Access from Windows

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Introduction

The Raspberry Pi files can be accessed and manipulated like a regular file browser.

This is convenient when the software is developed on another computer.

Windows

WinSCP is a file manager that can include files on the Raspberry; get it from

https://sourceforge.net/projects/winscp/

Linux

The file browser (Nautilus (ubuntu) or Dolphin (Kubuntu)) can use an SSH connection to browse the files on a remote Linux (like the Raspberry Pi).

Dolphin

In the location field, write:

fish://local@10.197.218.22

Nautilus

@todo

Graphics generated on the Raspberry

To get the graphics transferred from the Raspberry to a screen on another computer, use the 'X' option:

ssh -X local@10.197.218.22 

When starting an application with a graphical interface (like the 'Teensy' loader or 'showimage(...)' in openCV), the Raspberry will ask if the ssh client understands X-graphics. A Linux client does understand as default.

For Windows, a translator is needed, install, e.g. 'CvXsrv' from

https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/

(not tested)

An alternative to using X in openCV is to save images as files and then use the file manager (installed as above) to show the images on another computer.