Issues getting camera to work in dashboard

[Andrew_Markley1]

I've followed the instruction manual word for word and have ran into so many errors, this seems to be the only thing seperating me from finaly having everything work. I have configured the camera and gone to 192.168.0.90 to make sure the camera feed works, i even used the "Setup Axis Camera" tool. Everything works untill i 'Run as Startup' a conflict resolution screen pops up and has 'Unable to resolve from current dialog' next to HandleRuntimeErrors.vi, Robot Main.vi, Async VI Agent.vi, Autonomous Independent.vi, and Acquire Image.vi. Then when I run the Driver Station i get an

"ERROR <Code> -44003 occured at camera.lvlib:Issue HTTP Request with Authentication.vi>>Camera.lvlib:Read JPG.vi>>Camera.lvlib:Acquire Image.vi:1" under the Diagnostics>Messages tab. I have the correct version of the dashboard update as well, that was an issue i had earlier that i fixed with and uninstall/reinstall of the driver station. Does anyone know the source of my issues? I've tried to give as much info as possible cause i know it'll help in finding the solution but there could be things I have overlooked, if there is any other info needed to help I'll be glad to post it.

[sciencewhiz]

All of that sounds good. Are you using a crossover cable for the camera? Is it plugged into the cRIO port 2?

[Mark_Yedinak]

I encountered a similar issue when working with the team I mentor yesterday. To resolve this issue I defaulted the camera's configuration and reconfigured it. Based on this error meesage it appears that the user name and password that the code is using differs from that configuration on the camera. How did you resolve the conflict?

[Andrew_Markley1]

what login should i be using on the camera? I have yet to resolve the conflict yet, I've ran into some issues with the wireless network setup and it's taken precedence over the camera though.

[OliviaC]

Hi,

To reset the camera configurations, follow the instructions in the document Why can't I login to my Axis Camera.

Then, to set the user and password, follow the the instructions in the last section of Chapter 2 - Getting Started Manual.

~Olivia

[Andrew_Markley1]

I finally took care of my issues with my networking and our robot will run 100% wireless, so i can work on the camera now! this is going to be the first thing i do when i get to school tomorow. We're pulling a late night tomorow so hopefully we'll have a mostly finished robot that has vision so we can drive it around and scare the janitors. Thanks for the tip on resetting it, a hard reset fixed my network issues maybe the same can be achieved with the camera

[Andrew_Markley1]

Well i reset and reconfigured the camera and for a very brief second a picture appeared in the driver station. Then i had a watchdog not fed error. in the diagnostics section it repeats the same two errors over and over,

ERROR <Code> -44003 occurred at Camera.lvlib:Issue HTTP Request with Authentication.vi>>Camera.lvlib:Read JPG.vi>>Camera.lvlib:Acquire Image.vi:1
<time>17:34:52 02/10/2010
ERROR <Code> -44003 occurred at Camera.lvlib:Issue HTTP Request with Authentication.vi>>Camera.lvlib:Issue Get.vi>>Camera.lvlib:Set Image Appearance Property.vi>>Camera.lvlib:Set Enum Appearance Property.vi>>Camera.lvlib:Set Image Size.vi>>Begin.vi>>Robot Main.vi

I understand what the watchdog does, but i cant understand why I'm getting it, does anyone have any ideas?

[Greg_McKaskle2]

First a tip. If you need to lookup an error number, Help>>Explain Error dialog lets you type in a number and get a somewhat more helpful description of what is causing the error.

In this case it simply says there are communication issues with the camera. I'll list some common reasons for this, and hopefully one of them will help.

Plug the camera into port 2 on the cRIO using cross-over cable, probably the pinkish one in the kit.

The camera boot puts an amber light around the lens, then green when the boot finishes. When the button on the back is being pressed, the light blinks red/green. If you see the light flicker out or blink in any fashion once booted, check power. If it blinks red/green, check to see if the button is pressed against the robot frame.

If you have no luck, connect the camera directly to a PC. Set the PC IP to 192.168.1.10 and in the web browser go to 192.168.1.90 to log into the camera. Verify that you have an FRC/FRC account. If you had a single image appear, it is likely something else, but this is a way to verify camera settings.

Greg McKaskle

[Andrew_Markley1]

Your the first person to bring to my attention that they had an error catalog, THANK YOU. But where is that located cause i have not seen it on the site anywhere.

I can log into the camera account without a problem, and there is an FRC account there. Just to clear up any possibility that there was something wrong with the cRIO I reimaged it and then redeployed the basic code. I also reset the camera settings and manually configured the account then used the axis setup tool. Im trying to cover all my bases. I'm still lost as to where the watchdog error is coming from.

[Crystal]

The team I mentor is having similar camera problems and same error code.  The camera works fine when it's directly connected to the computer but doesn't work when connected to the cRIO.  The settings seem correct.  I'll have them try anything you can think of to do.