IFM device discovery and change of the IP

[matijazigic]

Hello everyone,

I've been trying for quite some time to find a way to connect to the VPU and cameras programmatically or from the command line, but without success. For my company, it is important to have this functionality because we are running three cameras on a vehicle, and a fast configuration and calibration procedure is essential for our end-of-line process.

As mentioned in other topics and here, there is an auto-discovery option and the ability to change the IP address when the VPU device is found. This would be extremely useful for us to integrate into our workflow. I am able to do this with the ifmVisionAssistant, but we prefer not to use two separate software solutions. We want the process to be as fast as possible, and some of our colleagues do not have access to ifmVisionAssistant.

Below are screenshots showing what I get with the ifm3d discover option and with the VisionAssistant:

Additionally, here is what I get when running the Python script for ifm discovery mentioned earlier in the discussions. I encounter the same error on both Windows and Ubuntu. Am I doing something wrong?

Do you have any other options for identifying the IP and changing it? The user will not be on the same subnet, so we need to replicate what is done in the ifmVisionAssistant (image 2) — specifically, retrieving the device and programmatically changing its IP address.

Perhaps @graugans or @lola-masson could help?

[lola-masson]

Hi @matijazigic,

Looking at your first screenshot, it looks like the device is actually found, only the device type cannot be identified:

Regarding setting a temporary IP address using the CLI, this is a feature we are currently implementing, so it should be available shortly. Until then, you would need to set your computer in the same subnet.

[matijazigic]

Thank you @lola-masson, do you know when it would be available?

[lola-masson]

It should be on main branch next week, but we probably won't have it in an official release quite yet, thought that is not yet decided. You are welcome to give it a try building from source when it is available, though.