Camera serial / item number is empty or null

Camera serial / item number is empty or null

Example:
  1. "ip": "10.0.0.128",
  2.         "item": null,
  3.         "mac": "14:1f:ba:91:02:a1",
  4.         "name": "left",
  5.         "online": true,
  6.         "orientation": "rotate-180",
  7.         "poe_port": 4,
  8.         "pose": {
  9.             "rotation": {
  10.                 "roll": 180.0
  11.             }
  12.         },
  13.         "serial": null
This is usually a sign that the firmware update has failed. 

Confirm Firmware Version

Get the camera ip address from the API via URL:
  1. $VehicleIP:8080/config/camera/ 
Ssh onto the camera and confirm the firmware version
  1. bm_buildinfo
Expect:
Blackmoth Vision Build Info
v0.2.4-0-g63a2296
This only works for version 0.2.4 and 0.3.0. If it's anything please contact support. 

Update Manually

Ssh onto the camera and navigate to:
  1. cd /media/mmc/boot
Now transfer a temporary firmware image from the Tiger to the Camera:
  1. scp root@10.0.0.1:/media/mmc/boot/uImage-jjr-camera-atlas-camera uImage-jjr-camera-atlas-camera.tmp
If the transfer is successful then overwrite the existing firmware with the temporary image:
  1. mv uImage-jjr-camera-atlas-camera.tmp uImage-jjr-camera-atlas-camera
Restart the camera
  1. reboot
Check the camera reboots and now has a serial number: 
$VehicleIP:8080/config/camera/

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