ESP32-Cam. It takes photo data even if the camera pins are out

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Hi all,

My project is like this, when the button is pressed, it takes a photo at that moment. And I am sending it over tcp. My point is this:

I take pictures with the pins of the camera attached, there is no problem normally, it works fine and sends. I take a photo after removing the pins of the camera, the system pretends to take a photo and sends and receives information from somewhere, but this is wrong. Then, when I take a photo with the pins out for the second time, it gives an error that the pins are not inserted. I can't get this error when I was supposed to get it the first time.

My opinion; After taking a photo, it informs the system that the pins are ready, next time you can take a photo.

fb = esp_camera_fb_get();
esp_camera_fb_return(fb);

I think it has to do with these functions.

I clean inside fb, inside buf and len, but from here the camera pulls the literal. How can I do this in a controlled way?

Every time I call the CameraVideo function, I take a picture and send it. Here I want to check the camera pins before taking every photo how can I do it?

Thanks all.


void cameraVideo()                                         
{
  size_t _jpg_buf_len = 0;
  uint8_t * _jpg_buf = NULL;

  int m = 0;
  count = 0;
  bool ok = 0;                                             
  camera_fb_t *fb = 0;                                 

  while (m < 1) {
    do {

      m++;
      fb = esp_camera_fb_get();                              
      if (!fb) {                                             
        Serial.println("Camera capture failed");
        ESP.restart();
        return;
      }
      // Photo file name
      Serial.printf("Picture file name: %s\n", FILE_PHOTO);  
      File file = SPIFFS.open(FILE_PHOTO, FILE_WRITE);       

      // Insert the data in the photo file
      if (!file) { 
        Serial.println("Failed to open file in writing mode");
      }
      else {                                                
        _jpg_buf_len = fb->len;
        _jpg_buf = fb->buf;

        file.write(_jpg_buf, _jpg_buf_len);                 
        Serial.print("The picture has been saved in ");
        Serial.print(FILE_PHOTO);
      }
      // Close the file
      file.close();               

      ok = checkPhoto(SPIFFS);    
      if (fb) {
        esp_camera_fb_return(fb);
        fb = NULL;
        _jpg_buf = NULL;
      } else if (_jpg_buf) {
        free(_jpg_buf);
        _jpg_buf = NULL;
      }
      free(fb);
    } while (!ok);               

    photostatusPackage(SPIFFS);   
              
    dirCheck2(SPIFFS);

  }
}
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What pins?

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pins where the camera connects to esp32

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Where is the esp_camera_fb(return(fb) instruction?

So under normal operations you'll be inserting and removing the camera, why?

You'll have to write code to detect the removal and insertion of the actual camera. good luck.

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ESP32-cam will be used on a project and there is a possibility that the pins may be dislodged due to vibration, so the pins need to be checked.

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You can dig into the web cams various libraries to see where the cam is checked for proper connection and use those features to do the thing.

good luck.

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