Hi,
I am using an OV9281 Monochrome Global Shutter Stereoscopic camera on a Raspberry Pi 5, and I am encountering issues when I try to use libcamera-hello or any commands that start up the camera. I get the response:
NovikovPhysicsDAQ@raspberrypi:~ $ libcamera-hello
[0:00:18.745494507] [1610] INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:326 libcamera v0.5.0+84-79f583c3-dirty (2025-05-06T03:02:16BST)
[0:00:18.754437303] [1613] INFO RPI pisp.cpp:720 libpisp version v1.2.1 981977ff21f3 29-04-2025 (14:17:26)
[0:00:18.781896914] [1613] ERROR IPAProxy ipa_proxy.cpp:171 Configuration file ‘arducam-pivariety_mono.json’ not found for IPA module ‘rpi/pisp’
[0:00:18.960199321] [1613] INFO RPI pisp.cpp:1180 Registered camera /base/axi/pcie@1000120000/rp1/i2c@80000/arducam_pivariety@c to CFE device /dev/media0 and ISP device /dev/media2 using PiSP variant BCM2712_C0
Made X/EGL preview window
Mode selection for 1280:400:12:P
R8,1280x400/0 - Score: 2000
R8,2560x720/0 - Score: 2533.33
R8,2560x800/0 - Score: 2420
R10_CSI2P,640x200/0 - Score: 2680
R10_CSI2P,1280x400/0 - Score: 1000
R10_CSI2P,2560x720/0 - Score: 1533.33
R10_CSI2P,2560x800/0 - Score: 1420
Stream configuration adjusted
[0:00:19.200276988] [1610] INFO Camera camera.cpp:1205 configuring streams: (0) 1280x400-YUV420 (1) 1280x400-MONO_PISP_COMP1
[0:00:19.266455766] [1613] INFO RPI pisp.cpp:1484 Sensor: /base/axi/pcie@1000120000/rp1/i2c@80000/arducam_pivariety@c - Selected sensor format: 1280x400-Y10_1X10 - Selected CFE format: 1280x400-PC1M
[0:00:20.337165487] [1613] WARN V4L2 v4l2_videodevice.cpp:2150 /dev/video4[16:cap]: Dequeue timer of 1000000.00us has expired!
[0:00:20.337209580] [1613] ERROR RPI pipeline_base.cpp:1420 Camera frontend has timed out!
[0:00:20.337216969] [1613] ERROR RPI pipeline_base.cpp:1421 Please check that your camera sensor connector is attached securely.
[0:00:20.337223765] [1613] ERROR RPI pipeline_base.cpp:1422 Alternatively, try another cable and/or sensor.
ERROR: Device timeout detected, attempting a restart!!!
And a black screen appears
I doubt there are any hardware issues due to the prominence of this issue, and my libcamera-hello --list-cameras prompt provides me with this:
NovikovPhysicsDAQ@raspberrypi:~ $ libcamera-hello --list-cameras
Available cameras
0 : arducam-pivariety [2560x800 10-bit MONO] (/base/axi/pcie@1000120000/rp1/i2c@80000/arducam_pivariety@c)
Modes: ‘R8’ : 1280x400 [150.04 fps - (0, 0)/1280x400 crop]
2560x720 [75.67 fps - (0, 0)/2560x720 crop]
2560x800 [60.04 fps - (0, 0)/2560x800 crop]
‘R10_CSI2P’ : 640x200 [inf fps - (0, 0)/0x0 crop]
1280x400 [150.04 fps - (0, 0)/1280x400 crop]
2560x720 [65.02 fps - (0, 0)/2560x720 crop]
2560x800 [60.03 fps - (0, 0)/2560x800 crop]
I followed Arducam’s Quick Start Guide for Arducam CamArray HAT Kit, and followed all those steps. I have even tried switching os’s from RPi5 64 bit to 32 bit. Please help.