2. Software Setup

Before you can start using your OpenMV Cam you’ll need to download and install OpenMV IDE.

2.1. Windows

OpenMV IDE comes inside of an installer that will automatically install the IDE along with drivers for the OpenMV Cam and the MicroPython pyboard. Just follow the default installer prompts.

To launch OpenMV IDE afterwards just click on its shortcut in the Start Menu.

2.2. Mac

OpenMV IDE comes in a .dmg file. Simply open the .dmg file and then drag the OpenMV IDE .app onto the Applications folder shortcut to install OpenMV IDE.

In addition to installing OpenMV IDE you’ll also want to install device firmware update (DFU) support so that you can recover your OpenMV Cam if you encounter a problem with our boot-loader.

First you’ll need to install a package manager. Either MacPorts or HomeBrew. If you don’t have a preference choose HomeBrew.

For MacPorts you’ll need to execute the following commands:

sudo port install libusb py-pip
sudo pip install pyusb

For HomeBrew you’ll need to execute the following commands:

sudo brew install libusb python
sudo pip install pyusb

In general, you have to install libusb, python, and pyusb.

To launch OpenMV IDE just click on its .app file in your Applications folder.

2.3. Linux-Desktop

OpenMV IDE comes inside of an installer .run file. Just do:

chmod +x openmv-ide-linux-*.run
./openmv-ide-linux-*.run

And then follow the installer prompts to install OpenMV IDE on linux. Afterwards, see the README.txt file and the setup.sh file in the installer output directory for installing device firmware update (DFU) support so that you can recover your OpenMV Cam if you encounter a problem with our boot-loader.

Finally, to launch OpenMV IDE just click on the bin/openmvide file. If OpenMV IDE fails to launch you may need to add execution permissions first. Do:

chmod +x openmvide
./openmvide

If this doesn’t work then use the openmvide.sh script instead. Do:

chmod +x openmvide.sh
./openmvide.sh

In general, you’ll need to run OpenMV IDE using the openmvide.sh script if you’ve installed Qt on linux. The openmvide.sh script fixes linker path issues before launching OpenMV IDE to make sure that it runs on any system.

2.4. Linux-RaspberryPi

OpenMV IDE comes inside of an installer .tar.gz file. Just extract the contents where you like (like ~/openmvide). Afterwards, see the README.txt file and the setup.sh file in the output directory for installing device firmware update (DFU) support so that you can recover your OpenMV Cam if you encounter a problem with our boot-loader.

Finally, to launch OpenMV IDE just click on the bin/openmvide file. If OpenMV IDE fails to launch you may need to add execution permissions first. Do:

chmod +x openmvide
./openmvide

If this doesn’t work then use the openmvide.sh script instead. Do:

chmod +x openmvide.sh
./openmvide.sh

In general, you’ll need to run OpenMV IDE using the openmvide.sh script if you’ve installed Qt on linux. The openmvide.sh script fixes linker path issues before launching OpenMV IDE to make sure that it runs on any system.