Adding a USB Camera

Note

• The crowsnest service must be installed, such as on systems like lite2 and mini pad where it is not installed by default
• The camera must be plug-and-play without requiring additional drivers, and must be supported by klipper on Linux, Armbian, and similar systems without needing additional driver installation
• This tutorial uses the latest klipper, crowsnest, and fluidd as examples; if you are using other methods, further research is required
• On the FAST system, you need to enable the crowsnest service in the system configuration

Open Configuration

tip

• Camera IDs vary in the system; we only need to determine the ID that will not change

• Locate the configuration file in Fluidd and open crowsnest.conf

  

• Find device: and delete the ID configuration that follows

  

Search for Camera ID

tip

• Please ensure the camera is already connected to the host machine

• Click DEVICES at the top, then click VIDEO, and finally click refresh
  
• Locate path_by_id and copy the line directly following it
  

Add ID

• Add the ID and save the configuration
  

Enable the Camera

• Click settings, select camera, and then click add camera
  
• Enter your preferred name and click save
  

Check if Enabled

• Click dashboard and the camera feed should appear normally
  
• If it does not display, restart the system