Cameras¶

Compatibility¶

All The Imaging Source cameras can be addressed under Linux. Some legacy hardware is not supported by the tiscamera libraries.

In the event a firmware update is required, take the following steps:

The following tools are required for a firmware update:

tcam-firmware-update

tcam-firmware-update is not part of a standard tiscamera installation. You can find it here: https://github.com/theimagingsource/tcam-firmware-update

tcam-firmware-update

tcam-firmware-update is not part of a standard tiscamera installation. You can find it here: https://github.com/theimagingsource/tcam-firmware-update

tcam-gigetool

tcam-gigetool is part of a standard tiscamera installation when GigE support is enabled.

To identify the available devices, execute the following command in a terminal:

tcam-firmware-update -l

tcam-firmware-update -l

tcam-gigetool list

Go to the directory <tiscamera>/data/firmware/usb2/.

Locate the latest firmware for the camera.

Please contact the Imaging Source to receive the necessary files.

sudo tcam-firmware-update -u -d <SERIAL> -f <path to firmware file>

sudo tcam-firmware-update -u -d <SERIAL> -f <path to firmware file>

tcam-gigetool upload --serial <SERIAL> firmware=<path to firmware file>