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TAK ICU

TAK ICU is an Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) support plugin that allows a user to stream video and position to a compatible RTSP server. An operator running TAK ICU sends video and telemetry to the RTSP server, and the observer(s) can view the video and telemetry on any compatible end-user device (EUD) that is connected to the server. Telemetry transmitted includes the senders position location information (PLI), field-of-view (FOV), focal point distance, and compass heading.

The product is a bundled support app, and is maintained by the TAK Product Center.

This page describes the TAK ICU tool only.

Client Installation (ANDROID ONLY)

  • Install ATAK from the TAK Product Center
  • Install/Enable the TAK ICU support plugin from Settings > Plugins
  • The install/enable creates a separate app icon to access TAK ICU, which may need to be added to your home screen

Client configuration

  • Start TAK ICU
  • Tap the preferences (hamburger menu, top-right)
  • Tap Settings (gear icon)
  • Under Application Settings, select Broadcast Preferences
  • In BROADCAST PREFERENCES, select Destination Type > Wowza Server
  • In BROADCAST PREFERENCES, select Broadcast Alias and set it to your TAK ID (e.g. Corvo). It needs to be a single word, if broadcast alias contains a space it will fail.
  • Scroll down to WOWZA SERVER PREFERENCES
  • In WOWZA SERVER PREFERENCES > Wowza Server IP, specify your RTSP server IP address (e.g. 147.182.190.54)
  • In WOWZA SERVER PREFERENCES > Wowza Server Port, Set the server port to 8554
  • Tap the gear icon to close Settings

Usage

  • Ensure that you have a GPS fix image
  • Again, ensure that you have a GPS fix! Best-case, without a GPS fix, your video will not be associated to a map location and telemetry will fail. Worst-case, the video broadcast will not even start.
  • Check the Broadcast checkbox
  • Press the Broadcast/Record button to begin streaming

Integration with FTS

The FTS integration, FreeTAKHub_VideoChecker exists since FTS 1.9.5. It allows for seamless streaming of videos by simply connecting to the video server.

Normally, when a device is streaming video, connected TAK EUD will be not notified, it's necessary to manually create a new feed in the software.

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The video stream is sent to all the connected TAK Devices

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Now you can retrieve it in your video list

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In the video you can open the feed and visualize it. image

Touching the globe, you will jump to the location of the stream, to see its context

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