Menu
Cart

Trunk's Technical Blog

How to Install a Turned On into a Plastic Helmet

Posted by Mark Kirschenbaum on

Below is the recommended method for plastic helmet such as the Cookie G3, Phantom X, or K.I.S.S. We like this method since it allows for quick removal if you are jumping into the wind tunnel. To remove the GoPro / Turned On Combo, it's as easy as pulling out the top pad, and sliding the cable through the hole. It literally takes less than 30 seconds.  To Install Mark directly below the cable's exit on the helmet. Using a nail or a punch, create...

Read more →

Mandatory Upgrade For Turned On Indicator

Posted by Mark Kirschenbaum on

  We messed up, but we got you! Recently, HYPOXIC received a couple Turned On units with just the blue LED burnt out. This week we determined the root cause, created a software fix, and tested it on all supported cameras. The last part is on you! Please take a moment to update your Turned On before this happens to you.If you haven't updated your Turned On by HYPOXIC in a while, you'll enjoy the faster boot up and overall robustness of the solution. Please...

Read more →

GoPro HERO4 Session v1.50 Scripting - Advanced Users Only!

Posted by Mark Kirschenbaum on

my image GoPro removed autoexec from v.1.50 of the GoPro HERO4 Session. Some people have been asking us for this functionality again. Re-implementing autoexec would be a huge undertaking and therefore we looked for a different solution. After some digging, most of the functionality is available as part of the calibration routines. Simply create a 'cal.txt' file and place the lines: _tapp <test app command> for your script. For instance cal.txt to set usb mode to msc looks like: # HYPOXIC https://github.com/hypoxic/hero4-session...

Read more →

GoProInfo Tool to extract GoPro Camera's Settings

Posted by Mark Kirschenbaum on

Unfortunately there is no human readable settings information in the GoPro MP4 file.  However there are few bits that contain the camera's information. Hypoxic wrote a tool to extract the GoPro settings and the times of the highlight tags. This tool was made for the GoPro HERO4 but may work for older cameras. Leave feedback on HYPOXIC's Facebook page or git repository if you have suggestions.   For MAC OSx GoProInfo v. 0.0.5For PC GoProInfo v. 0.0.6 Based upon Bento4, the...

Read more →

GoPro HERO4 Black / Silver loses Wifi Settings

Posted by Mark Kirschenbaum on

On the latest firmware if the battery is removed with the camera powered on, you may lose your WiFi settings. This will require you to pair the camera again with the GoPro App. Our recommendation is to not remove the battery if at all possible while the camera is powered on. If you do so, its best to make it a quick, assertive pull. We have also seen this sometimes when a customer formats via their computer. In the past this...

Read more →