Simple Custom Video Dashboard 30+ FPS

[TheDominis]

Sure...

It'll take me about 30 minutes or less...

or maybe longer... not much though

[Robototes2412]

thanks

[byteit101]

Originally Posted by Robototes2412

thanks

my ZomB .net 2 port *SHOULD* be mono AND wine friendly (have not tested however)
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=82612

EDIT: Mono migration tool says one error, but it is easily fixed, I'll post a mono-friendly version in about 3 minutes. void Receiver_OnImageUpdate () Image Image.FromStream (Stream, bool, bool) useEmbeddedColorManagement and validateImageData aren't supported.
EDIT2: posted at above url

[TheDominis]

I have ported the video dashboard to 2.0 .NET as well as made it (most likely) Wine friendly. I also made the program more robust -- probably.

Please report any issues.

[buchanan]

I read with some surprise the following thread:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=84087

I'll ask here: for the developers and users of this video dashboard, what networking setup are you using between the classmate and the machine displaying the video? Is it known to work under a real FMS?

[TheDominis]

Originally Posted by buchanan

I read with some surprise the following thread:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=84087

I'll ask here: for the developers and users of this video dashboard, what networking setup are you using between the classmate and the machine displaying the video? Is it known to work under a real FMS?

The classmate displays my video. I get 30+ FPS.

[hamosad1657]

How you get the screen on the "Driver" Account?
I opened it on the "Developer" account, and I got 5fps....

[TheDominis]

Originally Posted by hamosad1657

How you get the screen on the "Driver" Account?
I opened it on the "Developer" account, and I got 5fps....

Are you running the right executable on the developer account? If so, 5 fps makes no sense as we all have the same computer...

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by TheDominis

Are you running the right executable on the developer account? If so, 5 fps makes no sense as we all have the same computer...

What resolution are you getting the 30FPS at? That may be one possible difference between your setup and theirs.

EDIT: Also how tough would it be to implement command line parameters for robot IP, and starting size and location of the window? I am looking at calling this from a Labview dashboard and while we could position it and enter the IP every time that seems a bit cumbersome. I would try it myself if I knew C#...

[TheDominis]

Originally Posted by Vikesrock

What resolution are you getting the 30FPS at? That may be one possible difference between your setup and theirs.

EDIT: Also how tough would it be to implement command line parameters for robot IP, and starting size and location of the window? I am looking at calling this from a Labview dashboard and while we could position it and enter the IP every time that seems a bit cumbersome. I would try it myself if I knew C#...

I can make it take an IP from a file. I'll have a new binary posted in a few minutes.

Just create a file called smash-ip.txt in the start up directory and the first line will be the IP.

[hamosad1657]

Originally Posted by TheDominis

Are you running the right executable on the developer account? If so, 5 fps makes no sense as we all have the same computer...

I have an Edimax router, maby it impressive the communication?

And how can I get it running on the Driver account?

[TheDominis]

Originally Posted by hamosad1657

I have an Edimax router, maby it impressive the communication?

And how can I get it running on the Driver account?

You'll have to set it as a start up program with Windows. As far as the router, I wouldn't have any idea.

All I can report is that I get 30+ FPS on our team's classmate. Perhaps you can change power saving options so that they are on performance.

[Kingofl337]

What settings are you running on the crio? 320x240? Any compression?

Thank your for making this, the LV dashboard kills the poor classmate cpu.

[buchanan]

For those getting mysteriously low frame rates one thing to check is the camera configuration. The Axis camera's video server has an option to limit the frame rate, and there may be (or have been) software floating around that reconfigures it without your direct intent..

Connect the camera directly to a computer that's configured with a 192.168.0.X IP address, and open the camera IP (192.168.0.90) in a web browser. Go to the video configuration page and see if the frame rate limiting is set.

This happened to us. When we first tried the camera, running direct to a web browser, it was real-time video fast. Later in the build season, running through the cRIO/classmate/video dashboard we were stuck at 2 FPS no matter what we did. Looking at the config page, guess what we found? We have no idea how it got that way.

[TheDominis]

I use only the following code :

AxisCamera &camera = AxisCamera::GetInstance();
camera.WriteResolution(AxisCameraParams::kResolution_320x240);
camera.WriteBrightness(50);

As you can tell I used 320x240 at default compression (0 - I believe).