GOPRO hooked up to video on Tige touch

[Tulsah]

I completed most of my version of this install late last season, but am just now getting around to sharing the details... I like pictures, so there are lots to follow!

What I wanted out of my install was a plug and play solution that could be easily swapped from side to side and that kept all of the necessary cabling to a minimum, hidden and somewhat permanently installed. Further, I wanted to do it in such a way that there were no potential issues with the camera. For cable I chose a 4 conductor, 18ga tinned Belden. Starting at each rear cup holder, cable was run, spliced together and then ran to under the helm. At that point, 1 pair of conductors was terminated with an rca plug for the Viper and the other pair to 12V +/-. The cable in the cup rear cup holders is terminated with automotive 4-pole connectors.

Port


Starboard


For the camera, I went with a solution from CamDo.com. Instead of taking video from the usb port at the side, I'm taking it from the multi-port at the rear of the camera through the CamDo adapter. For power, I went again with a CamDo adapter that transforms the 12V to the required 5V. This was advised as a safer solution as it eliminates overheating from charging and alleviates potential crashes from leaving the battery in and charging through the usb. Both video and power are spliced into a short Belden lead and terminated in an automotive plug. For the GoPro housing, I purchased the extended back door, drilled an appropriate hole and ran the Belden through a liquid tight fitting. I tested everything underwater (minus the camera), and it has zero leakage.

Assembled from back


Assembled from side


Power and video adapters








In action, I'm able to mount the camera to either side of the boat almost anywhere along the rear or sides as I left extra cable hat can be pulled or retracted from the cup holder holes. The mount is a RAM suction mount. It is very reliable, but I still use a tether at times, just to be sure.





So far, this has worked flawlessly with clean video to the Tige Touch and no need to ever worry about batteries in the camera. I also have the GoPro wifi remote, so I'm able to start and stop the camera from the helm.

[trace]

Tulsah, that is the cleanest version of this I've seen. I was looking for something just like this, but all the off the shelf versions are for diving and expensive. Got part numbers for the cam do parts, water tight fitting, and cables and connectors?

[Tulsah]

The parts list for the project is as follows:

Amphenol Automotive Connectors
- 3 x Pin Plug ATM04-4P-KIT01 http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/...duhofGcw%3d%3d
- 2 x Pin Socket ATM06-4S-KIT01 http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/...KhFofkCA%3d%3d

Heyco Liquid Tight Cable Gland
- 1 x Cable Gland M3444 http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/...GLbOXXJR2Jc%3d

Cam-Do GoPro Adapters
- 1 x DC Battery Eliminator for H3/H3+ BE-12V-5FT http://cam-do.com/GoProBatteryEliminator.html
- 1 x GoPro Video Monitor Adapter VB-003A http://www.cam-do.com/GoProVideoAdapter.html

As for cable, I had this left over from another project. Any good quality 4 conductor cable in the 16-20ga range should work. I used 3 of the pin plug part - 1 on the GoPro, and 2 loose to act as caps on the boat connectors when not being used. There was a fair bit of soldering and splicing to make this all work the way I wanted, but it's not too tough at all. Also, the Cam-Do adapters are not inexpensive, but they are a really great solution, and allow for maintaining the watertight integrity of the camera housing. Of course, this depends on how carefully it's all put together.

Let me know if there's any other questions.

[trace]

Thanks for the info Tulsah!!

[DrPorter]

thanks for the info

[dukesofhazzard]

I just bought a gopro brand suction mount and then I saw this thread and the ram suction and the gopromount went straight back to the store. Thanks. What do u figure this all cost.

[JohnnieMo]

Very nice work. If I was doing this again, I would follow your tutorial. The wires on mine are too flimsy.

I've noticed that the surf rope will often catch on the GoPro. For this reason alone, you really want a secondary safety strap. If you're picking up a rider and no one noticed it catch, your GoPro will end up in the lake.

[Tulsah]

I just bought a gopro brand suction mount and then I saw this thread and the ram suction and the gopromount went straight back to the store. Thanks. What do u figure this all cost.

It's not inexpensive, to be sure. This is the link to the RAM mount http://www.gpscity.ca/ram-mount-gopr...166-gop1u.html

The Cam-Do gear runs in the $150-$200 range, and the connectors another $30 or so. The cable can be cheap or quite expensive, depending on what you use. That said, I expect that the whole rig, minus camera and case, would run in the $300 range.

[Sweetpotato]

Great thread and thanks for all the help. Tulsah, where did you get that blue heat shrink? That's a great way to cap off moisture from getting in when not using the gopro.

[Cain8768]

I drilled a hole where the plug goes.You can also buy a Skelton case with a hole. I still need to ask the dealer about my plug I only have one wire ran and it powers and plays on video 1. All there boats are wired that way.


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Did you ever find out about what wire your dealer used to have everything run through 1 cable?

[Cain8768]

Bump to find out how the dealers are installing gopros.

[b_jackson_03]

Has anyone just used a waterproof high res backup camera? They have RCA video outputs.

[JohnnieMo]

Has anyone just used a waterproof high res backup camera? They have RCA video outputs.

I put a cheap one my trailer.... You get what you pay for.

The Tige Touch Rev 1 isn't a great resolution, but I wouldn't want to run too cheap a camera in to it.

[Cain8768]

TTT. I've seen a few people on the Facebook group hook their gopros up to the rogue touch lately but they lack info on how they did it. Just curious if anyone has figured out new ways to hook them up.