Installation for 8MP Pan Tilt Zoom Camera on Raspberry Pi

Hardware setup:

Image obtain from ArduCam.com, if you are using Ubuntu you can visit ArduCam for further details.

Software setup:

1. Testing the camera is working:

sudo nano /boot/config.txt 

Find the line: camera_auto_detect=1 , change it to camera_auto_detect=0

Add:
dtoverlay=imx219

 

2. Update python pip: 

python -m pip install --upgrade pip 

3. Install OpenCV: 

sudo apt-get install python3-opencv 

4. Download the Source Code: 

git clone https://github.com/ArduCAM/PTZ-Camera-Controller.git 

This command will pull the commit code at the date before 2023-01-01:

cd PTZ-Camera-Controller/ 

git checkout $(git rev-list --before="2023-01-01" master | head -n 1)

5. Installing dependencies:

(For Raspberry Pi less than 2GB RAM, warning this installation may require a lot of memory resources, please close other application during this step) 

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade 
sudo apt install -y cmake 
sudo apt install libyaml-dev 
sudo apt install libpng-dev 
sudo apt install -y libcamera-dev libepoxy-dev libjpeg-dev libtiff5-dev 
sudo apt install -y python3-pip git 
sudo pip3 install jinja2 
sudo apt install -y libboost-dev 
sudo apt install -y libgnutls28-dev openssl libtiff5-dev 
sudo apt install -y qtbase5-dev libqt5core5a libqt5gui5 libqt5widgets5 
sudo apt install -y meson 
sudo pip3 install pyyaml ply 
sudo pip3 install --upgrade meson 
sudo apt install -y libglib2.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev     
sudo apt install -y cmake libboost-program-options-dev libdrm-dev libexif-dev 
sudo apt-get install python-opencv 
sudo apt-get install python3-smbus 

6. Compiling libcamera:

Make sure to return to root directory first before installation.

cd

git clone git://linuxtv.org/libcamera.git 
cd libcamera 

This command will pull the commit code at the date before 2023-01-01:

git checkout $(git rev-list --before="2023-01-01" master | head -n 1)

Build the libcamera libraries:

(For Raspberry Pi less than 2GB RAM, warning this installation may require a lot of memory resources, please close other application during this step) 

meson build --buildtype=release -Dpipelines=raspberrypi -Dipas=raspberrypi -Dv4l2=true -Dgstreamer=enabled -Dtest=false -Dlc-compliance=disabled -Dcam=disabled -Dqcam=enabled -Ddocumentation=disabled -Dpycamera=enabled 
ninja -C build   # use -j 2 on Raspberry Pi 3 or earlier devices 
sudo ninja -C build install 

Check your python version:

python --version

Adding dynamic link libraries to __int_py will not copy successfully

Please edit the python version and the account name in the code below: 

 
sudo cp -r ~/libcamera/build/src/py/libcamera/ /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/ 
sudo rm /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/libcamera/__init__.py 
sudo bash -c 'cat /home/#your account name#/libcamera/build/src/py/libcamera/__init__.py >> /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/libcamera/__init__.py' 

7. Compiling libcamera-apps:

Make sure to return to root directory first before installation.

cd

git clone https://github.com/raspberrypi/libcamera-apps.git 
cd libcamera-apps 

This command will pull the commit code at the date before 2023-01-01:

git checkout $(git rev-list --before="2023-01-01" main | head -n 1)

(For Raspberry Pi less than 2GB RAM, warning this installation may require a lot of memory resources, please close other application during this step) 
mkdir build 
cd build 
cmake .. -DENABLE_DRM=1 -DENABLE_X11=1 -DENABLE_QT=1 -DENABLE_OPENCV=0 -DENABLE_TFLITE=0 
make -j4  # use -j1 on Raspberry Pi 3 or earlier devices 
sudo make install 
sudo ldconfig # this is only necessary on the first build 

8. Compiling python-kms++:

Make sure to return to root directory first before installation.

cd

git clone https://github.com/tomba/kmsxx.git 
cd kmsxx 

This command will pull the commit code at the date before 2023-01-01:

git checkout $(git rev-list --before="2023-01-01" master | head -n 1)

(For Raspberry Pi less than 2GB RAM, warning this installation may require a lot of memory resources, please close other application during this step) 
git submodule update --init 
sudo apt install libfmt-dev 
meson build 
sudo ninja -C build install  
sudo cp -r ~/kmsxx/build/py/pykms/ /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/ 
sudo ldconfig 

9. Installing picamera2:

sudo apt install -y python3-pyqt5 python3-prctl libatlas-base-dev ffmpeg python3-pip 
pip3 install numpy --upgrade 
pip3 install picamera2 

10. Enable i2c:

cd

cd PTZ-Camera-Controller 

sed -i -e 's/\r$//'  enable_i2c_vc.sh 

./enable_i2c_vc.sh 

Reboot your Raspberry Pi.

11. Run the Example:

cd PTZ-Camera-Controller

sudo python3 FocuserExample.py 

You should obtain results below:

Use your arrow key to adjust the focus and zoom on the camera.