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  • Ajay BidyarthyA Ajay Bidyarthy

    @thomas
    Hey thomas,
    So I have followed your steps and loaded the log0009 data and then ran voxl-replay command while running voxl-tflite-server correctly configured with tracking option. But nothing happens after that it seems.
    9a3d0154-77d3-41bb-89ae-6401f5a63446-image.png

    So the output I'm expecting at the end is to be able to have something like
    Model Task Avg Cpu Inference(ms) Avg Gpu Inference(ms) Avg NNAPI Inference(ms) Max Frames Per Second(fps) Input Dimensions Source
    custom-tflite-model Object Detection 33.89ms 24.68ms 34.42ms 34.86750349 [1,300,300,3]

    Where can I get such output after running the voxl-replay command. I think I'm missing some steps after that.

    Please let me know what I'm missing here.
    Thanks

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    Yeah, so my default all of our services don't print anything out when run. Do voxl-tflite-server -t for timing printouts.

    This won't give you a super organized printout like what you are writing. But it will give you out data on the per-iteration callback times and the breakdown per function. You'll then need to modify /etc/modalai/voxl-tflite-server.conf in different ways to get different timing printouts in order to build up a table of benchmarks.

    Thomas

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      @Ajay-Bidyarthy

      Yeah, so my default all of our services don't print anything out when run. Do voxl-tflite-server -t for timing printouts.

      This won't give you a super organized printout like what you are writing. But it will give you out data on the per-iteration callback times and the breakdown per function. You'll then need to modify /etc/modalai/voxl-tflite-server.conf in different ways to get different timing printouts in order to build up a table of benchmarks.

      Thomas

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      @thomas
      Okay, So i did run voxl-tflite-server -t alongside voxl-replay command but am still not getting anything.
      For yolov5 I get no output after running voxl replay. it just outputs this:
      466ee992-244f-43e2-9ea8-1a945a8028c7-image.png

      For my custom yolov7 nd yolov8 I get these errors:
      a1893cc6-6546-481b-8bda-58c64dbb32cc-image.png
      ba5b55d7-22dd-4b75-87dc-d03c9b6c80d6-image.png

      I even referred to this thread https://forum.modalai.com/topic/2997/can-anyone-recommend-a-tflite-colab-notebook-for-voxl2-training/3

      and configured the main.cpp file by adding if else statement for custom model to use YOLO model instead of OBJECT_DETECTION as the default one before even running the above commands.

      I'm not sure why am I still not getting any output.
      Thanks

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      • Ajay BidyarthyA Ajay Bidyarthy

        @thomas
        Okay, So i did run voxl-tflite-server -t alongside voxl-replay command but am still not getting anything.
        For yolov5 I get no output after running voxl replay. it just outputs this:
        466ee992-244f-43e2-9ea8-1a945a8028c7-image.png

        For my custom yolov7 nd yolov8 I get these errors:
        a1893cc6-6546-481b-8bda-58c64dbb32cc-image.png
        ba5b55d7-22dd-4b75-87dc-d03c9b6c80d6-image.png

        I even referred to this thread https://forum.modalai.com/topic/2997/can-anyone-recommend-a-tflite-colab-notebook-for-voxl2-training/3

        and configured the main.cpp file by adding if else statement for custom model to use YOLO model instead of OBJECT_DETECTION as the default one before even running the above commands.

        I'm not sure why am I still not getting any output.
        Thanks

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        @Ajay-Bidyarthy I'll look into it today.

        Thomas

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          @Ajay-Bidyarthy I'll look into it today.

          Thomas

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          @thomas @Ajay-Bidyarthy

          Sadly I won't have time to look at this today and am out of office tomorrow so I can't fully debug this for you. Let's focus just on YOLOv5 right now since that's the one we have onboard by default and it isn't segfaulting. Make sure you're launching tflite-server in a terminal and then in a separate terminal running the voxl-replay command.

          I apologize for this, sorry I didn't have time for it today.

          Thomas

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            @thomas @Ajay-Bidyarthy

            Sadly I won't have time to look at this today and am out of office tomorrow so I can't fully debug this for you. Let's focus just on YOLOv5 right now since that's the one we have onboard by default and it isn't segfaulting. Make sure you're launching tflite-server in a terminal and then in a separate terminal running the voxl-replay command.

            I apologize for this, sorry I didn't have time for it today.

            Thomas

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            @thomas
            No worries. Ok, but even for yolov5 I've been running both voxl replay and tflite server commands in separate windows/terminals but still facing the issue.

            Let me know why is it so and how can we resolve this.
            Thanks

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            • Ajay BidyarthyA Ajay Bidyarthy

              @thomas
              No worries. Ok, but even for yolov5 I've been running both voxl replay and tflite server commands in separate windows/terminals but still facing the issue.

              Let me know why is it so and how can we resolve this.
              Thanks

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              @Ajay-Bidyarthy

              Hey Ajay, working on it right now. Will let you know when I have an update.

              Thomas

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                @Ajay-Bidyarthy

                Hey Ajay, working on it right now. Will let you know when I have an update.

                Thomas

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                @thomas @Ajay-Bidyarthy

                Okay so I've identified a problem in our timing code and am working on a fix. Here's a short-term solution for you:

                1. Make sure /etc/modalai/voxl-tflite-server.conf has "input_pipe" set to "/run/mpa/tracking"
                2. Get your VOXL's IP address with voxl-my-ip and enter this IP into your web browser to pull up voxl-portal in your browser.
                3. Run voxl-tflite-server on VOXL
                4. Run your voxl-logger log as voxl-logger -p /data/voxl-logger/log0009/ or whatever the path is saved as

                Now in your web browser, from the "Cameras" dropdown click tflite. You may need to refresh the page to get this to pop up. The permalink to this page is <YOUR IP>/video.html?cam=tflite (e.g. http://192.168.0.198/video.html?cam=tflite) so you can optionally just go there. This overlay shows the ML model running and in the upper left of the frame shows a framerate. You can use this to estimate for the time being.

                Am working on the fix now, will let you know when it's released.

                Thomas

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                  @thomas @Ajay-Bidyarthy

                  Okay so I've identified a problem in our timing code and am working on a fix. Here's a short-term solution for you:

                  1. Make sure /etc/modalai/voxl-tflite-server.conf has "input_pipe" set to "/run/mpa/tracking"
                  2. Get your VOXL's IP address with voxl-my-ip and enter this IP into your web browser to pull up voxl-portal in your browser.
                  3. Run voxl-tflite-server on VOXL
                  4. Run your voxl-logger log as voxl-logger -p /data/voxl-logger/log0009/ or whatever the path is saved as

                  Now in your web browser, from the "Cameras" dropdown click tflite. You may need to refresh the page to get this to pop up. The permalink to this page is <YOUR IP>/video.html?cam=tflite (e.g. http://192.168.0.198/video.html?cam=tflite) so you can optionally just go there. This overlay shows the ML model running and in the upper left of the frame shows a framerate. You can use this to estimate for the time being.

                  Am working on the fix now, will let you know when it's released.

                  Thomas

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                  @thomas @Ajay-Bidyarthy

                  Okay, I've pushed up a change for our nightly builds to fix the timing printouts with the -t option. So starting tomorrow you can flash the latest nightly SDK build and have this fix. If you'd like it today let me know and I can push the .deb up to Google Drive so you can flash it directly. Here is the link for the nightly SDK builds.

                  Thomas

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                    @thomas @Ajay-Bidyarthy

                    Okay, I've pushed up a change for our nightly builds to fix the timing printouts with the -t option. So starting tomorrow you can flash the latest nightly SDK build and have this fix. If you'd like it today let me know and I can push the .deb up to Google Drive so you can flash it directly. Here is the link for the nightly SDK builds.

                    Thomas

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                    @thomas
                    Hi,
                    Thanks for this info. So I have tried accessing the portal by running the voxl-my-ip command but found nothing getting printed out when I run that command. I inspected to make sure my voxl-portal service is running perfectly but still cant seem to get the ip for portal.
                    Also, can you push the latest SDK as well or share the deb with me.
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                    Thanks

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                    • Ajay BidyarthyA Ajay Bidyarthy

                      @thomas
                      Hi,
                      Thanks for this info. So I have tried accessing the portal by running the voxl-my-ip command but found nothing getting printed out when I run that command. I inspected to make sure my voxl-portal service is running perfectly but still cant seem to get the ip for portal.
                      Also, can you push the latest SDK as well or share the deb with me.
                      99a97d0c-8d77-41b3-9de3-e95e59c78cf6-WhatsApp Image 2024-04-09 at 10.46.27 AM.jpeg file:///home/bhavya/Downloads/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-04-09%20at%2010.46.27%20AM.jpeg

                      Thanks

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                      @Ajay-Bidyarthy

                      Make sure you set up WiFi on VOXL! Here's the guide: https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-2-wifi-setup/

                      Thomas

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                        @Ajay-Bidyarthy

                        Make sure you set up WiFi on VOXL! Here's the guide: https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-2-wifi-setup/

                        Thomas

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                        @thomas
                        Hi thomas,
                        Could you please provide us the latest nightly sdk build for VOXL2 mini if you think we can work with that for now?

                        Regards,
                        OKSI Team

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                        • Ajay BidyarthyA Ajay Bidyarthy

                          @thomas
                          Hi thomas,
                          Could you please provide us the latest nightly sdk build for VOXL2 mini if you think we can work with that for now?

                          Regards,
                          OKSI Team

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                          @Ajay-Bidyarthy

                          https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/_details/platform-nightlies/voxl2/voxl2_SDK_nightly_20240411.tar.gz;tab=live_object?organizationId=517175400245&project=modalai-core-services

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                            https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/_details/platform-nightlies/voxl2/voxl2_SDK_nightly_20240411.tar.gz;tab=live_object?organizationId=517175400245&project=modalai-core-services

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                            @thomas
                            Hi thomas,
                            Is this package for voxl2min or voxl2?
                            Regards

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                            • Ajay BidyarthyA Ajay Bidyarthy

                              @thomas
                              Hi thomas,
                              Is this package for voxl2min or voxl2?
                              Regards

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                              @thomas
                              Because I think this SDK is meant for M-0054 while our version is M0104. Let me know if we can go ahead and flash this SDK or not?
                              Thanks

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                                @Ajay-Bidyarthy

                                https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/_details/platform-nightlies/voxl2/voxl2_SDK_nightly_20240411.tar.gz;tab=live_object?organizationId=517175400245&project=modalai-core-services

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                                @thomas
                                Also, Now that I have flashed the SDK onto my chip its showing voxl2 in the shell screen instead of voxl2-mini. And even if I try and go ahead and do the following steps. I still cant get the desired output.
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                                • Ajay BidyarthyA Ajay Bidyarthy

                                  @thomas
                                  Also, Now that I have flashed the SDK onto my chip its showing voxl2 in the shell screen instead of voxl2-mini. And even if I try and go ahead and do the following steps. I still cant get the desired output.
                                  2ab88265-965c-4de3-a187-2ecc2d5f3cce-Screenshot from 2024-04-15 14-29-02.png
                                  135af24f-36e9-44ce-b42e-5a6ac8041a2d-image.png file:///home/bhavya/Pictures/Screenshots/Screenshot%20from%202024-04-15%2014-29-02.png

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                                  Oh my apologies, here's the link for VOXL2 Mini nightly SDK. I almost never work with these so apologies for the confusion

                                  https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/_details/platform-nightlies/voxl2-mini/voxl2-mini_SDK_nightly_20240412.tar.gz;tab=live_object?organizationId=517175400245&project=modalai-core-services

                                  Thomas

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                                    Oh my apologies, here's the link for VOXL2 Mini nightly SDK. I almost never work with these so apologies for the confusion

                                    https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/_details/platform-nightlies/voxl2-mini/voxl2-mini_SDK_nightly_20240412.tar.gz;tab=live_object?organizationId=517175400245&project=modalai-core-services

                                    Thomas

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                                    @thomas
                                    Hey thomas,
                                    So I tried with this new sdk. Unfortunately, I still dont see any output here as well
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                                      @thomas @Ajay-Bidyarthy

                                      Okay so I've identified a problem in our timing code and am working on a fix. Here's a short-term solution for you:

                                      1. Make sure /etc/modalai/voxl-tflite-server.conf has "input_pipe" set to "/run/mpa/tracking"
                                      2. Get your VOXL's IP address with voxl-my-ip and enter this IP into your web browser to pull up voxl-portal in your browser.
                                      3. Run voxl-tflite-server on VOXL
                                      4. Run your voxl-logger log as voxl-logger -p /data/voxl-logger/log0009/ or whatever the path is saved as

                                      Now in your web browser, from the "Cameras" dropdown click tflite. You may need to refresh the page to get this to pop up. The permalink to this page is <YOUR IP>/video.html?cam=tflite (e.g. http://192.168.0.198/video.html?cam=tflite) so you can optionally just go there. This overlay shows the ML model running and in the upper left of the frame shows a framerate. You can use this to estimate for the time being.

                                      Am working on the fix now, will let you know when it's released.

                                      Thomas

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                                      Have you also tried using this method? Or were there issues getting WiFi setup?

                                      @thomas said in Need help simulating .tflite yolo models on my linux machine.:

                                      Okay so I've identified a problem in our timing code and am working on a fix. Here's a short-term solution for you:

                                      Make sure /etc/modalai/voxl-tflite-server.conf has "input_pipe" set to "/run/mpa/tracking"
                                      Get your VOXL's IP address with voxl-my-ip and enter this IP into your web browser to pull up voxl-portal in your browser.
                                      Run voxl-tflite-server on VOXL
                                      Run your voxl-logger log as voxl-logger -p /data/voxl-logger/log0009/ or whatever the path is saved as
                                      

                                      Now in your web browser, from the "Cameras" dropdown click tflite. You may need to refresh the page to get this to pop up. The permalink to this page is <YOUR IP>/video.html?cam=tflite (e.g. http://192.168.0.198/video.html?cam=tflite) so you can optionally just go there. This overlay shows the ML model running and in the upper left of the frame shows a framerate. You can use this to estimate for the time being.

                                      Am working on the fix now, will let you know when it's released.

                                      Thomas

                                      Yeah I'm really not sure what's going on here, on that nightly SDK voxl-tflite-server -t is printing out timing information. I don't have a VOXL2 Mini to test on so if it's a specific issue there I'm really not sure. Let me try some stuff today and I'll get back to you.

                                      Thomas

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                                        Have you also tried using this method? Or were there issues getting WiFi setup?

                                        @thomas said in Need help simulating .tflite yolo models on my linux machine.:

                                        Okay so I've identified a problem in our timing code and am working on a fix. Here's a short-term solution for you:

                                        Make sure /etc/modalai/voxl-tflite-server.conf has "input_pipe" set to "/run/mpa/tracking"
                                        Get your VOXL's IP address with voxl-my-ip and enter this IP into your web browser to pull up voxl-portal in your browser.
                                        Run voxl-tflite-server on VOXL
                                        Run your voxl-logger log as voxl-logger -p /data/voxl-logger/log0009/ or whatever the path is saved as
                                        

                                        Now in your web browser, from the "Cameras" dropdown click tflite. You may need to refresh the page to get this to pop up. The permalink to this page is <YOUR IP>/video.html?cam=tflite (e.g. http://192.168.0.198/video.html?cam=tflite) so you can optionally just go there. This overlay shows the ML model running and in the upper left of the frame shows a framerate. You can use this to estimate for the time being.

                                        Am working on the fix now, will let you know when it's released.

                                        Thomas

                                        Yeah I'm really not sure what's going on here, on that nightly SDK voxl-tflite-server -t is printing out timing information. I don't have a VOXL2 Mini to test on so if it's a specific issue there I'm really not sure. Let me try some stuff today and I'll get back to you.

                                        Thomas

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                                        @thomas
                                        Hi thomas,
                                        Yes so right now we tried figuring out if maybe the issue is with the model not being specific to voxl2mini or maybe the logs are generated based on voxl2. But I dont think thats the case.
                                        The thing which I'm concerned about is:

                                        1. How do we identify or pinpoint the problem ...like are we supposed to see the output after the 'Disconnected from camera server' line or before? And if we are supposed to see it and are not able to... then where exactly is the problem happening in the src/main.cpp file of voxl-tflite-server. Can we debug that somehow?
                                        2. Also did you check running the voxl-replay logger command directly without having any camera setup or camera-server configured.... similar to the way we are currently running on our end.
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                                          Hi thomas,
                                          Yes so right now we tried figuring out if maybe the issue is with the model not being specific to voxl2mini or maybe the logs are generated based on voxl2. But I dont think thats the case.
                                          The thing which I'm concerned about is:

                                          1. How do we identify or pinpoint the problem ...like are we supposed to see the output after the 'Disconnected from camera server' line or before? And if we are supposed to see it and are not able to... then where exactly is the problem happening in the src/main.cpp file of voxl-tflite-server. Can we debug that somehow?
                                          2. Also did you check running the voxl-replay logger command directly without having any camera setup or camera-server configured.... similar to the way we are currently running on our end.
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                                          If voxl-tflite-server was running into an actual error you'd see some sort of an error message printout. We typically debug issues through voxl-portal but if you aren't able to get WiFi set up you won't be able to do so. I again reflashed a nightly SDK to confirm things are working on my end and they are. To reconfirm:

                                          • Flash the latest SDK nightly from the link shared above
                                          • Modify /etc/modalai/voxl-tflite-server.conf to have /run/mpa/tracking as its input. This file gets overwritten on flash so make sure you do this.
                                          • voxl-tflite-server -t in one terminal
                                          • voxl-replay -p /data/voxl-logger/log0009/ in another

                                          I can tell you that replay doesn't care about camera server being configured, it should work regardless.

                                          -Thomas

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