SubVIS Orca II - User Manual
IMENCO AS
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Functional Description
3.1
Camera communication
Figure 3, Communication paths
The Smart Brain computer in the Orca II camera uses two communication paths of importance to the
operator: Real time
video streaming
from the Orca II and two-way
control
.
The video streaming features several configurations that should be set for optimal performance
adapted to the given installation.
The control communication is based on HTTP GET messages where the request is sent from the
Client computer and the response is sent in return from the Orca II camera.
The contents of a request and response are defined by Imenco as a “HTTP API”.
A range of such HTTP APIs are defined for the Orca II camera for various tasks such as configuring
the video streaming, controlling the video camera and system setup/monitoring.
Figure 3 shows the path of data related to HTTP APIs (Dashed lines in indigo color). Some of the
requests are directed to the Smart Brain itself while others are reshaped and forwarded to the video
camera module or even to optional external interfaces.
Digital video
RTSP or RTP
video stream
HTTP Get
Request / Response
Optional
RS232
RS485
GPIO
Camera control
UART/RS232