OpenIPC Steam Deck Groundstation

Overview Installing OpenIPC software on camera module Unlocking Steam Deck & installing dependencies Acquiring/compiling wfb_ng binaries & libraries Share key pairs betsween gs/drone Launch gst-launch1.0 command to decode stream Streamline usage on Steam Deck Latency test methodology & result TODO

If Steam Deck performs a system update, some or all changes may be lost and have to be redone (to be tested). To overcome this, rwfus can be used: https://github.com/ValShaped/rwfus (not tested)

Steam Deck LCD with rtl8822ce (tested working, show rssi in wfb-cli gs) Ugreen rtl8812bu (tested, working. Does not show rssi in wfb-cli gs) ssc338q imx415 (NOR16MB) GK7205V300 IMX335 to be tested

• Setup viable majestic configuration
• Setup viable wfb_ng configuration

Set your password using 'passwd'

Unlock 70hz: https://github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamDeck-RefreshRateUnlocker

sudo steamos-readonly disable

sudo touch /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/gpg.conf

sudo bash -lic 'echo "keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com" >> /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/gpg.conf'

sudo pacman-key --init

sudo pacman-key --populate

sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux

sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys

sudo pacman --sync --noconfirm base-devel glibc linux-api-headers libpcap libsodium python-setuptools python-pip python-pyroute2 python-future python-twisted python-pyserial iw python-virtualenv net-tools python-msgpack bc linux-neptune-61 linux-neptune-61-headers dkms

#build rtl8812au cd

git clone https://github.com/svpcom/rtl8812au.git

cd rtl8812au

make

sudo ./dkms-install.sh

cd

git clone https://github.com/svpcom/wfb-ng.git

cd wfb-ng

make bdist

cd dist

tar -xvf *

sudo cp -rf etc /

sudo cp -rf usr /

sudo cp -rf lib/systemd/system/* /lib/systemd/system/

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

get default gs.key

wget https://github.com/OpenIPC/steam-groundstations/raw/master/gs.key

sudo mv gs.key /etc/

wget https://github.com/OpenIPC/steam-groundstations/raw/master/master.cfg

sudo mv -rf master.cfg /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/wfb_ng/conf/

sudo systemctl start wifibroadcast@gs

sudo systemctl status wifibroadcast@gs

fpv.sh contains some examples of helper functions for launching gstreamer directly from Steam gamemode. The gstreamer command will work with both audio and video.

How to add a non-steam game to steam deck: https://www.dexerto.com/tech/how-to-add-non-steam-games-to-steam-deck-2082992/

https://github.com/OpenIPC/wiki/blob/master/en/gpio-settings.md gpio set/clear/toggle 23/24 https://github.com/OpenIPC/mavfwd https://github.com/OpenIPC/wiki/blob/master/en/fpv-step-by-step-guide.md https://openipc.org/majestic-endpoints https://docs.qgroundcontrol.com/master/en/qgc-user-guide/getting_started/download_and_install.html

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qgroundcontrol