diff --git a/photon-client/src/components/settings/NetworkingCard.vue b/photon-client/src/components/settings/NetworkingCard.vue
index 82c6a17a1a..1b3b7bb566 100644
--- a/photon-client/src/components/settings/NetworkingCard.vue
+++ b/photon-client/src/components/settings/NetworkingCard.vue
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ const settingsHaveChanged = (): boolean => {
     a.shouldPublishProto !== b.shouldPublishProto ||
     a.networkManagerIface !== b.networkManagerIface ||
     a.setStaticCommand !== b.setStaticCommand ||
-    a.setDHCPcommand !== b.setDHCPcommand
+    a.setDHCPcommand !== b.setDHCPcommand ||
+    a.matchCamerasOnlyByPath !== b.matchCamerasOnlyByPath
   );
 };
 
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ const saveGeneralSettings = () => {
     setStaticCommand: tempSettingsStruct.value.setStaticCommand || "",
     shouldManage: tempSettingsStruct.value.shouldManage,
     shouldPublishProto: tempSettingsStruct.value.shouldPublishProto,
+    matchCamerasOnlyByPath: tempSettingsStruct.value.matchCamerasOnlyByPath,
     staticIp: tempSettingsStruct.value.staticIp
   };
 
@@ -137,6 +139,8 @@ watchEffect(() => {
 
 <template>
   <v-card dark class="mb-3 pr-6 pb-3" style="background-color: #006492">
+    <v-card-title>Global Settings</v-card-title>
+    <v-divider />
     <v-card-title>Networking</v-card-title>
     <div class="ml-5">
       <v-form ref="form" v-model="settingsValid">
@@ -254,6 +258,9 @@ watchEffect(() => {
         >
           This mode is intended for debugging; it should be off for proper usage. PhotonLib will NOT work!
         </v-banner>
+
+        <v-divider />
+        <v-card-title>Miscellaneous</v-card-title>
         <pv-switch
           v-model="tempSettingsStruct.shouldPublishProto"
           label="Also Publish Protobuf"
@@ -272,6 +279,14 @@ watchEffect(() => {
           This mode is intended for debugging; it should be off for field use. You may notice a performance hit by using
           this mode.
         </v-banner>
+        <pv-switch
+          v-model="tempSettingsStruct.matchCamerasOnlyByPath"
+          label="Match cameras by-path ONLY"
+          tooltip="ONLY match cameras by the USB port they're plugged into + (basename or USB VID/PID), and never only by the device product string"
+          class="mt-3 mb-2"
+          :label-cols="4"
+        />
+        <v-divider class="mb-3" />
       </v-form>
       <v-btn
         color="accent"
diff --git a/photon-client/src/stores/settings/GeneralSettingsStore.ts b/photon-client/src/stores/settings/GeneralSettingsStore.ts
index c525b8b0b9..ce52df1539 100644
--- a/photon-client/src/stores/settings/GeneralSettingsStore.ts
+++ b/photon-client/src/stores/settings/GeneralSettingsStore.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ export const useSettingsStore = defineStore("settings", {
           connName: "Example Wired Connection",
           devName: "eth0"
         }
-      ]
+      ],
+      networkingDisabled: false,
+      matchCamerasOnlyByPath: false
     },
     lighting: {
       supported: true,
diff --git a/photon-client/src/types/SettingTypes.ts b/photon-client/src/types/SettingTypes.ts
index da063485b8..bef69c2b45 100644
--- a/photon-client/src/types/SettingTypes.ts
+++ b/photon-client/src/types/SettingTypes.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export interface NetworkSettings {
   setDHCPcommand?: string;
   networkInterfaceNames: NetworkInterfaceType[];
   networkingDisabled: boolean;
+  matchCamerasOnlyByPath: boolean;
 }
 
 export type ConfigurableNetworkSettings = Omit<
diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/CameraConfiguration.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/CameraConfiguration.java
index 4d8ad991ae..c69ac7c74f 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/CameraConfiguration.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/CameraConfiguration.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import org.photonvision.common.logging.LogGroup;
 import org.photonvision.common.logging.Logger;
 import org.photonvision.vision.calibration.CameraCalibrationCoefficients;
@@ -51,6 +52,12 @@ public class CameraConfiguration {
 
     @JsonIgnore public String[] otherPaths = {};
 
+    @JsonProperty("usbVID")
+    public int usbVID = -1;
+
+    @JsonProperty("usbPID")
+    public int usbPID = -1;
+
     public CameraType cameraType = CameraType.UsbCamera;
     public double FOV = 70;
     public final List<CameraCalibrationCoefficients> calibrations;
@@ -98,7 +105,9 @@ public CameraConfiguration(
             @JsonProperty("cameraType") CameraType cameraType,
             @JsonProperty("cameraQuirks") QuirkyCamera cameraQuirks,
             @JsonProperty("calibration") List<CameraCalibrationCoefficients> calibrations,
-            @JsonProperty("currentPipelineIndex") int currentPipelineIndex) {
+            @JsonProperty("currentPipelineIndex") int currentPipelineIndex,
+            @JsonProperty("usbVID") int usbVID,
+            @JsonProperty("usbPID") int usbPID) {
         this.baseName = baseName;
         this.uniqueName = uniqueName;
         this.nickname = nickname;
@@ -108,6 +117,8 @@ public CameraConfiguration(
         this.cameraQuirks = cameraQuirks;
         this.calibrations = calibrations != null ? calibrations : new ArrayList<>();
         this.currentPipelineIndex = currentPipelineIndex;
+        this.usbPID = usbPID;
+        this.usbVID = usbVID;
 
         logger.debug(
                 "Creating camera configuration for "
@@ -156,6 +167,17 @@ public void addCalibration(CameraCalibrationCoefficients calibration) {
         calibrations.add(calibration);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get a unique descriptor of the USB port this camera is attached to. EG
+     * "/dev/v4l/by-path/platform-fc800000.usb-usb-0:1.3:1.0-video-index0"
+     *
+     * @return
+     */
+    @JsonIgnore
+    public Optional<String> getUSBPath() {
+        return Arrays.stream(otherPaths).filter(path -> path.contains("/by-path/")).findFirst();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return "CameraConfiguration [baseName="
diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/HardwareSettings.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/HardwareSettings.java
index 3ef424dfe2..91dbc4fc65 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/HardwareSettings.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/HardwareSettings.java
@@ -20,6 +20,24 @@
 public class HardwareSettings {
     public int ledBrightnessPercentage = 100;
 
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        final int prime = 31;
+        int result = 1;
+        result = prime * result + ledBrightnessPercentage;
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj) return true;
+        if (obj == null) return false;
+        if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) return false;
+        HardwareSettings other = (HardwareSettings) obj;
+        if (ledBrightnessPercentage != other.ledBrightnessPercentage) return false;
+        return true;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return "HardwareSettings [ledBrightnessPercentage=" + ledBrightnessPercentage + "]";
diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/NetworkConfig.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/NetworkConfig.java
index 3b53096163..5f1fb354c1 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/NetworkConfig.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/NetworkConfig.java
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ public class NetworkConfig {
     public boolean shouldManage;
     public boolean shouldPublishProto = false;
 
+    /**
+     * If we should ONLY match cameras by path, and NEVER only by base-name. For now default to false
+     * to preserve old matching logic
+     */
+    public boolean matchCamerasOnlyByPath = false;
+
     @JsonIgnore public static final String NM_IFACE_STRING = "${interface}";
     @JsonIgnore public static final String NM_IP_STRING = "${ipaddr}";
 
@@ -76,7 +82,8 @@ public NetworkConfig(
             @JsonProperty("shouldPublishProto") boolean shouldPublishProto,
             @JsonProperty("networkManagerIface") String networkManagerIface,
             @JsonProperty("setStaticCommand") String setStaticCommand,
-            @JsonProperty("setDHCPcommand") String setDHCPcommand) {
+            @JsonProperty("setDHCPcommand") String setDHCPcommand,
+            @JsonProperty("matchCamerasOnlyByPath") boolean matchCamerasOnlyByPath) {
         this.ntServerAddress = ntServerAddress;
         this.connectionType = connectionType;
         this.staticIp = staticIp;
@@ -86,6 +93,7 @@ public NetworkConfig(
         this.networkManagerIface = networkManagerIface;
         this.setStaticCommand = setStaticCommand;
         this.setDHCPcommand = setDHCPcommand;
+        this.matchCamerasOnlyByPath = matchCamerasOnlyByPath;
         setShouldManage(shouldManage);
     }
 
diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/mrcal/MrCalJNILoader.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/mrcal/MrCalJNILoader.java
index d9b84125d4..c7a6576b3b 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/mrcal/MrCalJNILoader.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/mrcal/MrCalJNILoader.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public static synchronized void forceLoad() throws IOException {
                             "libcolamd",
                             "libccolamd",
                             "openblas",
+                            "libwinpthread-1",
                             "libgcc_s_seh-1",
                             "libquadmath-0",
                             "libgfortran-5",
diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/CameraInfo.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/CameraInfo.java
index 79f0fd7846..e7a9f4b04a 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/CameraInfo.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/CameraInfo.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import edu.wpi.first.cscore.UsbCameraInfo;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 public class CameraInfo extends UsbCameraInfo {
     public final CameraType cameraType;
@@ -68,6 +69,16 @@ public String getHumanReadableName() {
         return getBaseName().replaceAll(" ", "_");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get a unique descriptor of the USB port this camera is attached to. EG
+     * "/dev/v4l/by-path/platform-fc800000.usb-usb-0:1.3:1.0-video-index0"
+     *
+     * @return
+     */
+    public Optional<String> getUSBPath() {
+        return Arrays.stream(otherPaths).filter(path -> path.contains("/by-path/")).findFirst();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object o) {
         if (o == this) return true;
@@ -79,4 +90,19 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
                 && productId == other.productId
                 && vendorId == other.vendorId;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "CameraInfo [cameraType="
+                + cameraType
+                + "baseName="
+                + getBaseName()
+                + ", vid="
+                + vendorId
+                + ", pid="
+                + productId
+                + ", otherPaths="
+                + Arrays.toString(otherPaths)
+                + "]";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/USBCameraSource.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/USBCameraSource.java
index 15f67200ad..1a29a9af2f 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/USBCameraSource.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/USBCameraSource.java
@@ -49,9 +49,17 @@ public USBCameraSource(CameraConfiguration config) {
         super(config);
 
         logger = new Logger(USBCameraSource.class, config.nickname, LogGroup.Camera);
-        camera = new UsbCamera(config.nickname, config.path);
+        // cscore will auto-reconnect to the camera path we give it. v4l does not guarantee that if i
+        // swap cameras around, the same /dev/videoN ID will be assigned to that camera. So instead
+        // default to pinning to a particular USB port, or by "path" (appears to be a global identifier)
+        // on Windows.
+        camera = new UsbCamera(config.nickname, config.getUSBPath().orElse(config.path));
         cvSink = CameraServer.getVideo(this.camera);
 
+        // set vid/pid if not done already for future matching
+        if (config.usbVID < 0) config.usbVID = this.camera.getInfo().vendorId;
+        if (config.usbPID < 0) config.usbPID = this.camera.getInfo().productId;
+
         if (getCameraConfiguration().cameraQuirks == null)
             getCameraConfiguration().cameraQuirks =
                     QuirkyCamera.getQuirkyCamera(
diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/processes/VisionSourceManager.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/processes/VisionSourceManager.java
index 9837fd5468..d5ceda85a8 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/processes/VisionSourceManager.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/processes/VisionSourceManager.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.photonvision.common.configuration.CameraConfiguration;
 import org.photonvision.common.configuration.ConfigManager;
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ protected List<VisionSource> tryMatchCamImpl(ArrayList<CameraInfo> cameraInfos)
 
         // Debug prints
         for (var info : connectedCameras) {
-            logger.info("Adding local video device - \"" + info.name + "\" at \"" + info.path + "\"");
+            logger.info("Detected unmatched physical camera: " + info.toString());
         }
 
         if (!unmatchedLoadedConfigs.isEmpty())
@@ -216,6 +217,52 @@ protected List<VisionSource> tryMatchCamImpl(ArrayList<CameraInfo> cameraInfos)
         return sources;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get a predicate for checking cameras against a saved config.
+     *
+     * @param savedConfig The saved camera configuration to match against
+     * @param checkUSBPath If we should compare the USB port/bus IDs
+     * @param checkVidPid If we should compare USB VID and PID
+     * @param checkBaseName If we should compare {@link CameraInfo#getBaseName}
+     * @param checkPath If we should check {@link CameraInfo::path} (eg /dev/videoN on Linux, or
+     *     ?/usb#vid_05c8&pid_03df&mi_00#7&fa76035&0&0000#{e5323777-f976-4f5b-9b55-b94699c46e44}\global
+     *     on Windows)
+     */
+    private final Predicate<CameraInfo> getCameraMatcher(
+            final CameraConfiguration savedConfig,
+            boolean checkUSBPath,
+            boolean checkVidPid,
+            boolean checkBaseName,
+            boolean checkPath) {
+        if (checkUSBPath && savedConfig.getUSBPath().isEmpty()) {
+            logger.debug(
+                    "WARN: Camera has empty USB path, but asked to match by name: "
+                            + camCfgToString(savedConfig));
+        }
+
+        return (CameraInfo physicalCamera) -> {
+            var matches = true;
+
+            if (checkUSBPath) {
+                var savedPath = savedConfig.getUSBPath();
+                matches &= (savedPath.isPresent() && physicalCamera.getUSBPath().equals(savedPath));
+            }
+            if (checkBaseName) {
+                matches &= physicalCamera.getBaseName().equals(savedConfig.baseName);
+            }
+            if (checkVidPid) {
+                matches &=
+                        (physicalCamera.vendorId == savedConfig.usbVID
+                                && physicalCamera.productId == savedConfig.usbPID);
+            }
+            if (checkPath) {
+                matches &= (physicalCamera.path.equals(savedConfig.path));
+            }
+
+            return matches;
+        };
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create {@link CameraConfiguration}s based on a list of detected USB cameras and the configs on
      * disk.
@@ -226,35 +273,111 @@ protected List<VisionSource> tryMatchCamImpl(ArrayList<CameraInfo> cameraInfos)
      */
     public List<CameraConfiguration> matchCameras(
             List<CameraInfo> detectedCamInfos, List<CameraConfiguration> loadedCamConfigs) {
+        return matchCameras(
+                detectedCamInfos,
+                loadedCamConfigs,
+                ConfigManager.getInstance().getConfig().getNetworkConfig().matchCamerasOnlyByPath);
+    }
+
+    private static final String camCfgToString(CameraConfiguration c) {
+        return new StringBuilder()
+                .append("[baseName=")
+                .append(c.baseName)
+                .append(", uniqueName=")
+                .append(c.uniqueName)
+                .append(", otherPaths=")
+                .append(Arrays.toString(c.otherPaths))
+                .append(", vid=")
+                .append(c.usbVID)
+                .append(", pid=")
+                .append(c.usbPID)
+                .append("]")
+                .toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create {@link CameraConfiguration}s based on a list of detected USB cameras and the configs on
+     * disk.
+     *
+     * @param detectedCamInfos Information about currently connected USB cameras.
+     * @param loadedCamConfigs The USB {@link CameraConfiguration}s loaded from disk.
+     * @param matchCamerasOnlyByPath If we should never try to match only by (base name, vid, pid)
+     * @return the matched configurations.
+     */
+    public List<CameraConfiguration> matchCameras(
+            List<CameraInfo> detectedCamInfos,
+            List<CameraConfiguration> loadedCamConfigs,
+            boolean matchCamerasOnlyByPath) {
         var detectedCameraList = new ArrayList<>(detectedCamInfos);
         ArrayList<CameraConfiguration> cameraConfigurations = new ArrayList<CameraConfiguration>();
         ArrayList<CameraConfiguration> unloadedConfigs =
                 new ArrayList<CameraConfiguration>(loadedCamConfigs);
 
-        if (detectedCameraList.size() > 0 || unloadedConfigs.size() > 0)
-            cameraConfigurations.addAll(matchByPathByID(detectedCameraList, unloadedConfigs));
-        else logger.debug("Skipping matchByPath no configs or cameras left to match");
-
-        if (detectedCameraList.size() > 0 || unloadedConfigs.size() > 0)
-            cameraConfigurations.addAll(matchByPath(detectedCameraList, unloadedConfigs));
-        else logger.debug("Skipping matchByPath no configs or cameras left to match");
-
-        if (detectedCameraList.size() > 0 || unloadedConfigs.size() > 0)
-            cameraConfigurations.addAll(matchByName(detectedCameraList, unloadedConfigs));
-        else logger.debug("Skipping matchByName no configs or cameras left to match");
+        if (detectedCameraList.size() > 0 || unloadedConfigs.size() > 0) {
+            logger.info("Matching by usb port & name & USB VID/PID...");
+            cameraConfigurations.addAll(
+                    matchCamerasByStrategy(detectedCameraList, unloadedConfigs, true, true, true, false));
+        } else
+            logger.debug("Skipping match by usb port/name/vid/pid, no configs or cameras left to match");
+
+        // On windows, the v4l path is actually useful and tells us the port the camera is physically
+        // connected to which is neat
+        if (Platform.isWindows()) {
+            if (detectedCameraList.size() > 0 || unloadedConfigs.size() > 0) {
+                logger.info("Matching by windows-path & USB VID/PID only...");
+                cameraConfigurations.addAll(
+                        matchCamerasByStrategy(detectedCameraList, unloadedConfigs, false, true, true, true));
+            } else
+                logger.debug(
+                        "Skipping matching by windiws-path/name/vid/pid, no configs or cameras left to match");
+        }
 
-        if (detectedCameraList.size() > 0)
+        if (detectedCameraList.size() > 0 || unloadedConfigs.size() > 0) {
+            logger.info("Matching by usb port & USB VID/PID...");
+            cameraConfigurations.addAll(
+                    matchCamerasByStrategy(detectedCameraList, unloadedConfigs, true, true, false, false));
+        } else logger.debug("Skipping match by port/vid/pid, no configs or cameras left to match");
+
+        // handle disabling only-by-base-name matching
+        if (!matchCamerasOnlyByPath) {
+            if (detectedCameraList.size() > 0 || unloadedConfigs.size() > 0) {
+                logger.info("Matching by base-name & USB VID/PID only...");
+                cameraConfigurations.addAll(
+                        matchCamerasByStrategy(detectedCameraList, unloadedConfigs, false, true, true, false));
+            } else
+                logger.debug("Skipping match by base-name/viid/pid, no configs or cameras left to match");
+        } else logger.info("Skipping match by filepath/vid/pid, disabled by user");
+
+        if (detectedCameraList.size() > 0) {
             cameraConfigurations.addAll(
                     createConfigsForCameras(detectedCameraList, unloadedConfigs, cameraConfigurations));
+        }
 
         logger.debug("Matched or created " + cameraConfigurations.size() + " camera configs!");
         return cameraConfigurations;
     }
 
-    // loop over all the configs loaded from disk, attempting to match each camera
-    // to a config by path-by-id on linux
-    private List<CameraConfiguration> matchByPathByID(
-            List<CameraInfo> detectedCamInfos, List<CameraConfiguration> unloadedConfigs) {
+    /**
+     * Abstractly match cameras
+     *
+     * @param detectedCamInfos Physical cameras unmatched and attached to the device
+     * @param unloadedConfigs {@link CameraConfiguration}
+     * @param checkUSBPath If we should compare the USB port/bus IDs
+     * @param checkVidPid If we should compare USB VID and PID
+     * @param checkBaseName If we should check {@link CameraInfo::getBaseName}
+     * @param checkPath If we should check {@link CameraInfo::path} (eg /dev/videoN on Linux, or
+     *     usb#vid_05c8&pid_03df&mi_00#7&fa76035&0&0000#{e5323777-f976-4f5b-9b55-b94699c46e44}\global
+     *     on Windows). Note that path may change based on order cameras are plugged in/unplugged on
+     *     Linux, and should not be trusted to remain the same.
+     * @return All matched or created new configs
+     */
+    private List<CameraConfiguration> matchCamerasByStrategy(
+            List<CameraInfo> detectedCamInfos,
+            List<CameraConfiguration> unloadedConfigs,
+            boolean checkUSBPath,
+            boolean checkVidPid,
+            boolean checkBaseName,
+            boolean checkPath) {
         List<CameraConfiguration> ret = new ArrayList<CameraConfiguration>();
         List<CameraConfiguration> unloadedConfigsCopy =
                 new ArrayList<CameraConfiguration>(unloadedConfigs);
@@ -262,111 +385,43 @@ private List<CameraConfiguration> matchByPathByID(
         for (CameraConfiguration config : unloadedConfigsCopy) {
             // Only run match path by id if the camera is not a CSI camera.
             if (config.cameraType != CameraType.ZeroCopyPicam) {
-                CameraInfo cameraInfo;
-                if (config.otherPaths.length == 0) {
-                    logger.debug("No valid path-by-id found for config with name " + config.baseName);
+                logger.debug(
+                        String.format(
+                                "Trying to find a match for loaded camera %s by strategy (path %s vid/pid %s basename %s path %s) with camera config: %s",
+                                config.baseName,
+                                checkUSBPath,
+                                checkVidPid,
+                                checkBaseName,
+                                checkPath,
+                                camCfgToString(config)));
+
+                // Get matcher and filter against it, picking out the first match
+                Predicate<CameraInfo> matches =
+                        getCameraMatcher(config, checkUSBPath, checkVidPid, checkBaseName, checkPath);
+                var cameraInfo = detectedCamInfos.stream().filter(matches).findFirst().orElse(null);
+
+                // If we actually matched a camera to a config, remove that camera from the list
+                // and add it to the output
+                if (cameraInfo != null) {
+                    logger.debug("Matched the config for " + config.baseName + " to a physical camera!");
+                    ret.add(mergeInfoIntoConfig(config, cameraInfo));
+                    detectedCamInfos.remove(cameraInfo);
+                    unloadedConfigs.remove(config);
                 } else {
-                    // attempt matching by path and basename
-                    logger.debug(
-                            "Trying to find a match for loaded camera "
-                                    + config.baseName
-                                    + " with path-by-id "
-                                    + config.otherPaths[0]);
-                    cameraInfo =
-                            detectedCamInfos.stream()
-                                    .filter(
-                                            usbCameraInfo ->
-                                                    usbCameraInfo.otherPaths.length != 0
-                                                            && usbCameraInfo.otherPaths[0].equals(config.otherPaths[0])
-                                                            && usbCameraInfo.getBaseName().equals(config.baseName))
-                                    .findFirst()
-                                    .orElse(null);
-
-                    // If we actually matched a camera to a config, remove that camera from the list
-                    // and add it to the output
-                    if (cameraInfo != null) {
-                        logger.debug("Matched the config for " + config.baseName + " to a physical camera!");
-                        ret.add(mergeInfoIntoConfig(config, cameraInfo));
-                        detectedCamInfos.remove(cameraInfo);
-                        unloadedConfigs.remove(config);
-                    }
+                    logger.debug("No camera found for the config " + config.baseName);
                 }
             }
         }
         return ret;
     }
 
-    private List<CameraConfiguration> matchByPath(
-            List<CameraInfo> detectedCamInfos, List<CameraConfiguration> unloadedConfigs) {
-        List<CameraConfiguration> ret = new ArrayList<CameraConfiguration>();
-        List<CameraConfiguration> unloadedConfigsCopy =
-                new ArrayList<CameraConfiguration>(unloadedConfigs);
-        // now attempt to match the cameras and configs remaining by normal path
-        for (CameraConfiguration config : unloadedConfigsCopy) {
-            CameraInfo cameraInfo;
-
-            // attempt matching by path and basename
-            logger.debug(
-                    "Trying to find a match for loaded camera "
-                            + config.baseName
-                            + " with path "
-                            + config.path);
-            cameraInfo =
-                    detectedCamInfos.stream()
-                            .filter(
-                                    usbCameraInfo ->
-                                            usbCameraInfo.path.equals(config.path)
-                                                    && usbCameraInfo.getBaseName().equals(config.baseName))
-                            .findFirst()
-                            .orElse(null);
-
-            // If we actually matched a camera to a config, remove that camera from the list
-            // and add it to the output
-            if (cameraInfo != null) {
-                logger.debug("Matched the config for " + config.baseName + " to a physical camera!");
-                ret.add(mergeInfoIntoConfig(config, cameraInfo));
-                detectedCamInfos.remove(cameraInfo);
-                unloadedConfigs.remove(config);
-            }
-        }
-        return ret;
-    }
-
-    // Try matching cameras to configs by name.
-    private List<CameraConfiguration> matchByName(
-            List<CameraInfo> detectedCamInfos, List<CameraConfiguration> unloadedConfigs) {
-        List<CameraConfiguration> ret = new ArrayList<CameraConfiguration>();
-        List<CameraConfiguration> unloadedConfigsCopy =
-                new ArrayList<CameraConfiguration>(unloadedConfigs);
-        // if both path and ID based matching fails, attempt basename only match
-        for (CameraConfiguration config : unloadedConfigsCopy) {
-            CameraInfo cameraInfo;
-
-            logger.debug("Trying to find a match for loaded camera with name " + config.baseName);
-
-            cameraInfo =
-                    detectedCamInfos.stream()
-                            .filter(CameraInfo -> CameraInfo.getBaseName().equals(config.baseName))
-                            .findFirst()
-                            .orElse(null);
-
-            // If we actually matched a camera to a config, remove that camera from the list
-            // and add it to the output
-            if (cameraInfo != null) {
-                logger.debug("Matched the config for " + config.baseName + " to a physical camera!");
-                ret.add(mergeInfoIntoConfig(config, cameraInfo));
-                detectedCamInfos.remove(cameraInfo);
-                unloadedConfigs.remove(config);
-            }
-        }
-        return ret;
-    }
-
-    // If we have any unmatched cameras left, create a new CameraConfiguration for
-    // them here.
+    /**
+     * Create new {@link CameraConfiguration}s for unmatched cameras, and assign them a unique name
+     * (unique in the set of (loaded configs, unloaded configs, loaded vision modules) at least)
+     */
     private List<CameraConfiguration> createConfigsForCameras(
             List<CameraInfo> detectedCameraList,
-            List<CameraConfiguration> loadedCamConfigs,
+            List<CameraConfiguration> unloadedCamConfigs,
             List<CameraConfiguration> loadedConfigs) {
         List<CameraConfiguration> ret = new ArrayList<CameraConfiguration>();
         logger.debug(
@@ -377,7 +432,9 @@ private List<CameraConfiguration> createConfigsForCameras(
             String uniqueName = info.getHumanReadableName();
 
             int suffix = 0;
-            while (containsName(loadedConfigs, uniqueName) || containsName(uniqueName)) {
+            while (containsName(loadedConfigs, uniqueName)
+                    || containsName(uniqueName)
+                    || containsName(unloadedCamConfigs, uniqueName)) {
                 suffix++;
                 uniqueName = String.format("%s (%d)", uniqueName, suffix);
             }
@@ -460,7 +517,7 @@ private static List<VisionSource> loadVisionSourcesFromCamConfigs(
             List<CameraConfiguration> camConfigs) {
         var cameraSources = new ArrayList<VisionSource>();
         for (var configuration : camConfigs) {
-            logger.debug("Creating VisionSource for " + configuration);
+            logger.debug("Creating VisionSource for " + camCfgToString(configuration));
 
             boolean is_pi = Platform.isRaspberryPi();
 
diff --git a/photon-core/src/test/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/ConfigTest.java b/photon-core/src/test/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/ConfigTest.java
index ad6db6fd12..d564e8319e 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/test/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/ConfigTest.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/test/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/ConfigTest.java
@@ -139,8 +139,31 @@ public void testJacksonHandlesOldVersions() throws IOException {
         writer.write(str);
         writer.flush();
         writer.close();
-        Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow(
-                () -> JacksonUtils.deserialize(tempFile.toPath(), CameraConfiguration.class));
+        CameraConfiguration result =
+                JacksonUtils.deserialize(tempFile.toPath(), CameraConfiguration.class);
+
+        tempFile.delete();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testJacksonAddUSBVIDPID() throws IOException {
+        var str =
+                "{\"baseName\":\"aaaaaa\",\"uniqueName\":\"aaaaaa\",\"nickname\":\"aaaaaa\",\"FOV\":70.0,\"path\":\"dev/vid\",\"cameraType\":\"UsbCamera\",\"currentPipelineIndex\":0,\"camPitch\":{\"radians\":0.0},\"calibrations\":[], \"usbVID\":3, \"usbPID\":4, \"cameraLEDs\":[]}";
+        File tempFile = File.createTempFile("test", ".json");
+        tempFile.deleteOnExit();
+        var writer = new FileWriter(tempFile);
+        writer.write(str);
+        writer.flush();
+        writer.close();
+
+        try {
+            CameraConfiguration result =
+                    JacksonUtils.deserialize(tempFile.toPath(), CameraConfiguration.class);
+            String ser = JacksonUtils.serializeToString(result);
+            System.out.println(ser);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
 
         tempFile.delete();
     }
diff --git a/photon-core/src/test/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/SQLConfigTest.java b/photon-core/src/test/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/SQLConfigTest.java
index 25fea36921..de8643dbe7 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/test/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/SQLConfigTest.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/test/java/org/photonvision/common/configuration/SQLConfigTest.java
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ public void testLoad() {
                         CameraType.UsbCamera,
                         QuirkyCamera.getQuirkyCamera(-1, -1),
                         List.of(),
-                        0);
+                        0,
+                        -1,
+                        -1);
         testcamcfg.pipelineSettings =
                 List.of(
                         new ReflectivePipelineSettings(),
diff --git a/photon-core/src/test/java/org/photonvision/vision/processes/VisionSourceManagerTest.java b/photon-core/src/test/java/org/photonvision/vision/processes/VisionSourceManagerTest.java
index 487a9e5ae9..3f92b0e718 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/test/java/org/photonvision/vision/processes/VisionSourceManagerTest.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/test/java/org/photonvision/vision/processes/VisionSourceManagerTest.java
@@ -24,14 +24,20 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.photonvision.common.configuration.CameraConfiguration;
 import org.photonvision.common.configuration.ConfigManager;
+import org.photonvision.common.logging.LogGroup;
+import org.photonvision.common.logging.LogLevel;
+import org.photonvision.common.logging.Logger;
 import org.photonvision.vision.camera.CameraInfo;
 import org.photonvision.vision.camera.CameraType;
 
 public class VisionSourceManagerTest {
     @Test
     public void visionSourceTest() {
+        Logger.setLevel(LogGroup.Camera, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+
         var inst = new VisionSourceManager();
         var cameraInfos = new ArrayList<CameraInfo>();
+        ConfigManager.getInstance().clearConfig();
         ConfigManager.getInstance().load();
 
         inst.tryMatchCamImpl(cameraInfos);
@@ -43,6 +49,8 @@ public void visionSourceTest() {
                         "thirdTestVideo",
                         "dev/video1",
                         new String[] {"by-id/123"});
+        config3.usbVID = 3;
+        config3.usbPID = 4;
         var config4 =
                 new CameraConfiguration(
                         "fourthTestVideo",
@@ -50,6 +58,8 @@ public void visionSourceTest() {
                         "fourthTestVideo",
                         "dev/video2",
                         new String[] {"by-id/321"});
+        config4.usbVID = 5;
+        config4.usbPID = 6;
 
         CameraInfo info1 = new CameraInfo(0, "dev/video0", "testVideo", new String[0], 1, 2);