Connecting Tritech Micron to BlueROV2

Third Party Products Sonar and Acoustics
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Hi @kurty -
You need to install a piece of additional client software on your computer. The Link in the extension docs I was referring to is https://www.virtualhere.com/usb_client_software .

From your system tray you can launch the program, in the lower right. From there you’ll see USB devices plugged into the pi listed, and be able to select and connect them to your computer.

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Tony, thanks for the tips and for your patience. We installed VirtualHere on the topside, paid the $49 license fee to run two devices simultaneously, and it works great with our TriTech sonar and our UT sensor. In Windows, it creates virtual COM ports that can be detected by our topside apps.

We’ve tried unsuccessfully to get VirtualHere to start up automatically in Windows. We’ve pinned it to autostart, but it still requires us to manually launch the utility before the sonar and UT sensor apps can find the COM ports. Has anyone else had this issue that you’ve heard?

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Hi @kurty -
That sounds like a Windows issue!
You can autorun programs on startup. Asking our future AI overlords yields a few options, I provide the likely easiest one. If you still have issues, I would recommend reaching out to the VirtualHere developers as you’re a paying customer!

:white_check_mark: 1) Using the Startup Folder (Simple)

This method launches the VirtualHere client when you sign into Windows.

Step-by-Step

  1. Open the Startup folder
  • Press Win + R
  • Type:
shell:startup
  • Press Enter
  1. Locate your VirtualHere client
  • Find the vhusb3.exe (or the client executable you’re using)
  • If it’s in a custom folder, open that folder
  1. Create a Shortcut
  • Right-click the executable → Create shortcut
  • Drag (or copy/paste) the shortcut into the Startup folder you opened
  1. Optional: Set Startup Arguments
  • Right-click the shortcut → Properties
  • In Target, you can add arguments, for example:
"C:\Path\to\vhusb3.exe" -awl
  • -awl = Auto-attach last device
  1. Reboot and test
  • Sign out and back in (or reboot)
  • VirtualHere client should start automatically