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Add 3rd Party Webcams into Mainsail

⚠️ This is Experimental! No support will be provided! Expect performance degradations while using third-party webcams on your machine. ⚠️
The machine will most likely only accept USB webcams that do not require additional drivers.

Tested Webcams:

  • EMEET Full HD Webcam - C960 1080P ✅

Adding a USB Webcam to Mainsail

  1. Connect your webcam via USB to the printer.

    USB Connection

  2. Reboot the printer after connecting the cable.

  3. SSH into the machine using the standard credentials:

    User: root
Pass: rockchip

  4. Use the command dmesg | grep -i usb to check if your webcam is initialized.

    You should see a list of connected USB devices. Look for the vendor of your webcam. In my case, it is Deepstech.

    SSH USB DMESG

Configuring the Webcam in Mainsail

  1. Open the Device Tab in OrcaSlicer.

    Devices Tab

  2. Access your Mainsail WebUI, which should look similar to this:

    Mainsail WebUI

  3. Click the Settings Icon in the Mainsail UI and scroll down to the Webcam Section.

    Mainsail Webcam Settings

  4. You will see the printer's internal webcam. Update the URLs for the Webcam Stream and Snapshot functions.
    /webcam/ is always the internal webcam. Try /webcam1/, and if that doesn't work, increment the number up to /webcam3/.

    Eventually, you should see the webcam feed from the connected USB webcam, which will look like this:

    Mainsail Webcam Settings USB Cam

  5. Use the "Adaptive MJPEG-Streamer (experimental)" service and click "Save Webcam".

  6. Switch to your Dashboard and set the webcams to "All." You should now see both webcams working.

Note

Do not use the stream option! It will spike your CPU usage. ⚠️

🎉 You have successfully added a webcam! Happy Printing! 😃