Axis205

IKAROS: Reference > Modules > I/O Modules > Video > NetworkCamera

Module used for grabbing images from a network camera. The module has been tested with the the Axis 2130 pan-til-zoom camera and probably works also with other Axis cameras. By changing the parameters, it should also be possble to use this modules to download images from camera servers on the Internet.

Example XML definitions

  <module
    class   = "Axis205"
    name    = "Camera"
    type	= "JPEG"
    size_x	= "352"
    size_y	= "240"
    host_ip = "192.168.0.2"
    host_port = "80"
    image_request = "/jpg/image.jpg"
  />

Attributes

class: The class name for the module; must be "Axis205".
name: The name of this instance of the module.
type: Type of image data: JPEG (default), MJPG
grab: Type of grabbing: synchronous (default), asynchronous
size_x: The size of the image.
size_y: The size of the image.
host_ip: The IP address of the camera.
host_port: The port used for the camera (Defult is 80).
image_request: The path to the image.

Module Connections

Inputs

NONE

Outputs

INTENSITY: The intensity of the image.
RED: The red channel of the image.
GREEN: The green channel of the image.
BLUE: The blue channel of the image.

The image sizes should be calculated automatically from the first image.

Files

Axis205.h
Axis205.cc