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Now configure that ethernet card by opening the network interfaces file with your favorite
text editor.
sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces
Add the following lines (make sure to change enp15s0 to the appropriate card name
found by running ifconfig)
iface enp15s0 inet static
address 169.254.0.64
netmask 255.255.0.0
mtu 9000
auto enp15s0
Lastly restart the networking service to apply settings
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
6.
The installer installs a program called SpinView. This allows you to see live feed video from
the camera. To start SpinView enter ‘spinview’ into the terminal.
7.
When SpinView is open the Boson device should be visible under the devices tab (as shown
below). Double click on the Boson device and the program will display a live feed from the
camera.
If you notice that some images are getting dropped or that the video feed is choppy it may
help to increase the Rx and Tx buffer size. Below is a link describing how to do that.
https://www.itechlounge.net/2015/05/linux-how-to-tune-up-receive-tx-and-
transmit-rx-buffers-on-network-interface/
3.2.1
Robot Operating System
We have an example project that uses the Ethernet ADK in the ROS framework present here.
https://github.com/flir/flir_adk_ethernet
Once the Boson is setup to run with Linux then follow the instructions in the Readme.md to
get the Boson to work with ROS.
After setup you should be able to run which will stream video on the host computer.
