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Installation Manual

GigE Vision Cameras

V1.2.0

20 March 2015

Allied Vision Technologies GmbH
Taschenweg 2a
D-07646 Stadtroda, Germany

Allied Vision GigE Cameras

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Page 1: ...Installation Manual GigE Vision Cameras V1 2 0 20 March 2015 Allied Vision Technologies GmbH Taschenweg 2a D 07646 Stadtroda Germany Allied Vision GigE Cameras...

Page 2: ...ed are all implicit warranties concerning the negotiability the suitability for specific applications or the non breaking of laws and patents Even if we assume that the information supplied to us is a...

Page 3: ...12 Getting started 14 GigE Vision camera 14 Optics 14 GigE Vision software 15 Overview of installation 15 Installing hardware 16 Installing Gigabit Ethernet network card 16 Configuring Ethernet adapt...

Page 4: ...3 Exporting camera settings 34 Modifying camera IP address 35 For VIMBA users 35 For PvAPI users 36 Using multiple cameras 38 Single Ethernet port 39 Multiple Ethernet ports 40 Implementing link aggre...

Page 5: ...BC V5J 5E9 Canada Tel 1 604 875 8855 Fax 1 604 875 8856 e mail info alliedvision com Allied Vision Technologies Inc 38 Washington Street Newburyport MA 01950 USA Toll Free number 1 877 USA 1394 Tel 1...

Page 6: ...controls specific to the Allied Vision GigE cameras refer to the GigE Camera and Driver Attributes and GigE Features Reference documents Document history www Allied Vision product literature http www...

Page 7: ...inputs or highlighting important information bold Courier Code listings etc Input Upper case Register REGISTER Italics Modes fields Mode Parentheses and or blue Links Link Table 2 Styles Note This sym...

Page 8: ...pplications Gigabit Ethernet accessories including standard GigE components as well as PoE capable GigE components Lenses for corresponding sensor sizes and resolutions Contact Allied Vision Support f...

Page 9: ...ard compliant third party software options available In general third party software provides increased functionality such as image processing and video recording Allied Vision s Vimba SDK is based on...

Page 10: ...amera casing If the product is disassembled reworked or repaired by anyone other than a recommended service person Allied Vision or its suppliers are not responsible for the subsequent performance or...

Page 11: ...s or pixel structures Caution To avoid sensor damage Use light source with lower intensity Use external shutter Use optical filters Use lens cap when camera not in use Vary local light spot laser spot...

Page 12: ...tic sensitive boards and components in a static safe work area Follow the procedures below ESD electrostatic discharge Static electricity can damage the sensor board or the main board of your board le...

Page 13: ...hed off before connecting or disconnecting any cable to the board level cameras Keep your board level cameras away from radiators and heat sources Avoid contact of board level cameras with liquids Cau...

Page 14: ...ocal length and appropriate optical format for the target camera model Bigeye G Goldeye G Mako Manta Prosilica GB Prosilica GC Prosilica GE Prosilica GS Prosilica GT Prosilica GX www Follow this link...

Page 15: ...e Options and IP address set tings See chapter Installing hardware on page 16 Install Allied Vision SDKs plus corresponding Viewers See chapter Installing camera software on page 22 Connect camera to...

Page 16: ...it Ethernet speeds installing additional hardware may be required For desktop systems Use a PCI Express bus Ethernet adapter For laptops Use an expansion slot via an ExpressCard Note Verify that there...

Page 17: ...n installation application provided by driver manufacturer If no installation application is provided update the driver manually Windows 7 Start Control Panel Hardware and Sound Device Manager Expand...

Page 18: ...k status and tasks Change adapter settings Right click Network Connection Properties Select Internet Protocol Version 4 and click Properties Select Use the following IP address IP Address 169 254 100...

Page 19: ...manufacturer and model Allied Vision GigE camera s factory default settings configure the camera packet size to 8228 The host adapter needs to support a packet size of equal or larger size to stream...

Page 20: ...8228 to appropriate interface Or to temporarily increase packet size Terminal sudo ifconfig eth0 mtu 8228 where eth0 is the camera NIC Note The settings list in the advanced adapter settings may be di...

Page 21: ...ns Settings Interrupt Moderation Rate Value Extreme Settings Transmit Buffers Value 256 bytes Settings Receive Buffers Value Max allowable Linux QNX OSX Support for buffer size control and moderation...

Page 22: ...erview for the software installation follow the hyperlinks to read the step by step instructions Install VIMBA SDK plus corresponding VIMBA Viewer Read Installing VIMBA Viewer on page 22 Install PvAPI...

Page 23: ...xf AVTVimba tgz to a directory you have writing privileges for This creates a directory named AVTVimba Navigate to AVTVimba AVTGigETL and execute the shell script Install sh with root privileges e g...

Page 24: ...Filter driver select Yes Linux Precompiled versions of GigE Sample Viewer are available in the AVT GigE SDK bin pc directory Run as root e g sudo SampleViewer allowing the OS to boost the pri ority of...

Page 25: ...technical documentation Caution For Goldeye G Prosilica Mako and Manta cameras Use only DC power supplies with insulated cases For all power connections use only shielded cables to avoid electromagne...

Page 26: ...wer Launching application 1 Launch the VIMBA Viewer application Wait for the camera to appear in the Detected Cameras list This may take up to one minute in network card Obtain an IP address automatic...

Page 27: ...ogram window The camera window supports a fully dockable layout that allows user to custom ize their workspace Opening live view Viewer toolbar Press freerun button in the viewer toolbar shown left Th...

Page 28: ...figure 11 consists of the following func tionalities Click the logging icon shown left The logging window opens It pro vides camera identifying information including the serial and ID num ber Click t...

Page 29: ...g freerun button Click the histogram icon in the viewer toolbar shown left This launches a live histogram Ahistogramgraphsnumberofpixelsontheverticalaxisand digital number value on the horizontal axis...

Page 30: ...h that they are on the same subnet For more information refer to Modifying camera IP address on page 35 If the camera still does not appear proceed to chapter Troubleshooting on page 47 Opening live v...

Page 31: ...art live view from the camera by selecting the eyeball icon Click the histogram icon shown left This launches an 8 bit live histogram A his togram graphs number of pixels on the vertical axis and digi...

Page 32: ...events window This is a tool used to monitor in camera events such as AcquisitionEnd Expo sureStart ExposureEnd etc The factory default settings disable all event noti fications Use the camera contro...

Page 33: ...ication can be used for interfacing the camera to motorized lenses temperature and pressure sensors camera position motors and other applications Seek camera Select the desired camera from the cameras...

Page 34: ...camera settings and creates a simple text file This file can be uploaded to other cameras allowing both units to utilize the same camera settings www Load camera settings to other cameras using the Ca...

Page 35: ...not on the same subnet as the camera In this case start by configuring the adapter to Auto IP mode 1 Ensuring that the adapter is in Auto IP configuration launch the VIMBA Viewer application 2 Wait f...

Page 36: ...IP Configuration Apply command For PvAPI users Windows 7 With the camera s connected to the host run the IPConfig program This application is packaged with the GigE Sample Viewer download Select the...

Page 37: ...Modifying camera IP address Linux OSX QNX With the camera s connect to the host run the CLipConfig program included in the AVT GigE SDK bin pc directory Source code is included in the examples Figure...

Page 38: ...byte per pixel at 30 fps Bandwidth usage 1024 x 768 x 1 x 30 x 3 70 8 MBps Percentage of single port GigE bandwidth 57 Single port architecture is suf ficient Example 2 Three GC650 cameras full resol...

Page 39: ...Bps Example Camera 1 GE1900 full resolution Mono8 pixel format at 15 fps Bandwidth usage 1920 x 1080 x 1 x 15 31 104 000 Bps Set StreamBytesPerSecond 31 104 000 Bps Camera 2 GE1650C full resolution Ba...

Page 40: ...aged with fixed IP addressing as the IP address of eachadapter needs to beon auniquesubnet A subnet is that part of the IP address that overlaps with the binary 1 s decimal 255 in following example of...

Page 41: ...255 0 Adapter2 IP Address 169 254 200 1 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Fix camera IP address Refer to Modifying camera IP address on page 35 Set the following IP addresses Camera1 IP Address 169 254 100 2...

Page 42: ...following cases Need to use high 8 bits bit depth pixel formats Highest frame rate is needed The following examples show how to determine bandwidth consumption If the value is greater than 125 MB LAG...

Page 43: ...using LAG requires two host Ethernet adapter ports Configure and optimize each Ethernet adapter port using steps outlined in Configuring Ethernet adapter on page 17 The following steps describe the se...

Page 44: ...s to be bonded Terminal sudo gedit etc network interfaces Add edit auto bond0 iface bond0 inet static address 169 254 100 101 netmask 255 255 0 0 bond slaves eth6 eth7 bond_mode 0 mtu 8228 where eth6...

Page 45: ...irtual Interfaces Click the Add button and select New Link Aggregate Select the ports to bond from the list click Create Done www For full installation instructions on OSX see http docs info apple com...

Page 46: ...m packet size 1500 Windows Ensure camera packet size is 1500 No additional setup is required Linux Multicasting only works if the application is run as root Additionally you may have to add manually a...

Page 47: ...better rated Ethernet cabling Return to Modifying Ethernet adapter IP address on page 17 which describes how to adjust the IP address of the host adapter There should be no gateway on your NIC Connect...

Page 48: ...nual V1 1 0 48 Troubleshooting If you are still having problems type ipconfig all in a command prompt win dows ifconfig a in terminal Linux OSX QNX Send resulting screenshot to support alliedvision co...

Page 49: ...TriggerSelector FrameStart TriggerSource Freerun or FixedRate For GigE Sample Viewer FrameStartTriggerMode Freerun or FixedRate Other trigger modes require a trigger event to capture frames StatFrame...

Page 50: ...olve this Set NIC Interrupt Moderation Rate Extreme Receive Buffers Max allow able Use PvAPI v1 26 with filter driver filter is Windows only v1 22 enabled on NIC Disable the firewall if no filter driv...

Page 51: ...ot in IOD mode General description Continuous mode The camera generates the images with a constant exposure time autonomously Image on Demand IOD the camera produces no image until a trigger impulse i...

Page 52: ...vision com en support technical documentation VIMBA SDK http www alliedvision com en products software PvAPI SDK Under Legacy Software http www alliedvision com en support software downloads Knowledge...

Page 53: ...ExpressCard 16 17 Eyeball icon 30 31 F Film icon 32 Floppy disk icon 34 Freerun button 27 29 G Getting started 14 GigE Sample Viewer22 24 26 30 31 32 33 34 36 49 50 GigE Vision camera families 14 H H...

Page 54: ...5 RS232 33 S Safety instructions 10 Seek icon 33 Sensor safety 11 Serial icon 33 Software packages PvAPI SDK 15 VIMBA 15 StreamBytesPerSecond 39 40 Styles 7 Symbols 7 T Transmit buffers 19 21 Troubles...

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