Allied Vision V4L2 Viewer

Allied Vision V4L2 Viewer was designed for easy evaluation of Alvium CSI-2 cameras.

Compatibility

New as of V2.2.1: Support for Xilinx Boards, see:

• AMD Xilinx ZCU106: alvium-manifest-zcu106
• AMD Xilinx Kria KV260: alvium-manifest-kv260

Additionally, you can use the viewer with any other CSI-2 camera or another board.

Tested cameras:

• Alvium MIPI CSI-2 cameras with firmware version 12

Installation

Method A:

Use the binaries for Jetson provided in this release version.

Additionally, install some Qt packages that are missing in JetPack 5.1.0:

sudo apt-get install libqt5widgets5

Method B:

Use the sources on Jetson boards:

apt install qt5-default cmake
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

Usage

List cameras

To view the camera list while the camera is open, click the camera icon.

Settings

Go to Settings to enable or disable Log to file.

All features

When you open All Features, all camera and driver features are shown.

Camera features are listed in the Alvium MIPI CSI-2 Cameras Direct Register Access Controls Reference, see:

https://www.alliedvision.com/en/support/technical-documentation/alvium-csi-2-documentation/

For NVIDIA's driver features, see NVIDIA's documentation.

Known issues

Known issues:

• Reverse X/Y in combination with a Bayer pixel format causes images with incorrect colors or an incorrect pixel format.
• Reverse X/Y cannot be set during image acquisition.
• Saving images during image acquisition is not always possible.

Beta Disclaimer

Please be aware that all code revisions not explicitly listed in the Github Release section are considered a Beta Version.

For Beta Versions, the following applies in addition to the GPLv2 License:

THE SOFTWARE IS PRELIMINARY AND STILL IN TESTING AND VERIFICATION PHASE AND IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND IS BELIEVED TO CONTAIN DEFECTS. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS EARLY ACCESS IS TO OBTAIN FEEDBACK ON PERFORMANCE AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF DEFECTS IN THE SOFTWARE, HARDWARE AND DOCUMENTATION.