ICAM-500 Programming Guide 2
1.1 Introduction
The Advantech CAMNavi SDK offers the tools which provide developer/ ISV to oper-
ating ICAM-500 series Industrial AI camera and deploy the vision AI APP. based on
NVIDIA Jetpack. The CAMNavi SDK uses Python language by default and is better
adapted to image acquisition and AI algorithm integration.
1.2 Development environment
The Advantech CAMNavi SDK and NVIDIA Jetpack goes with BSP of ICAM-
500, user has to run CAMNavi SDK on the ICAM-500.
Connect to HDMI display and USB 3 hub for keyboard mouse then ICAM-500 is
ready to development.
To use CAMNavi SDK support Python 3.6 version above, Jetpack (4.4 for mono
version, 4.5.1 for Color version) and Linux Ubuntu 18.04.
1.3 Limitations
The CAMNavi SDK only operates on ICAM-500.
To disable the web service before program ICAM-500 with CAMNavi SDK since
web service control video bus and I/O of ICAM-500 for web utility. Follow the
instruction of chapter 3 to disable the web service.
System requirement ICAM-500-10R/W, HDMI, USB3 hub
OS Linux Ubuntu 18.04
Language Python 3.6
Jetpack version 4.4.1(Mono camera) 4.5.1(Color camera).