PhotonVision
Camera mismatch after changing camera name on camera and client
Description After changing the camera name on my arducam, and changing the respective name in the client, a camera mismatch is present and warnings/errors pop up in the DS log
Steps To Reproduce
- Setup camera with photonvision client
- Use the Arducam Serial-Number Modification Tool to change the name of your camera
- Rename camera in photonvision client on the main dashboard to the name you changed it to
- See mismatch and error
Screenshots
Platform:
- Hardware Platform: Orange Pi 5
- Network Configuration: Ethernet connected to radio, radio connected to Orange Pi via aux port
- PhotonVision Version: v2025.2.1
- Browser: Chrome
- Camera(s) Used: Arducam OV9281
Additional context We renamed the camera to "left" in our case to distinguish it from our other cameras. We haven't put any extra cameras on our robot yet but we plan to.
This is intended behavior, renaming the camera at the hardware level (which is what you did with the arducam) is different than changing the camera name in the client. The name in the client is simply an easy way to refer to it when using PV. The hardware level name is what we use for camera matching, so if that changes, it'll register as a new model.
We should repurpose this issue to track supporting this use case.
Or is that already tracked?
