Trouble configuring Boson+ on Voxl2

[Samuel Lehman]

Hello,

I am trying to connect a boson+ via mipi on a Voxl2 and I am running into many issues. I am using the M0153 and my voxl system information is below:

system-image: 1.8.06-M0054-14.1a-perf
kernel:       #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 22 03:21:50 UTC 2025 4.19.125
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hw platform:  M0054
mach.var:     1.0.0
SKU:          MCCA-M0054-CC-T0-M0-X0
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voxl-suite:   1.6.2

One of the issues I am facing is that the the flir boson gui has no option for mipi while according to this guide https://docs.modalai.com/M0153/ there is supposed to be. This may be an issue with the gui not being the right version however when the link to the other versions on flir's website is 404'd. Is there a way I can configure the boson+ without the gui?

Another issue I am facing is that I do not know which connector I am supposed to be connected to. The guide switches between J8 and J7 for the full size Voxl2 and I am a little confused on which one I am supposed to use.

In the guide it also mentions that in the voxl-configure-cameras wizard there are supposed to be options

voxl-configure-cameras 36
voxl-configure-cameras 37

however I do not see the options, it only goes up to 32.

voxl2 (M0054):~$ voxl-configure-cameras 

Available camera config IDs are as follows:

01 - ov7251 tracking ov7251 stereo
02 - ov7251 tracking
03 - ov7251 tracking ov7251 stereo imx214 hires
04 - ov7251 tracking imx214 hires
05 - pmd-tof ov7251 tracking
06 - D0005 Starling pmd-tof imx214 hires ov7251 tracking
08 - imx214
09 - pmd-tof
10 - ov7251 stereo
11 - D0006 Sentinel
12 - ov9782 stereo
13 - ov9782 stereo imx214 hires
14 - ov9782 stereo pmd-tof ov7251 tracking (copy)
15 - D0008 dual 9782 tracking
16 - pmd-tof ov7251 dual tracking imx214 hires
17 - D0010 pmd-tof imx412 hires ov7251 tracking ov9782 stereo
18 - D0008 triple ov9782
19 - D0005 without tof imx214 hires ov7251 tracking
20 - D0011 imx412 hires ar0144 tracking
21 - old C6
23 - D0010 without stereo
24 - pmd-tof LIOW2 (new TOF)
25 - dual ar0144
31 - D0013 Prototype M0135 dual ar0144
32 - D0008 triple ov9782 rotated
 C - use user-defined custom camera config in
     (/data/modalai/custom_camera_config.txt)
 q - Quit The Wizard

selection: 

Is there a more updated guide on how to configure the boson+ working with mipi?

[tom]

@Samuel-Lehman If you re-install the SDK you will be asked which kernel you'd like to flash, choose the one that has support for the M0173 camera breakout board, this will unlock the camera config options you want to use

[Alex Kushleyev]

@Samuel-Lehman

If you have the original adapter for Boson+ which allows you to connect it to a USB port, then you can use the FLIR SDK (we use Boson Plus SDK 4.0). Unfortunately, M0153 board does not have J3 connector populated, which would allow you to connect a serial-to-usb adapter to it.

We have several python scripts, which use the Boson SDK to help set up the Boson sensor without the GUI.

query basic sensor info:
https://storage.googleapis.com/modalai_public/temp/boson/boson_read.py

set up sensor for 8bit MIPI mode, 60fps (option to set 30fps):
https://storage.googleapis.com/modalai_public/temp/boson/boson_set_8bit.py

You can put both of these scripts next to the BosonSDK directory and run them. Please check the USB port name inside the scripts.

Once you get that configured, you can put M0153 back on boson. Regarding where to plug it in on Voxl2, please tell me what other cameras you plan to use with your Boson.

Alex