How I Connected Spektrum Scanner Installed on Windows PC, to AIS Dongle Plugged into RPi (in my case Thin Client)
1 - On Linux Computer (RPi or Thin Client)
1.1 - Installed “VirtualHere USB Server” on RPi (in my case Thin Client with Debian 11)
To Install:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/virtualhere/script/main/install_server | sudo sh
To Uninstall:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/virtualhere/script/main/uninstall_server | sudo sh
1.2 - Configured VirtualHere Server to TCP connect to IP-of-Windows-PC
1.3 - Started VirtualHere Server by following command
sudo systemctl restart virtualhere
2 - On Windows PC
2.1 - Downloaded the “VirtualHere Client” (vhui64.exe)
VirtualHere Client for Windows (32-bit, Win10,Win11)
VirtualHere Client for Windows (64-Bit Win10/Win11/Server 2019/2022)
2.2 - No need to install it on Windows PC. Ran it by double clicking it. Ran the “VirtualHere Client” and added IP-of-RPi (IP-of-Thin-Client) as address of VitualHere Server, then it listed all the dongles plugged into RPi (Thin Client). Right Click the dongle you want Spektrum to use, and select “Use this dongle”. If I selected a wrong dongle, right clicked the selected dongle and clicked “stop using this dongle”, and seleted the corect dongle.
2.3 - Stopped AIS-Catcher to free the AIS Dongle
2.4 - Started Spektrum
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LINKS:
https://github.com/virtualhere/script
https://www.virtualhere.com/usb_client_software
https://www.virtualhere.com/usb_server_software