Raw camera data from vision sensor

[Catzilla]

I want to use vision sensors to assist with position tracking, but it’s not enough to just retrieve the objects the sensor is currently tracking. Is there a way to get the raw data in the form of an array of pixels? Looking at the VEXcode API it doesn’t seem like this is possible, maybe because the V5 ports cannot handle that amount of information. If this is the case, is it possible to connect a USB cable from the brain to the sensor, and retrieve the raw camera data that way?

[trontech569]

My immediate reaction is no. There isn’t a way.

Getting a raw image from a Vision Sensor

TL;DR: You can’t. The RS-485 bus that the V5 system runs on is far too slow for sending raw image data. And even if it was fast enough, there is no function in the Vision Sensor firmware to allow this. There is no way to write your own vision system. Believe me, our team tried. We eventually gave up on using the sensor because of this.

Connecting a USB cable from brain to sensor is definitely not currently a supported feature. The only way it ends up happening is if Vex specifically creates firmware support for it, which they probably won’t do because some people use the brain and its microUSB to download.