2017 Dashboard USB Camera

[Mark McLeod]

Try this sequence:

1. Plug in camera, power up roboRIO & radio
2. On the PC start the Driver Station
3. Wait for Communications and Robot Code to go green
4. Wait for camera 0 to appear as a camera selection (it will take a minute)
5. After selecting camera 0, if the image remains blank, try hitting the Reset button on the roboRIO (or use the Driver Station Diagnostics tab to choose Restart Robot Code)
6. Wait for everything to come back
7. Wait a couple of minutes more for an image to appear.

[Hitchhiker 42]

Just wondering, does this mean it can support multiple cameras more easily than last year?

[Mark McLeod]

Easier in the sense that the default dashboard comes with two independent camera windows.
You still need to write (duplicate) code to send a second camera stream.
Bandwidth for two cameras still needs to be a consideration, especially with USB cameras.

[Hitchhiker 42]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Easier in the sense that the default dashboard comes with two independent camera windows.
You still need to write (duplicate) code to send a second camera stream.
Bandwidth for two cameras still needs to be a consideration, especially with USB cameras.

Will keep in mind. Thanks for the explanation!

[Team2909]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Try this sequence:

1. Plug in camera, power up roboRIO & radio
2. On the PC start the Driver Station
3. Wait for Communications and Robot Code to go green
4. Wait for camera 0 to appear as a camera selection (it will take a minute)
5. After selecting camera 0, if the image remains blank, try hitting the Reset button on the roboRIO (or use the Driver Station Diagnostics tab to choose Restart Robot Code)
6. Wait for everything to come back
7. Wait a couple of minutes more for an image to appear.

After doing all this, it still says, "No Camera Selection"

[Mark McLeod]

What language and user program are you running on the roboRIO?