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ZED Installation

This file will get you started with the ZED2i cameras.

1. ZED SDK

The first step is to install the ZED SDK, before installing:

  • Ensure you have nvidia-drivers installed, check with nvidia-smi. The installer will automatically install a CUDA 11.X version is you do not have it.
  • During the setup, you will be asked whether the Python API should be installed. Make sure to activate the venv of conda env you want to use with the ZED cameras. (You can also answer no and install the Python package later.)
  • You can say no to the AI-model stuff.

Now follow this ZED Installation Guide. You only need to complete the first part Download and Install the ZED SDK.

If you did not install the Python API during the SDK setup, you can install it now:

conda activate airo-mono
python /usr/local/zed/get_python_api.py

If this fails, install the dependencies from the ZED Python API Installation.

After finishing the installation reboot your pc.

3. Testing the installation

3.1 ZED_Explorer

First plug in the USB cable to the ZED into your laptop. Then we can try opening the ZED_Explorer by running the following command in a terminal:

/usr/local/bin/ZED_Explorer

This should open up a viewer that looks like this: ZED_Explorer

3.2 ZED_Depth_Viewer

If the ZED_Explorer works as expected, you can try the ZED_Depth_Viewer:

/usr/local/bin/ZED_Depth_Viewer

This should like this: ZED_Depth_Viewer

If you get a segmentation fault and your CPU has a built-in GPU, have a look here for a possible fix. Basically you have to make sure that your external GPU is used when opening the ZED Depth Viewer.

3.3 airo_camera_toolkit

Now We will test whether our `airo_camera_toolkit can access the ZED cameras. In this directory run:

conda activate airo-mono
python zed.py

Complete the prompts. If everything looks normal, congrats, you successfully completed the installation! 🎉

ZED Diagnostics tool.

There is a ZED diagnostics tool that you can use if things are not working. run ZED_Diagnostic. However, don't expect too much from it..