Camera Connection and Usage

Note

• Plug-and-play cameras without drivers are supported by klipper under systems such as linux and armbian. No additional drivers are required.
• This tutorial uses the latest klipper, crowsnest, and fluidd as examples. If other methods are used, please research accordingly.

Important Notes

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• Settings in the configuration file will only take effect the first time the system starts after flashing.
• As the configuration process is relatively complicated, it is highly recommended to connect to the device via network and then configure through a browser.
• This tutorial only provides modifiable options.

Note

• It is recommended to use either mainsail or fluidd web interfaces for configuration changes.
• Please do not enable browser translation, as the system may fail to start after saving.
• It is better not to enter Chinese or special characters in the configuration file.
• Changes to the configuration file will take effect only after restarting the system.

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• Do not modify any content below ######### PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THE FOLLOWING ######### in the configuration file.

How to Modify the Configuration File

Modifying the Configuration File After Flashing

• Configuration options that only take effect on the first boot must be modified by using a professional text editor to open the config.txt configuration file located in the FlyOS-Conf removable disk immediately after flashing.

Online Configuration Modification After System Startup

• For general configuration options, you can modify them via the web configuration interface of the system and the changes will take effect after restarting the system.

  • Open the device's IP address in your browser, for example: 192.168.1.2/
  • In fluidd, uncheck the option as shown in the left image below -> Hide hidden files and folders.
  • In mainsail, check the option as shown in the right image below -> Show hidden files.
  • You will now see the .flyos-config folder. Inside this folder there is a file named sys-config.conf.
  
  • The sys-config.conf file is a symbolic link to the config.txt configuration file located in the FlyOS-Conf removable disk.
  

  • Open the sys-config.conf file, modify the required configuration items, then Save -> Close and restart the system.

  • Note: The format of configuration items in the sys-config.conf file is key=value. Do not change it to key: value.

  • After saving modifications, restart the system for the changes to take effect.

Enable the Crowsnest Service

• Search for crowsnest=0 in the configuration and change it to crowsnest=1.
• After making the changes, save the configuration and restart the system.
• Please note that after modifying the configuration file, the system needs to be restarted for the changes to take effect.
  

Open Configuration

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• Camera IDs vary depending on the system. We only need to determine an ID that remains unchanged.

• In Fluidd, locate the configuration file and open crowsnest.conf.

  

• Find device: , and delete the ID configuration that follows.

  

Search for Camera ID

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• Please ensure the camera is connected to the host computer.

• Click DEVICES at the top, then click VIDEO, and finally click Refresh.
  
• Locate path_by_id, and copy the line that follows.
  

Add ID

• Add the ID and save the configuration.
  

Enable the Camera

• Click Settings, select Camera, and then click Add Camera.
  
• Enter a name of your choice and click Save.
  

Check if the Camera is Enabled

• Click Dashboard, and the camera feed should appear normally.
  
• If it does not display, restart the system again.