Hi,

I am a starting this thread dedicated to this camera, following these discussions:
https://globalmeteornetwork.groups.io/g/main/message/5400?p=%2C%2C%2C50%2C0%2C0%2C0%3A%3Arecentpostdate%2Fsticky%2C%2Cimx462%2C50%2C2%2C0%2C83529586
https://globalmeteornetwork.groups.io/g/main/message/6900?p=%2C%2C%2C50%2C0%2C0%2C0%3A%3Arecentpostdate%2Fsticky%2C%2Cimx462%2C50%2C2%2C0%2C82879844
https://globalmeteornetwork.groups.io/g/main/message/6966?p=%2C%2C%2C50%2C0%2C0%2C0%3A%3Arecentpostdate%2Fsticky%2C%2Cimx462%2C50%2C2%2C0%2C93757979

Available e.g. at:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002661751154.html
http://www.veye.cc/en/product/veye-mipi-imx462/

Like Alexander, I have found this camera very usefull, although a little more difficult to setup mechanically, as it must be fitted inside the camera case.
But:
- no POE needed,
- no ethernet needed (unless WiFi from the Pi4 is not enough). Thus, the only cable needed is power supply cable for Pi4
- simple configuration via command line utility (http://wiki.veye.cc/index.php/VEYE-MIPI-290/327_i2c/) allow to set all needed parameters (gain, FPS etc.) transparently
- no h264 decoding, camera output raw UYVY frames
- high picture quality, no camera and h264 artefacts, typical for IP cameras
- ftting the commonly used M16 lens mount

My so far best decoding pipeline for the 1280x720 resolution:

Short update regarding this MIPI camera.
VEYE has recently (12/2022) silently upgraded the camera firmware so it features the manual gain and shutter now, therefore it is well suited for RMS.
Along with raw UYVY data format, it beats all h264 based IP cameras in the picture quality.
CZ0004 now permanently runs this camera.
For those interested, I attach the init script suited to RMS..

During testing, I observed a strange effect of green artefacts, rarely seen in the FF files, traceable to a single frame.
Because of maxpixel, this effect has been clearly visible in the FF file and affected the processing.
After switching off the wifi, it disappeared.

Milan

Good to know Milan!

Do you think this information could be added to the gmn wiki? Maybe somewhere here

https://globalmeteornetwork.org/wiki/index.php?title=Build_A_Camera

MM

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Hi Mark,

I have no rights to modify this, but would be pleased, any idea?

Milan

I have finally managed to modifiy the Wiki pages, to include a basic information about this camera.
The VEYE support was kind to provide some valuable information about the configuration, so the gain and the shutter remains constant during the capture.
The correct configuration script is attached.

Milan

Thanks, I've been following your progress on this, and am keen to build a matched pair to do some testing.

Dave