Tools for booting an otherwise hard-bricked GoPro Hero2 / Hero3+Black / Hero4 camera using its built-in USB command mode, to its RTOS or to a standalone Linux environment.
First of all I would like to apologize for contacting you through this medium on a non-related question.
I found you on Linkedin and also sent a few letters to your emails that I managed to find online.
I wanted to ask you if you could advise me on how to approach a problem that I'm having with a Hero 6.
I live on an island of Koh Samui in Thailand. We have a few amazing beaches and I'm working on a project where I will install a 24/7 camera right on the beach that will broadcast to youtube.
I chose Hero6 for it's amazing sensor. The Hero 6 is installed in a weatherproof box along with a video encoder. No SD card. The HDMI video feed is sent directly into the encoder.
Right now it's installed in my home. Demo video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7JeyhLeIKY
The problem that I'm having is that Hero 6 turns itself off when there is overheating. The temperature sensor inside the weatherproof box tells me that it's happening somewhere around 40C. I can only turn the camera back on by hand, or via the android app.
I will install a cooling system to stop the overheating. However, since this weatherproof box will be installed on a remote beach, I won't be able to restart the Hero6 back on manually if it decides to turn off (for example if there is a power outage for a long time and the battery dies). I live on the far side of the island and would rather have the whole system be automatic.
I thought about using WiFi and sending a WOL packet to the Hero6. But looks like the Hero6 requires a bluetooth "handshake" first before it turns on it's wifi module. Even if there is external power connected.
Is there a way how I could turn it on automatically?
Dear Stepan,
First of all I would like to apologize for contacting you through this medium on a non-related question.
I found you on Linkedin and also sent a few letters to your emails that I managed to find online. I wanted to ask you if you could advise me on how to approach a problem that I'm having with a Hero 6.
I live on an island of Koh Samui in Thailand. We have a few amazing beaches and I'm working on a project where I will install a 24/7 camera right on the beach that will broadcast to youtube.
I chose Hero6 for it's amazing sensor. The Hero 6 is installed in a weatherproof box along with a video encoder. No SD card. The HDMI video feed is sent directly into the encoder. Right now it's installed in my home. Demo video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7JeyhLeIKY
The problem that I'm having is that Hero 6 turns itself off when there is overheating. The temperature sensor inside the weatherproof box tells me that it's happening somewhere around 40C. I can only turn the camera back on by hand, or via the android app.
I will install a cooling system to stop the overheating. However, since this weatherproof box will be installed on a remote beach, I won't be able to restart the Hero6 back on manually if it decides to turn off (for example if there is a power outage for a long time and the battery dies). I live on the far side of the island and would rather have the whole system be automatic.
I thought about using WiFi and sending a WOL packet to the Hero6. But looks like the Hero6 requires a bluetooth "handshake" first before it turns on it's wifi module. Even if there is external power connected.
Is there a way how I could turn it on automatically?