Raspberry PI Camera

Hi,

I also received an Element14 Pi Camera today, installed it on a Raspberry B+ that was ordered with it, and it's not being detected. However my camera LED is not on.

vcgencmd get_camera

supported=1 detected=0

I've updates to the latest firmware (sudo rpi-update) and software updates (sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get upgrade) with no change. The camera ribbon is plugged into the port between the sound and HDMI connectors with the silver connections facing the HDMI port and the blue strip facing the sound ports.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

John

Turns out the 'sunny connector', which connects the camera to the camera PCB board, was not seated correctly.

I gently lifted this connector off with my finger nail and then pushed it firmly back on. The side closest to the camera looked a little high, so a bit of pressure on that side resulted in a 'click', and it appears to be working now.

Glad to hear John,

Laptops use the same type of connector. They can be trickie some times.

Allen, you should pay close attention to that connector.

-Steve

Thanks all for your most helpful responses. 

I learned that I had it plugged into the wrong port.  Having switched to the correct port, the camera is now being detected.  That is the good news.

The bad news is when I try to take a still photo  (raspistill -o test.jpg) the camera LED light comes on and stays on without a picture being taken.

Could I have damaged the camera by having it in the wrong port?

Thanks again

Thanks all for your most helpful responses. 

I learned that I had it plugged into the wrong port.  Having switched to the correct port, the camera is now being detected.  That is the good news.

The bad news is when I try to take a still photo  (raspistill -o test.jpg) the camera LED light comes on and stays on without a picture being taken.

Could I have damaged the camera by having it in the wrong port?

Thanks again

Allen,

Lets try this again.  The other port is a display port. Even though damage to the camera is possible, double check that the camera ribbon cable is plugged in the  right way and fully inserted in tge connector.  Good luck and let me know how it goes.

Regards,

-Steve

Thanks Steve -

     I think my camera is now properly connected, but when I try to activate it I get the message

"mmal: Received Unexpected camera control callback event, 0x4f525245".

     I have searched for help on this message and find that it is a rather common situation  Some links suggest that it is a hardware issue, others say it is a configuration issue.

     Does anyone know of a good solution?

     Any help is appreciated.

- Allen

Greetings Allen,

I will check mine, stomach flu had me down for a while.

If you had a RPi mod B. I would say try it on B to verify the camera is still operational.

These cameras are susceptible to electrostatic damage and can easily be damaged during handling. Do you have the most current version of Raspian installed. If so try reinstalling it.

-Steve