Cameraconnect
The technical documentation of the cameraconnect microservice,
which caputers images from a camera and sends them to the MQTT broker.
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The cameraconnect microservice is responsible for capturing images from a camera and sending them to the MQTT broker.
How it works
Kubernetes resources
- Deployment:
united-manufacturing-hub-cameraconnect
Configuration
Environment variables
| Variable name | Description | Type | Allowed values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ACQUISITION_DELAY | The delay between the trigger and the acquisition of the image. | string | Valid float number | 0.0 |
BROKER_URL | URL of the MQTT broker | string | Any | ssl://united-manufacturing-hub-hivemq-ce-local-service.united-manufacturing-hub:8883 |
CAMERA_INTERFACE | The interface of the camera | string | Any | GenICam |
CUBE_TRANSMITTERID | The hostname of the device to which the camera is connected | string | Any | default |
CYCLE_TIME | The time between two consecutive acquisitions. Only relevant when trigger is set to Continuous | string | Valid integer number | 4 |
DEFAULT_GENTL_PRODUCER_PATH | The default path to the GenTL producer | string | Any | /app/assets/producer_files |
EXPOSURE_AUTO | Whether the exposure time is automatically adjusted. | string | Once, Off, Continuous | Off |
EXPOSURE_TIME | The exposure time of the camera in milliseconds. | string | Valid integer number | 1000 |
IMAGE_CHANNELS | The number of color channels of the image. | string | Valid integer number | 3 |
IMAGE_HEIGHT | The height of the image in number of pixels. | string | Valid integer number | 800 |
IMAGE_WIDTH | The width of the image in number of pixels. | string | Valid integer number | 800 |
LOGGING_LEVEL | Defines which logging level is used, mostly relevant for developers. | string | PRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENT | PRODUCTION |
MAC_ADDRESS | The MAC address of the camera. | string | Valid MAC address | 02-2625A-09849 |
PIXEL_FORMAT | The pixel format used in the image. | string | Mono8, RGB8Packed, BGR8Packed | Mono8 |
TRIGGER | How the camera is triggered, either via MQTT or continuosly. | string | MQTT, Continuous | MQTT |
Last modified May 5, 2023: feat: finishing touches (1147002)