My USB3 camera does not show up in SpinView on Ubuntu 20.04

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TDY_Chase

Community team

• October 21, 2022 17:51

I have BFS-U3 camera and I can see camera is detected by my PC when I type "lsusb". However, my camera is not showing up in SpinView. 

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  TDY_Chase

  Community team

  • October 21, 2022 17:55

  

  

  Cause: your username is not added to flirimaging group.

  Solution: To have full write/read access to your USB3 camera without being super user (sudo), you need to add your userid to flirimaging group. To do this, you can provide your username when prompted during Spinnaker installation. Restart your board for the user permissions to take effect. If you missed this step during Spinnaker installation, you can run this command in terminal:

  usermod -a -G flirimaging exampleuserid

  exampleuserid can be found by typing "whoami" in the terminal. Make sure to reboot your PC / Armboard for changes to take effect. 

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