Camera

Starts or stops camera capture and streaming, and saves the current frame to a file. Cameras are registered in Settings > Camera (Part 6). Video AI analysis starts only after the camera has been started with this action (Part 4).

Camera

Select the camera to control.

Commands

• Start (default): Starts video capture and streaming.
• Stop: Stops video capture and streaming.
• Capture: Saves the current frame to an image file.
• Get Status: Reads the camera's status code and status message into variables.

Fields

Save Path

Enter the path of the image file to save, or pick it in the file browser. The default is /tmp/capture.jpg. Displayed only when Command is Capture.

Region of Interest (ROI)

Select the region to capture from the regions of interest defined in the camera settings. Leave it empty to capture the full frame. Displayed only when Command is Capture.

Output variables

• Status Code: A Number variable for the status code: -2 not initialized, -1 error, 0 idle, 1 running.
• Status Message: A Text variable for the status message.

Both are displayed only when Command is Get Status.