Configure a Velodyne Camera
A velodyne
camera uses velodyne lidar.
The velodyne must be running locally at address 127.0.0.1
.
Navigate to the Config tab of your robot’s page in the Viam app.
Click on the Components subtab and click Create component.
Select the camera
type, then select the velodyne
model.
Enter a name for your camera and click Create.

Edit and fill in the attributes as applicable.
{
"name": "<your-camera-name>",
"type": "camera",
"model" : "velodyne",
"attributes": {
"port": <int>,
"ttl_ms": <int>,
}
}
The following attributes are available for velodyne
cameras:
Name | Type | Inclusion | Description |
---|---|---|---|
port | int | Required | The port the Velodyne camera is running on. |
ttl_ms | int | Required | Frequency in milliseconds to output the TTL signal from the camera. |
View the camera stream
Once your camera is configured and connected, go to the Control tab, and click on the camera’s dropdown menu. Then toggle the camera or the Point Cloud Data view to ON. If everything is configured correctly, you will see the live video feed from your camera. You can change the refresh frequency as needed to change bandwidth.

Next Steps
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