Qualcomm Flight RB5 Streamer

Table of contents

1. rb5-streamer
   1. Camera Information
   2. Architecture
   3. How to Build and Install
   4. How to Use
      1. Configure to Run on Bootup
      2. View Service Status
      3. View output stream

rb5-streamer

The rb5-streamer enables RTSP video streaming from the Hi-res camera to a ground station.

Camera Information

Architecture

In summary, this is what’s happening:

Image Sensor 
  --> Kernel 
    --> CameraX/GST
      --> rb5-streamer  
        --> RTSP stream sending frames
           --> Video stream viewer e.g. (VLC)

How to Build and Install

If you have a Qualcomm Flight RB5, it comes pre-loaded with the software and there’s no need to re-install unless you want to. If you want to see the source, build and tweak it, the repo is COMING-SOON.

How to Use

Configure to Run on Bootup

The rb5-streamer package installs with a configuration script. You can run the following after you adb onto the target.

• adb onto target

adb shell
sh-4.4# 

• Enable the Hi-res camera to start streaming on bootup and start streaming by running

sh-4.4# rb5-streamer-configure factory_enable

• Disable the Hi-res camera from streaming on bootup and stop streaming by running

sh-4.4# rb5-streamer-configure factory_disable

View Service Status

sh-4.4# systemctl status rb5-streamer

● rb5-streamer.service - "rb5-streamer"
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/bin/rb5-streamer; indirect; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-07-26 16:28:00 UTC; 15s ago

Jul 26 16:28:00 qrb5165-rb5 systemd[1]: Started "rb5-streamer".
Jul 26 16:28:00 qrb5165-rb5 rb5-streamer[9522]: gbm_create_device(156)
Jul 26 16:28:00 qrb5165-rb5 rb5-streamer[9522]: stream ready at rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/test

View output stream

The output video stream can be viewed using a number of clients e.g. (VLC, QGroundControl, FFPlay).

Simply point your client to the following url: rtsp://HOST_IP:8554/camera3

where HOST_IP is the IP address of your Qualcomm Flight RB5.