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raspiCamSrv Settings (No Camera)

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This is a variant of the general Settings screen, which shows up when no camera is available.

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Users and/or API may be invisible, depending on context.

Settings

The General Paramenters include

  • Use USB Cameras This option is only visible if the system has detected at least one USB camera (see Info).
    Activating the checkbox will activate the connected cameras for raspiCamSrv.
  • Allow access through API shows whether the installed libraries allow secure API access.
    Also if it is supported, it can be deactivated.
  • The geo-coordinates Latitude, Longitute, Elevation as well as the Time Zone are not currently used when there are no cameras.

Enabling Use of USB Cameras

If this option is shown, raspiCamSrv has identified at least one USB camera, but currently this is not available.

If you enable use of USB cameras, the system will select one of the USB cameras as Active Camera and another one, if present, as Second Camera

The UI will then automatically switch to the mode with cameras (Information)

API Access

API access to raspiCamSrv is protected through JSON Web Tokens (JWT).
This requires the module flask_jwt_extended, which is first used in raspiCamSrv V2.11.

If the upgrade to this version has been done without installing this module (see Release Notes V2.11), the system will show a hint SettingsAPI and also hide the API section

In this case, the module can be installed (see Release Notes V2.11) and after the server has been restarted, it shows as SettingsAPI which now allows activating or deactivating API support.

If the setting is changed, it is necessary to

  1. Store the configuration
  2. Make sure that the server is configured to Start with stored Configuration
  3. Restart the server (see Update Procedure, step 4)

This will be indicated through the hint

SettingsAPI