Remote-PiCam

View and control a Raspberry Pi Camera mounted on a Waveshare pan/tilt HAT!

Installation

1. Set up a Raspberry Pi. The GUI is not needed on the Pi, so you can use SSH.
2. Obtain and connect a Raspberry Pi Camera.
3. Optional: Obtain, assemble, and connect a Waveshare Pan-Tilt HAT.
4. git clone this repo and cd into it.
5. Optional: Create a virtual environment with python3 -m venv .venv and then activate the virtual environment with source .venv/bin/activate.
6. Install dependencies with pip3 install -r requirements.txt. (You can find the list of dependencies in the requirements.txt file. )

Usage

To run, first start trying to connect using the Remote PiCam Viewer. Then, run main.py. When you disconnect from the PiCam, the script will stop, so you will have to re-run the script if you want to reconnect.

Configuration

When you first run the script, a settings.json file should generate:

{
    "camera": {
        "name": "picam",
        "port": 7896
    },
    "pan_tilt": {
        "enable": true
    }
}

camera.name and camera.port should match in the PiCam Viewer settings, otherwise the software won't discover it (name is not correct) or it will stay connecting forever and get stuck. (port is not correct)

pan_tilt.enable should be true if you have a Waveshare Pan/Tilt HAT connected, otherwise false.