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Arducam qb.R-OwlSight

Device Connection(External Network):

Device List

Item Quantity(PCS)
PoE Injector/USB-Type-C power supply (27W~30W) 1
Router 1
Arducam qb.R-OwlSight 64MP AF Camera All-in-one Kit 1
Laptop/PC 1
Network Cable 2~3

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Power Supply

PoE Injector Power Supply USB-Type-C Power Supply (27W~30W)
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Device Connection

The router needs to be connected to an external network.

Connect to the router via USB-Type-C power supply
(Yellow network cable is for external network access).
Connect to the router via PoE power supply
(Yellow network cable is for external network access.)
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Device Connection(Host Networking):

Device List

Item Quantity(PCS)
PoE Injector/USB-Type-C power supply (27W~30W) 1
Arducam qb.R-OwlSight 64MP AF Camera All-in-one Kit 1
Laptop/PC 1
Network Cable 2

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Power Supply

PoE Injector Power Supply USB-Type-C Power Supply(27W~30W)
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Device Connection

Connect to the host via USB-Type-C power supply Connect to the host via PoE power supply
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Shared Network Configuration

→ Please refer to the following doc for the shared network configuration tutorial:

Shared Network Configuration


Obtain Device IP Address:

Recommended Methods:

Method 1: Install Arducam_Discovery: Arducam Discovery Tool

Method 2: Install Advanced IP Scanner to scan IPs (Windows only): Advanced IP Scanner Tool


Login the Device

Method 1: Login the Device via VNC: VNC remote desktop login tool

Method 2: Login via USB Serial Device: USB Serial Device Login Tool


Run the Camera

Method 1. Log in to the device using VNC

Example - Open the terminal and enter:

rpicam-still -t 0

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Other operations are the same as using the camera on the Raspberry Pi platform.

Arducam 64MP OwlSight Camera Software Guide

Method 2. Log in to the device via USB

Note

Running this program requires the host and device to be on the same network.

Open the terminal on the device and input:

rpicam-vid -t 0 -n --inline --low-latency --framerate 30 --listen -o tcp://0.0.0.0:8554
  • 🪟Windows

Download FFmpeg:

FFmpeg Download

Download the Windows version of the FFmpeg compressed package and extract it.

Open the Command Prompt and navigate to the bin directory of ffmpeg.

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**Enter the command to play RTSP. Streaming: **

ffplay -fflags nobuffer -flags low_delay -framedrop tcp://deviceIPaddress:8554

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Note

Adding the bin directory to the system PATH eliminates the need to navigate to the bin directory each time; you can directly enter the command to play the RTSP stream from the command line.
[Add to the PATH on Windows](https://www.architectryan.com/2018/03/17/add-to-the-path-on-windows-10/)
  • 🐧Linux (Ubuntu/Debian)

Host dependencies:

sudo apt install ffmpeg -y
ffplay -fflags nobuffer -flags low_delay -framedrop tcp://deviceIPaddress:8554

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