Camera over network

[iq0099 (Osamah)]

Hello

I would like to ask if its possible to see the camera feed / overlay via network, since I am planning to buy a pro laser cutter 60w-100w with network capability.

The laser will of course be in a different location where its easy to exhaust the fumes out while the work is done in different offices.

Regards

[The_Chaplain (Charlie Hawkins)]

If you are asking whether you can see the camera/overlay in LightBurn from a computer connected to the laser via Ethernet, then you have to have an IP camera, and I am not sure this is supported. The camera interface is USB, as all the cameras for use with the software are USB. So, if this is what you are asking, I would say no.
This is a feature that they may or may not consider, so ask them and submit a feature request.
The USB camera is supported, but not at long distance from the computer due to limitations of USB. I might be missing he mark, so look for others reply also.
Charlie

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

@iq0099

possible to see the camera feed / overlay via network

We do not currently provide IP camera support directly, although we do have a few members who have some successful experience getting an IP camera feed working.

IP / Network Cameras

I tried this one with moderate success. That being said you need to jump through hoops. The IP camera works great as a native IP camera however to get it to work you need a local IP adapter driver running on your PC to allow windows based applications to access that as a video source. For instance when selecting camera source from the LB camera selection drop down. I am running windows 10 on a fairly newer laptop which gave me some grief and I while I did try thus adapter https://ip-webcam.…

Here are noted a couple of free IP camera tools:

IP Cam support · LightBurn

Lightburn camera on ethernet connected pc

http://www.ipcamdriver.com will present an IP based camera as a USB device, and then if you use the ‘Default’ camera capture system in LightBurn, you can connect to that. Another option is to use a USB over Cat5 converter, and run up to a 150 foot cat5 cable from the laser to the PC.

[Strider_Matic (Tim O.)]

Just came across this thread and thought I’d try it out. I happened to have an Axis IP camera pointing at my 3D printers. I used the Axis Streaming Assistant software and it works as expected.

https://www.axis.com/support/downloads/axis-streaming-assistant

This is, of course, provided you are using an Axis IP camera…

[iq0099 (Osamah)]

Yes. This is exactly what I’m asking for.

[The_Chaplain (Charlie Hawkins)]

Well, it appears from the replies, that it is doable. So, you can use an ip camera If it is recognized by the software.

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

@The_Chaplain

you can use an ip camera If it is recognized by the software.

No, this approach is changing how the system “see” the camera. LightBurn is looking for a USB camera, these IP camera solutions provide the linkage and present the camera in the manner we currently require.