AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.1.0
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Contents
Contacting Allied Vision
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Introduction
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Document history............................................................................................................ 6
Manual conventions......................................................................................................... 7
Styles ....................................................................................................................... 7
Symbols .................................................................................................................... 7
Additional information..................................................................................................... 8
Allied Vision accessories............................................................................................... 8
Allied Vision software .................................................................................................. 8
Safety instructions
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General safety instructions.............................................................................................. 10
Sensor safety instructions ............................................................................................... 11
Changing filters safety instructions................................................................................... 11
Safety instructions for board level cameras (only Manta and Prosilica GB) ................................ 12
Getting started
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GigE Vision camera .................................................................................................... 14
Optics..................................................................................................................... 14
GigE Vision software .................................................................................................. 15
Overview of installation.................................................................................................. 15
Installing hardware
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Installing Gigabit Ethernet network card............................................................................ 16
Configuring Ethernet adapter .......................................................................................... 17
Installing Ethernet adapter driver ................................................................................ 17
Modifying Ethernet adapter IP address .......................................................................... 17
Optimizing Ethernet adapter ....................................................................................... 19
Installing camera software
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Overview of software installation...................................................................................... 22
Downloading camera drivers............................................................................................ 22
Installing VIMBA Viewer ................................................................................................. 22
Installing GigE Sample Viewer.......................................................................................... 24
Starting the camera
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Power up ..................................................................................................................... 25
Connect to host application............................................................................................. 25
Using Allied Vision viewer applications
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Using VIMBA Viewer....................................................................................................... 26
Launching application ............................................................................................... 26
