PXLRoboticsLab / RODIPCa

The ROS D-Link IP Camera repository. Link IP camera's in a easy and clean way to ROS.

ROS Connector for DLINK IP Cameras

A simple ROS python script to connect DLINK IP cameras with ROS.

Getting started

Prerequisites

For this project to work you need to install the following dependencies:

• OpenCV 3
• ROS

Install

Follow the steps below to install and run the software on your local machine:

1. Clone this repo into your catkin_ws
2. rosrun RODIPCa connect.py url [--name] [--password] [--topic] [--screen]
   • url (String): the url of the camera stream (make sure the url is a mjpeg stream)
   • --name (String - Optional): the login name for the camera
   • --password (String - Optional): the login password for the camera
   • --stream (String - Optional): the video stream to be used (default: video1.mjpg)
   • --topic (String - Optional): the name for the rostopic the data will be published to (default: dlink/image/compressed)
   • --fps (int - optional): the maximum framerate of the camera (default: 30)
   • --screen (store_true - Optional): shows a gui of the camera stream

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.

DLINK cameras that work with this project

• DLink DCS-4602EV
• DLink DCS-4802E

If you tested the project with another IP camera that's not in the list send an email to: [e-mail] so we can add it to the list.

Authors

• Maarten Bloemen