Homebuilt ROVs Forum

Got some time on my hands... So if your are using this software and are somewere stuck.
Post here of PM me.

Anything goes, so:
- Raspberry PI
- Sensors
- Nodejs
- Camera's
- install problems

Welcome to the wonderful world of ROV building... :D Where nothing is easy, ofcourse. Let me give you a roadmap i would take to learn the skills needed to get going. (Ofcourse, this only works if you use the things i am using) Stop thinking to far ahead... small steps is best (but dreams are ok) 1) ...

Draw me a picture, of your layout. Maybe its easy (cant be hard)

I think IE needs javascript to display mjpeg video.
Atleast thats the trick they use for mjpg-streamer

As for the experts... We all have a past, that got us here.... Maybe vba is not a road that takes you to rov building.

Wait... What....
You are typing the code, instead of copy/paste?

You may want to find a terminal program, like "putty". And start using that

And i wouldn't change it, there is no need. All it does, is put the webcam stream into an iframe

And one more thing, the motors start with 0% power.
So if it seems like nothing is working... Check you power (keys [ and ]) settings

Made some progres today with the ms5803. We are getting readings, just not very stable ones.
Looks like a timeout in the sensor module.
Will need some more tweaking.

The esc control is better, but the keyboard is still more direct than the xbox controller.

Dont forget to create/edit the config.js

Fixed the ESC's (i think) controle... you should be able to move your ROV. And config.js is active for the main server.js program. That should keep yoou from editing the server.js program. Edit and configure the config.js to your setup. (and make a backup for later) The HTML (files in public) part s...

I'm afraid I'm still waiting for mine (brush less three phase though) so have very little experience (none) with ESC. Maybe if you post a diagram of how your system is set up, someone with a bit more experience will spot what's going on.. It sounds like a back feed some how..Expensive hobby if you ...

My ROV v1, uses Bilgepumps (1100)... They love volts. So far, i used small and much to low amps ESC's. (30A, dx.com) When programming, sometimes the software crashes. So the moters keep running full power. And before i found the part that created the crash... The ESC run hot... Smoke and smelting pl...