# Image pipes VOXL2

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/2786/image-pipes-voxl2
Category: General Questions (https://forum.modalai.com/category/2/general-questions)
Posted: 2023-10-29 14:33:44 UTC by martongonczy
Replies: 3 · Views: 1026

## martongonczy · 2023-10-29 14:33:44 UTC

I wrote a script that opens and reads a pipe, however, I cannot seem to find the image pipes for the cameras. I am new to FIFO pipes, can someone help me where I can find the image pipe for the hires camera on VOXL2?

## Reply by tom (ModalAI staff) · 2023-10-30 01:17:14 UTC

@martongonczy https://docs.modalai.com/mpa-camera-interface/

All MPA pipes live in `/run/mpa`, e.g. `/run/mpa/hires`

## Reply by martongonczy · 2023-10-30 13:50:31 UTC (in reply to tom)

@tom thank you for your help.

![89f10269-70ae-43a2-a92e-7c9a96de703f-image.png](https://forum.modalai.com/assets/uploads/files/1698673672461-89f10269-70ae-43a2-a92e-7c9a96de703f-image.png) 

I can only see these pipes in that directory. I managed to retrieve data from *voxl-tflite-server0*, however that is for the tflite-server and I cannot find the pipe for the hires camera without the tflite overlay.
Could it be that I forgot to start a service?

## Reply by tom (ModalAI staff) · 2023-10-30 16:44:09 UTC (in reply to martongonczy)

@martongonczy You'll need to use an MPA based client in order to read from the pipe, like in `voxl-inspect-cam` : https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/voxl-sdk/utilities/voxl-mpa-tools/-/blob/master/tools/voxl-inspect-cam.c?ref_type=heads

what you're seeing is voxl-tflite-server reading from the hires pipe