Unable to connect to OAK-D Pro PoE

[krstp]

For some reason by laptop does not recognize the camera. Also when trying to run depthai-viewer I get:

I can connect to localhost:33333, there are also two ports open 2000 and 5060, where I can nc/telnet, but nothing beyond it.

The guide here does not help much: https://docs.luxonis.com/hardware/platform/deploy/poe-deployment-guide/

Any python script connection fail not recognizing the device.

import depthai as dai

# Try to boot the camera into DepthAI mode
try:
    # This might trigger firmware download/boot
    device_info = dai.DeviceInfo("169.254.1.222")
    device = dai.Device(dai.Pipeline(), device_info, maxUsbSpeed=dai.UsbSpeed.SUPER)
    print("Camera booted successfully!")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Boot attempt: {e}")

results in: Boot attempt: Cannot find any device with given deviceInfo

and

import depthai as dai

# Try to connect to PoE camera with explicit device info
device_info = dai.DeviceInfo()
device_info.protocol = dai.XLinkProtocol.X_LINK_TCP_IP
device_info.name = "169.254.1.222"

try:
    # This might trigger camera boot/initialization
    device = dai.Device(device_info)
    print("Success!")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")

Error: Cannot find any device with given deviceInfo

The device for sure flakes out to 169.254.1.222 IP...

Any ideas how to consume/connect to device. Currently I am testing on mac, where I setup statis LAN "router" to 169.254.1.100, so in theory it should be fine. I do use PoE injector.

[krstp]

For reference, also starting the OAK-viewer app I get:

[moratom]

@krstp thanks for reaching out.

Can you ping the device on that IP?

[krstp]

I did, no response at all. nmap scans etc. Nmap actually from time to time would reveal some of 2xxx and 5xxx ports, if I recall well atm.

I did also disassembled the device as documentation advices to reset the device. I was glad to see there is fully functional Pi with all the port etc, bummer though one needs to disassemble the unit to have access to them, including HDMI port... which also did not seem to send any signal (note: the board was blinking and "functioning", but HDMI would not pick up any signal to monitor; it does pick up from other RSPi devices I tested).

Moreover, the documentation online does not match the device I bought, so another bummer, mismatch in guide or rather incomplete or missing online guide for the particular device I have, including reset instructions. What is absolutely frustrating, the "soft-bricking" (per official guide) is an expected behavior(!) and the only way to eliminate it is to disassemble the device(!!); IMHO, hard to understand how any device can be IP-67/66 compliant with regular operational requirement of expected device disassembly :|

At the same time I did test other devices including RaspberryPI with similar setups just different PoE injector and everything would work as expected including my own modifications to SSD or hats, all checks out.

So sad to say this, but as "cool" as OAK looks, it is rather a possible future industry grade solution, however for the time being - based on the device I tested, documentation, and software integrations (depthai, apps, etc) - its lack of usability discredits it as such :( Nice package, for not fully functional product, with a shiny, promising front webpage.

All I experienced with Oak device on multiple fronts still makes it an in-development start-up effort with pretty promising exteriors. TBH, it needs to go back to the drawing board. At the same time I do have appreciation to the the producer for the effort; it just needs more work.