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This document provides a 4-part guide to: 1) configure a TP-LINK TL-WR720N router; 2) configure either a Linksys WVC80N or EasyN F-M136 IP camera; 3) power the camera using a Create robot's Bluetooth adapter; and 4) capture and edit images from the camera in MATLAB. It describes steps for setting up the router's wireless network, connecting the camera via Ethernet, assigning it a static IP, and taking images remotely over the local network or wirelessly.

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Ip Camera

This document provides a 4-part guide to: 1) configure a TP-LINK TL-WR720N router; 2) configure either a Linksys WVC80N or EasyN F-M136 IP camera; 3) power the camera using a Create robot's Bluetooth adapter; and 4) capture and edit images from the camera in MATLAB. It describes steps for setting up the router's wireless network, connecting the camera via Ethernet, assigning it a static IP, and taking images remotely over the local network or wirelessly.

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CameraConnectionGuide

COMSW4733
Thisguidehasfourparts:
1) Howtoconfiguretherouter
2) Howtoconfigurethecamera
3) HowtopowerthecamerafromtheiRobotCreatebattery
4) HowtocaptureandeditanimagefromthecamerainMATLAB

TPLINKTLWR720NRouter

LinksysWVC80NCamera
UserGuide:
http://downloads.linksys.com/downloads/userguide/W
VC80N_V10_UG_NCWEB,1.pdf

EasyNFM136Camera
UserGuide:
http://www.easyn.com/download/FS%20Quick%20
Installation%20Guide.pdf

Part1:ConfiguretheRouter

a) Plugtherouterin.
b) Connecttothatwirelessnetwork,ordirectlytotherouterviaethernet.
c) Goto:http://tplinklogin.net/.(IfyoudonotseetheTPLINKdashboardandinsteadseesome
randomwebpage,pleasemakesureyouareconnectedtoyourrouterandnotsomeother
wirelessnetwork)
d) TheveryfirsttimeyouconfiguretherouteryoushouldrunthroughQuickSetupunderBasic
Settings.ThiswillrequireyoutoconnecttheroutertotheinternetusingtheblueWANporton
theback.
i. AutoDetectLettheRouterautomaticallydetecttheconnectiontypeyourISP
provides.
ii. EnableSecurity,andsetapassword.

e) TakenoteofyourpasswordandSSIDfortherouter.Thecameraneedsthisinformationin
ordertobeabletoconnecttotherouter.

Part2:ConfigureyourCamera

a) Connectthecameratotherouterviaanethernetcableandpoweriton.
b) DeterminethecamerasMACaddressandcurrentIPaddress:

c) EnterthatIPaddressinyourbrowser.Youwillneedtologinwiththedefaultcamerausername
andpassword.Iftheseappeartobesettosomethingotherthatfactorydefault,thenfindthe
resetbuttononthecameraanduseapapercliptoholditdownfor30secondswhilethecamera
ispoweredon.

i.

LinksysCamera:EnterIPaddress(ex:http://192.168.0.101)thenclickadvanced
configurationandmakesureyoucanlogin.

ii. EasyNCamera:EnterIPaddresswithport81(ex:http://192.168.0.102:81).Signinto
ServerPushMode.

d) Verifythatyoucancaptureanimagefromthecamera

i.

LinksysCamera:http://[INSERTIP_ADDRESS]/img/snapshot.cgi?
ex:http://192.168.0.102/img/snapshot.cgi?

ii. EasyNCamera:http://[INSERTIP_ADDRESS]/snapshot.cgi?
ex:http://192.168.0.101:81/snapshot.cgi?

Note:theEasyNcamerausesport81,whiletheLinksyscamerausesdefaultport80.

e) GivethecameratheSSIDandpasswordforyourwirelessrouter.JustlikeyouneedtheSSID
andpasswordtousetherouterwirelessly,yourcameraneedsitaswell.

f) Turnoffthecamera,unplugtheethernetandturnthecamerabackon.

g) Verifythatthecameraisabletoconnecttotheinternetwirelesslybygoingto
http://tplinklogin.net/andlookingunderDHCPclientscheckingthatyourcameraislisted.


h) Verifyyoucancaptureanimagewirelessly

i.

LinksysCamera:http://[INSERTIP_ADDRESS]/img/snapshot.cgi?
ex:http://192.168.0.102/img/snapshot.cgi?

ii. EasyNCamera:http://[INSERTIP_ADDRESS]/snapshot.cgi?
ex:http://192.168.0.101:81/snapshot.cgi?

Note:theEasyNcamerausesport81,whiletheLinksyscamerausesdefaultport80.

i) ReserveanIPaddressforyourcamera

i.

GotoDHCP>AddressReservationConfigureroutertoalwaysassignaspecificIP
foryourcamerasMACaddress.ThiswayyoucanhardcodetheIPandnothaveto
worryaboutitchangingeverytimeyouturneverythingbackon.

Ifthishasbeendonecorrectly,afterrebootingyourrouterifyougotoDHCPClientsList,your
camerasIPshouldbemarkedaspermanent:

j) DisableDDNSandUPnP

i.

LinksysCamera:UnderOptionsmakesureDDNSandUPnParebothdisabled

ii. EasyNCamera:UnderUPnPsettingsmakesureUsingUPnPtoMapPortisNOT
checked.andunderDDNSServiceSettingsmakesureDDNSServiceisNone.

Part3:PoweryourCamerausingtheRobot'sBluetoothAdapterModule

ToconnecttheblackpowersupplyboxtotheBluetoothAdapterModule(BAM),plugtheredwire
intotheVpwslotonthefrontoftheBAMandtheblackwireintothegroundpinasillustratedinthe
figurebelow.

Part4:CapturingandEditingImagesusingMATLAB

1) Readinganimagefromthecamera:

Youshouldbeabletocaptureanimagefromthecamerausingthesameurlsthatwereentered
intothebrowser:

%linksyscamera:
%example:image=
%imread('http://192.168.0.102/img/snapshot.cgi?)
image=imread('http://[IP_ADDRESS]/img/snapshot.cgi?)

%easyncamera:
%example:image=
%imread('http://192.168.0.101:81/snapshot.cgi?)
image=imread('http://[IP_ADDRESS]/snapshot.cgi?)

Wehavehadissueswheretheaboveurlsworkedinthebrowser,butnotthroughMATLAB,if
thisisthecase,thenpassthecamerasusernameandpasswordaspartoftheurlinorderto
captureanimage:

image=
imread('http://[IP_ADDRESS]/snapshot.cgi?user=admin&pwd=&resol
ution=16&rate=0')

2) DisplayacapturedImage:

imshow(image)

3) Indexlayersonanimage

red_layer=image(:,:,1)
green_layer=image(:,:,2)
blue_layer=image(:,:,3)


4) Findtheresolutionoftheimage

resolution=size(image)
resolution=resolution(1:2)

5) ConvertanRGBimagetoGrayscale

gray_image=rgb2gray(image)

6) Drawonanimage

draw_image=image
draw_image([50:100],[50:100],:)=0

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