What is this

This tool allows you to update the firmware of your TIS USB camera under Linux.

Usage

examples

List all available cameras:

tcam-firmware-update -l

Get information about a single camera:

tcam-firmware-update -id <serial number>

Apply firmware

tcam-firmware-update -ud <serial number> -f firmware-file

It is recommended to have only one camera attached to the system when updating the firmware.

Switch camera to UVC/proprietary mode

tcam-firmware-update -d <serialnumber> -m uvc
tcam-firmware-update -d <serialnumber> -m proprietary

Switching to uvc mode is only necessary for USB2 cameras.

Firmware Files

Usb2

Firmware file for usb-2.0 cameras are located in data/firmware/usb2

Usb3

If you need firmware files for USB3 cameras, please send us a request.

http://www.theimagingsource.com/en_US/company/contact/

Building

Dependencies

Required dependencies are:

• libusb-1.0
• libzip
• libudev

For compilation additional dev packages may be required.

Compiling

mkdir tcam-firmware-update/build
cd tcam-firmware-update/build
cmake ..
make

Do not call make install. tcam-firmware-update is not intended for system wide use.

License

tcam-firmware-update is released under the Apache 2.0 license.

This project includes:

• 7z, which is published as public domain.
• PugiXml 1.6, which is available under the "MIT" license.