Wifibroadcast RPI FPV images v0.3
The newest Wifibroadcast RPI FPV images are now available under https://github.com/befinitiv/rpi_wifibroadcast_image_builder/releases/tag/v0.3.
The changes are:
- Support for 5GHz cards like CSL-300 and TP-LINK TL-WDN3200. The images automatically detect the type of WIFI card (2.4GHz or 5GHz) and configure them appropriately.
- Fixes “Trouble injecting” bug. This occurred for some people on tx side, mostly on 5GHz hardware.
Special thanks to Alexandre, Kieran and André who made this release possible with their support!
Commands to execute on Raspberries for bringing v0.2 images up to date (instead of downloading v0.3, requires Internet access on Raspberries):
cd cd wifibroadcast hg pull make clean make cd cd wifibroadcast_fpv_scripts hg pull
befinitiv 
Wow speedy work. Will try and test it tonight.
With regards to the 5GHz. Is there an adapter supported that allows and external antenna? Also
With the dual band does use both or default to the 5Ghz word go?
Yes, the CSL-300 device has two external antenna connectors. The images switch to 5GHz as long as there is a 5GHz dongle available. Future versions will also support to send on several WIFI cards. With that it would be possible to use 2.4GHz and 5GHz band at the same time for maximum robustness.
Is this the correct item?
That looks pretty much like the adapter. But I can’t guarantee it. It’s always tricky with consumer gear to get exactly what you want 🙂
If you’re comfortable with soldering etc; a good instructional video to add two eternal antennas to the WDN3200:
RickInTexas
Hi, thanks for the mention.
I was wondering if you looked into Dynamic Frequency Selection for the 5ghz cards because I believe using a random channel could be illegal in the EU.
Hi Kieran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels gives a good overview. If I understand it correctly then channels 36-48 should be OK in Europe. But don’t count on my word 😉
I’ve been testing today and seam to get about 22ms delay. Not bad at all.
So I need to make the change to a different wifi as I fly with 2.4Ghz.
What is the recommended 5Ghz that’s going to be the best?
I’ve a new quad frame coming tomorrow so platform for testing will be ready.
Are these images built from the bitbucket repo? Is there anything in the images that I wouldn’t get building directly from the bitbucket source?
Hi Chris
Yes, they should be straigt from the repo. Inside the images you can check the file “/home/pi/rpi_wifibroadcast_image_builder_version.txt” that contains the exact revision and any local changes that were used to build the image.
Hi,
Is there any way using Wifibroadcast with Python-Flask or streaming to web?
Hi all,
which is the range with the CSL-300 with standard antennas?
Hi Luca,
I’ve not been able too range test yet. Hoping if the weather clears I can get some testing done and using my son and his electric scooter as the test item. I’ve both the TP Link 2.4 and CSL-300
Hi
I tested the CSL-300 indoors and I got a range of 10m indoors with two thick brick walls in between. My guess would be that outdoors 100m should be possible. However, several people reported low range using these cards. So it seems that they are not perfect, at least for TX.
Thank you