Using Android/ipad as screen/keypad

[keble]

Apologies if this has been raised before!
I'm planning to use Rpi as a time lapse camera in a boat, so not much space for a display and keyboard.
So I'd like to use an android phone or ipad instead. But how do I connect (USB, Bluetooth?), and what software is there to interface?

I could run the Rpi headless but I wouldn't get any feedback re camera position etc. So a simple terminal would be very useful.

[ghans]

Get a supported WiFi dongle and use it in ad-hoc or AP mode.
Then get a SSH client for your Phone/iPad and enable SSH on the
Pi via raspi-config. That should be it.

ghans

[magno23]

you can install a vnc server on the raspberry pi and then access it through the android or ipad

[keble]

Thanks for the replies. I'm a bit behind here so could you help out?

I looked at connect bot, an android ssh client. But it's not clear to me how it connects to the Rpi. In the install its asking for an email address (I think): username@hostname:port.

Could I use USB instead of wifi (my webcam needs a powered USB hub, so does my wifi, and I get unreliable results with both on the hub)?

[ghans]

I think it is possible to do so , but it is not easy i fear.
I certainly wouldn't know how to do that. So i still
suggest that you stick to WiFi.


ghans

[MattHawkinsUK]

I use Connectbot on a Nexus 7.

- enable SSH on Pi
- connect Pi and tablet to same network
- run connectbot
- use "pi@192.168.0.10" where this is the IP address of the pi and "pi" is the username

It will then prompt for password.

Then you will be able to run command line instructions against your Pi.

[ghans]

You're never alone on the Pi forums ...

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... 28&t=24348


ghans

[SN]

for me this is really simple - I have a similar timelapse implementation and just want to use the Wifi Hotspot Facility on Android and let my Pi connect to it with its tiny nano usb wifi - then use ConnectBot as described above to SSH onto the pi. the only tricky bit (and I asked elsewhere with no joy) is to have the Pi try multiple wifi configs so I don't have to manually swap between my home wifi and android wifi when I take it 'out of the house' for timelapse shots dans-le-countryside - and if you're not sure what ip address the pi got, the Fink Android App can find it easily

[keble]

Thanks ghans, that looks a useful post.
I will try it this week.