belamy/libpyseek

Python wrapper for Seek Thermal Pro

libPySeek

Description

This lib is a Python wrapper for Seek Thermal CompactPRO (https://www.thermal.com/compact-series.html)

• Seek Thermal CompactPRO

Reference

Most of codes are refered or resued from the following repo's

1. Seek-Thermal library https://github.com/maartenvds/libseek-thermal
2. cv::Mat <--> Python Numpy array https://github.com/GarrickLin/numpy-opencv-converter

Build

Dependencies:

• cmake
• Opencv 3.x.x
• libusb-1.0-0-dev
• boost_1_66_0

Install libusb

sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev

Install boost

wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.66.0/boost_1_66_0.tar.bz2
tar xjf boost_1_66_0.tar.bz2
cd boost_1_66_0
./bootstrap.sh
./b2 install

Note:

1. you can see all available libraries.

./bootstrap.sh --show-libraries

2. You can also install the library that you need. It saves time.

./bootstrap.sh --with-libraries=python

cd libPySeek
vi src/CMakeLists.txt

(Find key word "PLEASE_CHANGE_TO_YOUR_PATH". Change the paths to yours)

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../
make

Run

An object file "build/src/pyseek.so" will be created. Copy that file to your wokring dir.

Example

from pyseek import thSeekThermalPro
import cv2

seek = thSeekThermalPro()
status = seek.seekInit()
print status

while True:
	if seek.seekRead() == 1:
		frame = seek.seekGetGrayCvFrame()
		cv2.imshow('seek',frame)
	if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
		break

cv2.destroyAllWindows()

Note: Please use sudo yourcode.py

Getting USB access

You need to add a udev rule to be able to run the program as non root user:

Udev rule:

sudo vi /etc/udev/rules.d/100-usb.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="289d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0011", MODE="0666", GROUP="users"

Replace 'XXXX' with:

• 0011: Seek Thermal CompactPRO

or manually chmod the device file after plugging the usb cable:

sudo chmod 666 /dev/bus/usb/00x/00x

with '00x' the usb bus found with the lsusb command