, RealVNC is not a real vnc so will not work | ||||||
|  | - No, Guacamole supports a minimum of VNC capabilities and is fundamentally incompatible with Pi-KVM (for example, it does not support JPEG for video compression). | ||||||
| 
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| ### How do I add my own SSL cert? | ### How do I add my own SSL cert? | ||||||
| - If you have a certificate(:exclamation:**Making a cert falls outside the scope of PIKVM - Please reference Linux documentation**:exclamation:), replace the public key in /etc/kvmd/nginx/ssl/server.crt and private key in /etc/kvmd/nginx/ssl/server.key and restart the kvmd-nginx service. | - If you have a certificate(:exclamation:**Making a cert falls outside the scope of PIKVM - Please reference Linux documentation**:exclamation:), replace the public key in /etc/kvmd/nginx/ssl/server.crt and private key in /etc/kvmd/nginx/ssl/server.key and restart the kvmd-nginx service. | ||||||
|  | @ -368,9 +364,10 @@ iw wlan0 info | ||||||
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| ### Useful links | ### Useful links | ||||||
| - https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/kvm-over-ip-raspberry-pi - Very good article on PI-KVM setup | - https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/kvm-over-ip-raspberry-pi - Very good article on PI-KVM setup | ||||||
| - Pi-KVM Power/Data OTG splitter boards | - Pi-KVM Power/Data OTG splitter boards - also noted [here](https://github.com/pikvm/pikvm#hardware-for-v2) | ||||||
|   - https://www.pishop.us/product/usb-pwr-splitter/ (Look on Tindi for the same thing in the UK) |   - https://www.pishop.us/product/usb-pwr-splitter/ (Look on Tindi for the same thing in the UK) | ||||||
|   - https://www.pishop.us/product/usb-c-pwr-splitter/ (Look on Tindi for the same thing in the UK) |   - https://www.pishop.us/product/usb-c-pwr-splitter/ (Look on Tindi for the same thing in the UK) | ||||||
|  | - An alternitive to a NON solder or modding a Y cable is using [power blocker boards](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B092MLT2J3) | ||||||
| - Current 3D cases that support the various Pi-KVM hardware configurations: | - Current 3D cases that support the various Pi-KVM hardware configurations: | ||||||
| ``` | ``` | ||||||
| https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=pi-kvm&type=things&sort=relevant | https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=pi-kvm&type=things&sort=relevant | ||||||
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