Boson OpenMV POE Kit

The Boson OpenMV PoE Kit turns your Teledyne FLIR Boson® or Boson+ into a Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) network thermal camera with radiometric temperature measurement, a JSON API, and RTSP streaming, controlled entirely from a web browser. One Ethernet cable carries power and data. Open a browser, sign in, and you have live thermal video with temperature measurement zones on your network in minutes: no SDK, no drivers, no software to install, no per-seat license.

The kit ships with GroupGets' GetThermal+ firmware pre-installed on OpenMV's RT1062 platform. And because the electronics are a standard OpenMV Cam underneath, the same hardware can be reflashed with stock OpenMV firmware for your own machine-vision work and returned to GetThermal+ at any time.

NOTE: FLIR Boson thermal core sold separately. Compatible with nearly all Boson 640 and 320 models; not compatible with focal lengths 36 mm or greater. For absolute temperature measurement choose a Radiometric Boson, non-radiometric cores get calibrated temperature estimation instead.

Everything runs in the browser

The Live page is the camera: live thermal video with 10 palettes (White Hot, Black Hot, Ironbow, Lava, Arctic, and more), high/low/auto gain, FFC controls, AGC presets for surveillance and inspection, 90° rotation and mirroring, and 8× eZoom with picture-in-picture. Drag a box on the video and the spot meter reads it live. Works from a desktop, tablet, or phone, anything with a browser.

Measurement zones on live thermal video

Drag a region on the video and press Set on Zone 1–4: four named, color-coded zones (plus the live spot meter) each report minimum, maximum, and mean temperature continuously, with per-zone emissivity captured at setup. Zones persist across reboots and keep measuring with no browser open, point one at a breaker panel, a bearing, a battery rack, or a waste pile and the camera watches it 24/7.

Zone temperatures as JSON over HTTP

Every zone reading is one HTTP GET away, no SDK, no login required for reads, and no vendor lock-in. Poll it from a PLC, SCADA system, Home Assistant, or a five-line Python script; or subscribe with ?stream=1 for a server-sent-events push every 0.5 s. Each zone reports min/max/mean in Kelvin plus your display unit, the ROI, emissivity, and the exact pixel coordinates of the hottest and coldest spots:

curl http://gg-<serial>.local/api/spotmeter/zones

{
  "ok": true,
  "zones": [
    {
      "zone": 1,
      "name": "Breaker Panel",
      "roi": { "x": 132, "y": 72, "w": 56, "h": 56 },
      "kelvin":  { "min": 294.96, "max": 302.21, "mean": 296.67 },
      "display": { "min": 21.81,  "max": 29.06,  "mean": 23.52, "unit": "C" },
      "maxLoc": [160, 104],
      "stale": false
    }
  ],
  "temperaturesAvailable": true
}

A snapshot API (POST /api/snapshot) and full camera-control API sit behind the same login the browser uses, automate captures and settings from the same scripts.

RTSP streaming into your NVR

The camera serves standard, codec-license-free MJPEG over RTSP on port 554. Open it in VLC, record it with ffmpeg, or add it to any NVR that accepts a generic RTSP camera, palettes and orientation apply to the RTSP stream too, and the browser UI keeps working while the NVR records:

vlc rtsp://<camera-ip>:554/mjpeg
ffmpeg -i rtsp://<camera-ip>:554/mjpeg -c copy -t 60 clip.avi

Up to 3 simultaneous RTSP sessions; UDP transport only.

Finds itself on your network

No serial-console setup step. The camera requests the DHCP hostname gg-<serial> so it appears by name in your router's client list, announces gg-<serial>.local over mDNS once a minute, and broadcasts its live IP address over Bluetooth (GG-E-<ip> on Ethernet, GG-W-<ip> on Wi-Fi) so a phone can find it on networks you don't control. Off the wire entirely, it raises its own GetThermal-Plus-Setup Wi-Fi access point for first-time configuration.

Snap, record, review

Press Snap or Record in the browser, or use the button on the camera itself: tap for a snapshot, hold to record, with an LED pulse confirming each capture. Media lands on the microSD card in a 200-item gallery with thumbnails, multi-select, and bulk ZIP download; recordings cap at 60 seconds per clip.

Sign in, add your team

Browse to the camera and sign in, the login page is all the network can see until you do.

The admin account manages users; everyone else gets viewing and capture without reconfiguration rights. Passwords are stored salted and hashed, and failed logins slow down five seconds per attempt, brute-forcing the form is deliberately tedious.

Open standards instead of an appliance

Fixed thermal monitoring has traditionally meant a sealed smart-sensor appliance: a proprietary VMS plugin, a licensed SDK, and the data locked behind both. GetThermal+ replaces the appliance with protocols you already run, RTSP for video, JSON over HTTP for measurements, a browser for control, so the camera drops into your existing NVR, SCADA system, or scripts with nothing else to buy or install. You choose the Boson core, and with it the resolution and measurement grade, from a 320 imager to a radiometric 640; the sensor-plus-electronics combination (Teledyne FLIR core, US-designed OpenMV boards) also fits sites that can't deploy covered-list thermal brands. Mount it indoors or inside your own housing (the enclosure is not IP-rated).

Includes

• OpenMV Cam RT1062 - r6
• OpenMV PoE Shield
• OpenMV Boson Adapter
• Pre-installed GetThermal+ firmware
• Near-silent Noctua fan, heatsinks, and 3D-printed enclosure with 1/4"-20 mounting thread

Features

• Live thermal video in any browser - nothing to install on the viewing machine
• 4 temperature measurement zones + spot meter with per-zone emissivity and on-video overlays
• JSON temperature API - GET /api/spotmeter/zones, polling or 0.5 s server-sent-events push
• RTSP streaming - rtsp://<ip>:554/mjpeg into VLC, ffmpeg, or NVR software
• Radiometry tools - factory-calibrated absolute temperature measurement on Radiometric Bosons; calibrated estimation with one-point ice calibration on non-radiometric cores
• Record onboard - .jpg snapshots and .mjpg video to microSD, 200-item gallery, bulk ZIP download; hardware button: press for snapshot, hold to record
• Bluetooth broadcast for IP address discovery; DHCP/mDNS hostname gg-<serial>
• Short-range Wi-Fi streaming - contact us for antenna upgrade options
• User accounts - admin and viewer roles, salted password hashes, login lockout
• Config export/import - provision a fleet with the same zones and settings; per-sensor profiles follow the Boson core by serial
• Field-updatable firmware - release zips with integrity checksums, flashed with the free OpenMV Viewer; settings and accounts survive updates
• Removable rear cover for access to breakout pins; easy assembly, no soldering required

Applications

Continuous condition monitoring and early fire detection (electrical panels, substations, battery energy storage, waste bunkers), perimeter and critical-infrastructure security on existing NVR systems, process monitoring with SCADA/PLC integration over HTTP, R&D and machine-vision benches (OpenCV reads the RTSP stream directly), and ground-truthing Boson payloads before they fly.

Specifications

Video & Streaming

• Live MJPEG video in the browser; RTSP (rtsp://<ip>:554/mjpeg), up to 3 sessions, UDP transport
• 10 palettes; 90° rotations + mirror; 8× eZoom with picture-in-picture
• Boson 640 × 512 or 320 × 256 input at the core's frame rate

Temperature Measurement

• Radiometric cores: absolute temperature measurement, TLinear managed automatically
• Non-radiometric cores: calibrated estimation (readings marked approximate), one-point calibration per gain state
• Spot meter: hardware measurement window up to 128 × 128 (64 × 64 on 320 cores), larger boxes measured over a grid
• 4 persistent named zones + spot meter, per-zone emissivity, min/max/mean in K/°C/°F, hot/cold pixel locations
• JSON over HTTP (public read), server-sent events at 0.5 s; measurement, calibration, and stats endpoints behind login
• Boson app firmware 2.x cores: video, palettes, and RTSP work; temperature measurement reports "unavailable" (no temperature commands in that FLIR firmware)

Network & Discovery

• PoE (802.3af) - one cable for power and data; Wi-Fi as secondary transport
• DHCP hostname gg-<serial>; mDNS gg-<serial>.local; Bluetooth IP broadcast; GetThermal-Plus-Setup AP for first configuration
• DHCP or static IP; HTTP on port 80

Capture & Storage

• Snapshots (.jpg) and recordings (.mjpg, 60 s per clip) to microSD
• 200-item gallery with thumbnails, multi-select, ZIP download
• Hardware button capture with LED confirmation

Accounts & Security

• Admin + viewer accounts, salted password hashes, 5-failure login slowdown, session isolation
• Zone reads are public by design (integration endpoint); all control endpoints require login

Electrical & Mechanical

• NXP i.MX RT1062 (OpenMV RT1062 r6), PoE shield, Boson adapter
• Near-silent Noctua fan + heatsinks; 3D-printed enclosure; 1/4"-20 tripod thread; removable rear cover exposing breakout pins
• Assembly with included hardware, no soldering

Resources

• GetThermal+ User Guide (.pdf)
• GroupGets Boson POE Kit - Getting Started Guide (.pdf)
• GetThermal+ Firmware v1.0.0 (.zip - firmware, web interface, user guide, checksums)
  
• OpenMV Viewer (Windows/macOS/Linux) - loads firmware updates onto the camera
• FLIR Boson 320/640 Data Sheet rev 340 (.pdf)
• Teledyne FLIR Boson® collection - new, used, and radiometric cores

Important Notes

• FLIR Boson thermal core sold separately. Not compatible with Boson models with focal length 36 mm or greater.
• Absolute temperature measurement requires a Radiometric Boson. Non-radiometric cores provide calibrated estimation. Boson cores on app firmware 2.x stream video but cannot report temperatures.
• The enclosure is not IP-rated - for indoor use or installation inside your own housing.
• Software support is limited to the GetThermal+ User Guide and the GroupGets Help Center.
• All international customers ordering any Thermal Imaging Camera will be required to fill out an End Use Statement document before shipment.
• International Duties and Taxes are not included; you may be required to pay these before delivery.
• Your kit may look different than pictured.

Export Information

• SKU: Boson-OpenMV-POE-Kit
• HTSUS: 8542.90
• Country of Origin: China
• The FLIR Boson core (sold separately) carries its own ECCN and export requirements - see the core's product page.

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