# Oden Quickstart

Get a first Oden vehicle-to-operator session working through the portal-first flow.

Last validated: 2026-05-25

This quickstart gets one vehicle-side Streamer online and one operator-side OdenVR session connected.

The first stream can use a test source, so you don’t need a real camera to verify the path. For manual installer and license-key flows, see [Vehicle Installation](vehicle-installation.md) and [Operator Side](operator-side.md).

## Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have:

-   A Voysys portal account.
    
-   One vehicle computer for Oden Fleet Streamer (can be the same as the operator computer).
    
-   One operator computer for OdenVR.
    
-   NVIDIA GPU with hardware video encoding on the Streamer.
    
-   Internet access from both machines during first setup.
    

For platform, driver, and package details, see [Install Oden](install-oden.md).

## Steps

1.  Create a new portal project.
    
    In the Voysys portal, create a project at [https://portal.voysys.dev/projects](https://portal.voysys.dev/projects). Leave it with the default values for now.
    
2.  Add a new vehicle
    
    Go to the Vehicles tab ([https://portal.voysys.dev/vehicles\_admin](https://portal.voysys.dev/vehicles_admin)) and click "Add Vehicle". Give it a name and assign your newly created project. Click the "Show install command" button and copy it.
    
3.  Install the vehicle side.
    
    Run the command on the vehicle computer.
    
    After installation, check the Streamer service:
    
    ```shell
    sudo systemctl status oden-streamer.service
    ```
    
    For manual installation, see [Vehicle Installation](vehicle-installation.md).
    
4.  Install the operator side.
    
    Download and install OdenVR on the operator computer. Start OdenVR and sign in when prompted.
    
    For manual Player license activation, see [Operator Side](operator-side.md).
    
5.  Open the vehicles control page
    
    The OdenVR webview should list the vehicle once the vehicle-side Streamer is online. If you aren’t seeing the portal page, hit CTRL+H then go to the "Webview" tab in the left sidebar. There, check that the url is [https://portal.voysys.dev/vehicles](https://portal.voysys.dev/vehicles)
    
6.  Connect to the vehicle.
    
    Select the vehicle and connect.
    
7.  Verify video.
    
    You should see live video in OdenVR. If the vehicle is online but no video appears, press CTRL+H and open the Remote Streamer stats and check bandwidth, round-trip time, and packet loss.
    

## Manual first-stream fallback

If you are not using the portal flow, use the manual path:

-   [Install Oden](install-oden.md)
    
-   [Activate Licenses](activate-licenses.md)
    
-   [First Vehicle Stream](first-vehicle-stream.md)
    
-   [Connect Player and Streamer](connect-player-and-streamer.md)
    

## Expected Success

The quickstart is complete when:

-   The vehicle appears online in the portal or operator page.
    
-   The Player manages to connect to a vehicle.
    
-   A video appears in OdenVR.
    
-   The video streams live from the Streamer.
    
-   Remote Streamer stats show traffic from the Streamer to the Player.
    

If the Streamer does not appear online, check that the vehicle install command finished, the service is running, and the vehicle computer can reach the portal/fleet service. If the vehicle appears online but video does not update, verify the Streamer video input first with the test source, then check Remote Streamer stats for packet loss or network reachability.

## Next Steps

-   [Control a Vehicle](../integrate/ocp-quickstart.md)
    
-   [Vehicle installation](vehicle-installation.md)
    
-   [Operator side](operator-side.md)
    
-   [Projects and web configurations](projects-and-web-configurations.md)
    
-   [Configure a real video input](../configure/camera-inputs.md)
    
-   [Configure network links](../operate/network-configuration.md)