OAK-D-CM4-POE Failing to Boot Device – "Failed to boot device!" Error

GurdeepakSidhu

Hi Luxonis Team,

We are currently experiencing an issue with an OAK-D-CM4-POE that we recently deployed.

When running any DepthAI example (for example, camera_preview.py), we consistently receive the following

RuntimeError: Failed to boot device!

It appears that the pipeline is not being successfully loaded onto the device.

Environment Details:

Device: OAK-D-CM4-POE
DepthAI version: 2.x
Running on: RVC2 device (CM4 onboard)

Also when I checked for DeviceInfo this was the output: DeviceInfo(name=2.1, deviceId=14442C10614D39D200, X_LINK_UNBOOTED, X_LINK_USB_VSC, X_LINK_MYRIAD_X, X_LINK_SUCCESS)

When I compare this to another camera that doesn't have the issue it mxid instead of deviceId key shown above. I am not sure if this information helps.

I have tried running multiple different DepthAI examples, but all of them result in the same “Failed to boot device!” error.

What’s unusual is that we have deployed other OAK-D-CM4-POE units previously using the same setup and DepthAI version, and we have not encountered this issue before.

Any guidance or troubleshooting steps would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

OskarSonc

Hey GurdeepakSidhu - which depthai version is installed on the working and which on the non-working camera can you check? mxid instead of deviceId points that you have different versions of depthai installed, afaik the swithc from mxid to deviceID happened with DepthAi v3, so its possible you have that installed...

We have premade images available here. For DAi v2 I think v10 is the last one...

Thanks,
Oskar

GurdeepakSidhu

Hi OskarSonc,

Here is an example of running the camera_preview.py sample:
(edge) pi@tallyvision-camera-0029:~/depthai-python/examples/Camera $ python3 camera_preview.py

[2026-02-26 18:39:51.672] [depthai] [warning] Skipping X_LINK_UNBOOTED device with name "2.1" ()

[2026-02-26 18:39:52.764] [depthai] [warning] skipping X_LINK_UNBOOTED device having name "2.1"

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/pi/depthai-python/examples/Camera/camera_preview.py", line 8, in <module>
with dai.Device() as device:

     ^^^^^^^^^^^^
RuntimeError: Failed to boot device!

Hope this helps!

Thank you and have a great day!

GurdeepakSidhu

Hi @OskarSonc,

Thank you for that insight.

Previously, the non-working camera was indeed running DepthAI v3. However, I’ve now created a new virtual environment and ensured that both the working and non-working cameras are using the same DepthAI version: v2.30.0.0.

Despite that, the depthai-python examples are still not working on the non-working camera. It consistently fails with a “failed to boot device” error.

Please let me know how to proceed in order to fix this issue.

Thank you and have a great day,

Best regards

OskarSonc

Are you using any custom image on this camera or on the other? One thing that you could do is flash the new image from the link I sent onto the non-working camera...
But before that, can you run the depthai-python/utilities/cam_test.py with DEPTHAI_LEVEL=debug:
DEPTHAI_LEVEL=debug XLINK_LEVEL=debug python3 cam_test.py and then send the logs back.

Thanks,
Oskar

GurdeepakSidhu

Hi OskarSonc

Hope you are doing well!

I ran the command you provided.

DEPTHAI_LEVEL=debug XLINK_LEVEL=debug python3 cam_test.py

Below are the logs:

pi@tallyvision-camera-0029:~/depthai-python/utilities $ DEPTHAI_LEVEL=debug XLINK_LEVEL=debug python3 cam_test.py

[2026-02-27 20:16:17.566] [depthai] [debug] Python bindings - version: 2.30.0.0 from build: 2025-03-18 13:32:35 +0000

[2026-02-27 20:16:17.566] [depthai] [debug] Library information - version: 2.30.0, commit: e0f6b52d048ef7ceac2ecd44deb2e161dbb97699 from 2025-03-18 12:44:00 +0100, build: 2025-03-18 11:51:40 +0000, libusb enabled: true

[2026-02-27 20:16:17.584] [depthai] [debug] Environment 'XLINK_LEVEL' set to 'debug'

[2026-02-27 20:16:17.584] [depthai] [debug] Initialize - finished

[2026-02-27 20:16:17.812] [depthai] [debug] Resources - Archive 'depthai-bootloader-fwp-0.0.28.tar.xz' open: 5ms, archive read: 231ms

[2026-02-27 20:16:18.884] [depthai] [debug] Resources - Archive 'depthai-device-fwp-a62b2ccb0bc493c2fb41694cb81c08887be24c52.tar.xz' open: 5ms, archive read: 1309ms

QObject::moveToThread: Current thread (0x3dc5ad30) is not the object's thread (0x3dfd93d0).

Cannot move to target thread (0x3dc5ad30)

qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/cv2/qt/plugins" even though it was found.

This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: xcb, eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, wayland-egl, wayland, wayland-xcomposite-egl, wayland-xcomposite-glx.

Stack trace (most recent call last):

#25 Object "[0xffffffffffffffff]", at 0xffffffffffffffff, in

#24 Object "python3", at 0x5cffef, in _start

#23 Object "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", at 0x7f9f267857, in __libc_start_main

#22 Object "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", at 0x7f9f26777f, in

#21 Object "python3", at 0x5d0153, in Py_BytesMain

#20 Object "python3", at 0x60631b, in Py_RunMain

#19 Object "python3", at 0x60806f, in _PyRun_AnyFileObject

#18 Object "python3", at 0x608307, in _PyRun_SimpleFileObject

#17 Object "python3", at 0x60875f, in

#16 Object "python3", at 0x5f7bcf, in

#15 Object "python3", at 0x5fafa7, in

#14 Object "python3", at 0x4a0b5f, in PyEval_EvalCode

#13 Object "python3", at 0x4aa23b, in _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault

#12 Object "python3", at 0x4944d7, in _PyObject_MakeTpCall

#11 Object "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/PyQt5/sip.cpython-311-aarch64-linux-gnu.so", at 0x7f8859afa7, in

#10 Object "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/PyQt5/QtWidgets.abi3.so", at 0x7f893fff0b, in

#9 Object "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/PyQt5/QtWidgets.abi3.so", at 0x7f893ffe23, in

#8 Object "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5", at 0x7f79561c87, in QApplicationPrivate::init()

#7 Object "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5", at 0x7f804d24eb, in QGuiApplicationPrivate::init()

#6 Object "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5", at 0x7f81b03ebf, in QCoreApplicationPrivate::init()

#5 Object "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5", at 0x7f804cf297, in QGuiApplicationPrivate::createEventDispatcher()

#4 Object "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5", at 0x7f804cee33, in QGuiApplicationPrivate::createPlatformIntegration()

#3 Object "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5", at 0x7f818ede3b, in QMessageLogger::fatal(char const*, ...) const

#2 Object "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", at 0x7f9f2674bb, in abort

#1 Object "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", at 0x7f9f27a76b, in gsignal

#0 Object "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", at 0x7f9f2c09d0, in

Aborted (Signal sent by tkill() 2988 1000)

Aborted

Also, this camera is physically deployed at the client’s factory. If flashing the new image is required, would I be able to do that remotely?

Thanks again and looking forward to hearing from you,
Best regards

GurdeepakSidhu

OskarSonc

I tried running the command Offscreen and I am getting this error.

> QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen DEPTHAI_LEVEL=debug XLINK_LEVEL=debug python3 cam_test.py
>
> [2026-02-27 20:33:55.125] [depthai] [debug] Python bindings - version: 2.30.0.0 from  build: 2025-03-18 13:32:35 +0000
>
> [2026-02-27 20:33:55.125] [depthai] [debug] Library information - version: 2.30.0, commit: e0f6b52d048ef7ceac2ecd44deb2e161dbb97699 from 2025-03-18 12:44:00 +0100, build: 2025-03-18 11:51:40 +0000, libusb enabled: true
>
> [2026-02-27 20:33:55.143] [depthai] [debug] Environment 'XLINK_LEVEL' set to 'debug'
>
> [2026-02-27 20:33:55.143] [depthai] [debug] Initialize - finished
>
> [2026-02-27 20:33:55.370] [depthai] [debug] Resources - Archive 'depthai-bootloader-fwp-0.0.28.tar.xz' open: 5ms, archive read: 238ms
>
> E: [global] [    435956] [Thread (pooled)] getLibusbDeviceMxId:411	libusb_bulk_transfer (Input/Output Error), transfer: 0, expected: 9
>
> D: [global] [    435956] [Thread (pooled)] getUSBDevices:171	getLibusbDeviceMxId returned: Input/Output Error
>
> [2026-02-27 20:33:56.429] [depthai] [debug] Resources - Archive 'depthai-device-fwp-a62b2ccb0bc493c2fb41694cb81c08887be24c52.tar.xz' open: 5ms, archive read: 1297ms
>
> [2026-02-27 20:33:56.481] [depthai] [warning] skipping X_LINK_UNBOOTED device having name "2.1"
>
> This plugin does not support propagateSizeHints()
>
> E: [global] [    438430] [Thread (pooled)] getLibusbDeviceMxId:411	libusb_bulk_transfer (Input/Output Error), transfer: 0, expected: 9
>
> E: [global] [    438439] [Thread (pooled)] getLibusbDeviceMxId:411	libusb_bulk_transfer (Input/Output Error), transfer: 0, expected: 9
>
> E: [global] [    438442] [Thread (pooled)] getLibusbDeviceMxId:411	libusb_bulk_transfer (Input/Output Error), transfer: 0, expected: 9
>
> E: [global] [    438450] [Thread (pooled)] getLibusbDeviceMxId:411	libusb_bulk_transfer (Input/Output Error), transfer: 0, expected: 9
>
> D: [global] [    438450] [Thread (pooled)] getUSBDevices:171	getLibusbDeviceMxId returned: Input/Output Error
>
> [2026-02-27 20:33:58.953] [depthai] [warning] skipping X_LINK_UNBOOTED device having name "2.1"
>
> E: [global] [    440933] [Thread (pooled)] getLibusbDeviceMxId:411	libusb_bulk_transfer (Input/Output Error), transfer: 0, expected: 9
>
> E: [global] [    440941] [Thread (pooled)] getLibusbDeviceMxId:411	libusb_bulk_transfer (Input/Output Error), transfer: 0, expected: 9
>
> E: [global] [    440961] [Thread (pooled)] getLibusbDeviceMxId:411	libusb_bulk_transfer (Input/Output Error), transfer: 0, expected: 9

I hope this helps in isolating the issue and finding a resolution.
Best regards,

OskarSonc

Hm I have seen similar problems here:
https://discuss.luxonis.com/d/6243-cm4-connection-issues/18
If you run lsusb does Pi see the device?
And what do you get when running this:

import depthai as dai
dai.Device.getAllAvailableDevices()

Also try running this:
DEPTHAI_LEVEL=debug XLINK_LEVEL=debug python3 ~/depthai-python/examples/host_side/device_information.py

GurdeepakSidhu

Hi OskarSonc

Thank you for getting back to me.

This is the output when I run lsusb:

pi@tallyvision-camera-0029:~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 03e7:2485 Intel Movidius MyriadX
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

It seems like I see the following device Intel Movidius MyriadX, is this device you are referring to?

After running the following code:

import depthai as dai
dai.Device.getAllAvailableDevices()

It returns null with the warning shown below:

pi@tallyvision-camera-0029:~ $ python3 test.py
[2026-03-02 19:29:44.161] [depthai] [warning] skipping X_LINK_UNBOOTED device having name "2.1"

I also tried running this command:
DEPTHAI_LEVEL=debug XLINK_LEVEL=debug python3 ~/depthai-python/examples/host_side/device_information.py

This is the output I get:

pi@tallyvision-camera-0029:~ $ DEPTHAI_LEVEL=debug XLINK_LEVEL=debug python3 ~/depthai-python/examples/host_side/device_information.py
[2026-03-02 19:36:42.544] [depthai] [debug] Python bindings - version: 2.30.0.0 from  build: 2025-03-18 13:32:35 +0000
[2026-03-02 19:36:42.545] [depthai] [debug] Library information - version: 2.30.0, commit: e0f6b52d048ef7ceac2ecd44deb2e161dbb97699 from 2025-03-18 12:44:00 +0100, build: 2025-03-18 11:51:40 +0000, libusb enabled: true
[2026-03-02 19:36:42.561] [depthai] [debug] Environment 'XLINK_LEVEL' set to 'debug'
[2026-03-02 19:36:42.561] [depthai] [debug] Initialize - finished
Searching for all available devices...

E: [global] [    202599] [python3] getLibusbDeviceMxId:411	libusb_bulk_transfer (Input/Output Error), transfer: 0, expected: 9
E: [global] [    202605] [python3] getLibusbDeviceMxId:411	libusb_bulk_transfer (Input/Output Error), transfer: 0, expected: 9
D: [global] [    202606] [python3] getUSBDevices:171	getLibusbDeviceMxId returned: Input/Output Error
[2026-03-02 19:36:42.770] [depthai] [debug] Resources - Archive 'depthai-bootloader-fwp-0.0.28.tar.xz' open: 5ms, archive read: 219ms
[2026-03-02 19:36:43.113] [depthai] [warning] skipping X_LINK_UNBOOTED device having name "2.1"
Couldn't find any available devices.
[2026-03-02 19:36:43.810] [depthai] [debug] Resources - Archive 'depthai-device-fwp-a62b2ccb0bc493c2fb41694cb81c08887be24c52.tar.xz' open: 5ms, archive read: 1259ms

It seems like the issue is that the Pi can't find the camera device. How can we fix this issue?
Also, I don't have the camera with me and it is in the factory, so any fix that I am able to do is restricted to being performed while I am ssh'd into the device.

Thank you and looking forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,

GurdeepakSidhu

OskarSonc

Just following up on the last message.

Thank you and looking forward to hearing from you!

Best regards,

OskarSonc

GurdeepakSidhu try running this two commans:

sudo ln -sf renesas/K2026.mem /lib/firmware/renesas_usb_fw.mem
echo -n 0000:01:00.0 | sudo tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci-pci-renesas/bind
This worked for most people. If not my next suggestion would be to try to try re-seating the SOM or reflashing with newer image, but for that you will need a device.

Thanks

GurdeepakSidhu

OskarSonc

It seems that I am able to display the device now using the following command:

python3 -c "import depthai as dai; print(dai.Device.getAllAvailableDevices())"

and I get the device back

pi@tallyvision-camera-0029:~ $ python3 -c "import depthai as dai; print(dai.Device.getAllAvailableDevices())"

[DeviceInfo(name=2.1, mxid=14442C10614D39D200, X_LINK_UNBOOTED, X_LINK_USB_VSC, X_LINK_MYRIAD_X, X_LINK_SUCCESS)]

But it seems like the device is failing at this step

W: [global] [ 854042] [python3] send_file:595 bulk write: Input/Output Error (39424 bytes written, 1048576 bytes to write)

based on running the device_information.py file. You can see the full log below:

pi@tallyvision-camera-0029:~ $ DEPTHAI_LEVEL=debug XLINK_LEVEL=debug python3 ~/depthai-python/examples/host_side/device_information.py

[2026-03-03 23:17:32.677] [depthai] [debug] Python bindings - version: 2.30.0.0 from  build: 2025-03-18 13:32:35 +0000

[2026-03-03 23:17:32.677] [depthai] [debug] Library information - version: 2.30.0, commit: e0f6b52d048ef7ceac2ecd44deb2e161dbb97699 from 2025-03-18 12:44:00 +0100, build: 2025-03-18 11:51:40 +0000, libusb enabled: true

[2026-03-03 23:17:32.691] [depthai] [debug] Environment 'XLINK_LEVEL' set to 'debug'

[2026-03-03 23:17:32.692] [depthai] [debug] Initialize - finished

Searching for all available devices...

D: [global] [    852721] [python3] getLibusbDeviceMxId:482	Cached MX ID 14442C10614D39D200 at index 0

D: [global] [    852721] [python3] getUSBDevices:171	getLibusbDeviceMxId returned: Success

[2026-03-03 23:17:32.899] [depthai] [debug] Resources - Archive 'depthai-bootloader-fwp-0.0.28.tar.xz' open: 5ms, archive read: 216ms

Found device '2.1', MxId: '14442C10614D39D200', State: 'UNBOOTED'

Booting the first available camera (2.1)...

/home/pi/depthai-python/examples/host_side/device_information.py:22: DeprecationWarning: Use constructor taking 'UsbSpeed' instead

  with dai.Device(dai.Pipeline(), infos[0], usb2Mode=False) as device:

[2026-03-03 23:17:33.230] [host] [debug] Device - OpenVINO version: universal

[14442C10614D39D200] [2.1] [1772579853.230] [host] [debug] Device - BoardConfig: {"camera":[],"emmc":null,"gpio":[],"imu":null,"logDevicePrints":null,"logPath":null,"logSizeMax":null,"logVerbosity":null,"network":{"mtu":0,"xlinkTcpNoDelay":true},"nonExclusiveMode":false,"pcieInternalClock":null,"sysctl":[],"uart":[],"usb":{"flashBootedPid":63037,"flashBootedVid":999,"manufacturer":"","maxSpeed":4,"pid":63035,"productName":"","vid":999},"usb3PhyInternalClock":null,"uvc":null,"watchdogInitialDelayMs":null,"watchdogTimeoutMs":null} 

libnop:

0000: b9 12 b9 07 81 e7 03 81 3b f6 81 e7 03 81 3d f6 04 bd 00 bd 00 b9 02 00 01 ba 00 be be bb 00 bb

0020: 00 be be be be be be be 00 bb 00 be be

[2026-03-03 23:17:33.930] [depthai] [debug] Resources - Archive 'depthai-device-fwp-a62b2ccb0bc493c2fb41694cb81c08887be24c52.tar.xz' open: 5ms, archive read: 1247ms

D: [global] [    854034] [python3] getLibusbDeviceMxId:482	Cached MX ID 14442C10614D39D200 at index 0

D: [global] [    854034] [python3] getUSBDevices:171	getLibusbDeviceMxId returned: Success

D: [global] [    854034] [python3] usb_open_device:548	Found EP 0x81 : max packet size is 512 bytes

D: [global] [    854034] [python3] usb_open_device:548	Found EP 0x01 : max packet size is 512 bytes

D: [global] [    854035] [python3] send_file:583	Performing bulk write of 27489219 bytes...

W: [global] [    854042] [python3] send_file:595	bulk write: Input/Output Error (39424 bytes written, 1048576 bytes to write)

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/home/pi/depthai-python/examples/host_side/device_information.py", line 22, in <module>

    with dai.Device(dai.Pipeline(), infos[0], usb2Mode=False) as device:

         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

RuntimeError: Failed to boot device!

Now that we can discover the camera, how can we fix this issue?

Thank you for your support and looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards

OskarSonc

GurdeepakSidhu - does that happen when you ran every example? Can you try utilites/cam_test.py ?
One more thing would be updating to the latest depthaiv2...

GurdeepakSidhu

OskarSonc

Hi,

I hope you’re doing well.

I SSH’d into the device today and noticed that the camera is no longer being detected. When I run lsusb, the MyriadX device does not appear. I was hoping you might be able to help me understand what could cause this behavior.

This particular unit has shown this issue right out of the box, whereas we haven’t experienced anything similar with our other cameras. I just want to make sure we’re following the correct troubleshooting steps.

Would you kindly advise on the recommended course of action in this case? Specifically, would it be better to reset the SOM or to reflash the image? I would also really appreciate it if you could clarify the difference between these two options and when each should be used.

I reviewed the documentation (https://docs.luxonis.com/hardware/platform/deploy/to-rpi/#Deploy%20with%20Raspberry%20Pi-Flashing%20an%20image%20to%20the%20eMMC), but it appears to reference the OAK-D CM4 version rather than the PoE model we’re working with. If possible, could you please guide me through the correct process for the PoE version? I’ll need to document the steps clearly so our client can perform them on their end.

Thank you very much for your time and support. It’s truly appreciated.

OskarSonc

GurdeepakSidhu - seems like the renesas driver is having some troubles...
If you ran the two lines I sent before, it resets it and then the device can be found again, but if the device reboots or power is lost the renesas has to be rebuild again. We found that this is Renesas/CM4 PCIe problem on some kernals...

That's why we updated the image to v11 which should improve on this.
Can you check wheter your device has CM4 lite or normal, its written here in docs how to know:
https://docs.luxonis.com/hardware/platform/deploy/to-rpi/#Deploy%20with%20Raspberry%20Pi-Flashing%20an%20image%20to%20the%20eMMC

If it has then you can just flash the sd card, if not you must do the USB boot which is explained in the docs linked above.

GurdeepakSidhu

OskarSonc

Since I have an OAK-D-CM4-POE camera, it seems from the documentation that this model uses the CM4 Lite module. Based on that, it looks like I would only need to flash the latest image onto the microSD card.

I will try reflashing the image tomorrow. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction and for your guidance.

Once I have reflashed the image onto the microSD card and reinserted it into the camera, could you please let me know what the next steps would be? For example, is there any additional setup or verification I should perform after the device boots?

Thanks again, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

GurdeepakSidhu

In case it is not CM4 Lite, instead of using 5V Barrel Jack to power the camera can I use the POE?

Thank you and appreciate it

OskarSonc

GurdeepakSidhu Since I have an OAK-D-CM4-POE camera, it seems from the documentation that this model uses the CM4 Lite module. Based on that, it looks like I would only need to flash the latest image onto the microSD card.

Afaik not alll CM4 POE cameras use CM4 Lite, so its best to check by looking at the CM4 module as per docs.

GurdeepakSidhu Once I have reflashed the image onto the microSD card and reinserted it into the camera, could you please let me know what the next steps would be? For example, is there any additional setup or verification I should perform after the device boots?

It should work straight out of the box. Just make sure the depthai version is the correct one, since newer images come with newer Depthai.

OskarSonc

GurdeepakSidhu - do you mean when flashing, then yes.