Connect OAK

Firstly we have to make sure that our RobotHub account is ready.

• Sign in to your RobotHub account using your email and password

To use the OAK camera with RobotHub it is necessary to install the Agent.

• Click on Add Robot
• Open your terminal
• Run the command displayed on the screen inside your terminal
• After a successful installation text will appear inside your terminal indicating that the installation was completed.

1╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
2│                                                          │
3│  RobotHub Agent Installer                                │
4│  Linux / x86_64                                          │
5│                                                          │
6│  Installation complete!                                  │
7│  Use `robothub-ctl help` to manage the agent.            │
8│                                                          │
9╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

• Head over to the Robots section of RobotHub

• Click on Adopt
• After some time the newly added robot will be displayed in the Robots section

• In the Robots section click on your Robot then select the Devices tab from the top submenu

Now it's time to proceed with connecting the OAK device itself. There are two ways to do this:

a) USB Camera

• Plug your camera into the computer where the agent is installed. - Make sure to use the USB cable provided in the package (or another USB 3-rated cable).

b) PoE Camera

• Connect the camera to your PoE switch or PoE adapter.
• You should see lights flashing next to the Ethernet port on the camera.
• Make sure the camera and the computer on which you installed the agent are on the same subnet (automatic camera discovery relies on local broadcast).

The agent will automatically detect the connected device and display it as a "Device" in the Devices table.

Before we connect our OAK camera we have to install DepthAI.

• Open your terminal and run the following command

1sudo wget -qO- https://docs.luxonis.com/install_depthai.sh | bash

If you would prefer not to use an installer it is also possible to download the code directly.

There are two ways to connect the OAK device to your computer:

a) USB Camera

• Plug your camera into the computer where the agent is installed. - Make sure to use the USB cable provided in the package (or another USB 3-rated cable).

b) PoE Camera

• Connect the camera to your PoE switch or PoE adapter.
• You should see lights flashing next to the Ethernet port on the camera.
• Make sure the camera and the computer on which you installed the agent are on the same subnet (automatic camera discovery relies on local broadcast).

After we set up everything it is time to test if it works.

• Run the DepthAI demo script in your terminal

1python3 depthai_demo.py

Running the demo for the first time, the script will compile and download a default mobilenet-ssd model, configure the OAK camera, and then show a default color preview that will contain a scaled preview from the RGB camera from your device.