The disclosure herein provides a pipeline inspection device 10, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, that can be used to view the interior of the pipe, conduit, etc., such as a buried sewer pipeline to locate obstructions, blockages, and defects in the pipe. Specifically, a user can use the pipeline inspection device 10 to observe the interior of a pipe, often from a distance away from the closest access port to the sewer pipeline. To view the interior of the pipe, a cable 14 (FIGS. 23 and 24) is directed down an access port of the pipe and through the sewer pipeline. The cable 14 includes an image capturing device (e.g., a camera 18) and/or a locator device 22 (e.g., a snode) connected at a distal end thereof, for viewing the interior 54 of the pipeline.

As explained in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/844,270, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,434,547, the entire contents of which are herein incorporated by reference, the pipeline inspection device 10 includes a reel 26 (FIGS. 1-4) for housing the cable 14 and a hub 30 (FIGS. 8-12) for housing a power source and other electronic components for operating the pipeline inspection device 10. The cable 14 is stored on the reel 26 in a wound configuration, but can be unwound and threaded through a length of a pipe under inspection. The hub 30 provides power to the components of the reel 26 in order to operate the pipeline inspection device 10. As discussed in in greater detail below, the hub 30 is removably coupled to the reel 26. In some embodiments, the hub 30 can be interchangeably used with two or more different reels 26.