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Goldeye G/CL Technical Manual V4.1.1
number of cameras connected to the PC and the number of installed frame
grabbers.
If the camera does not appear after some time, check the following:
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Is the camera connected to the correct grabber port? If the frame grabber has
two CL connectors it should be connected to port 1.
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Has the camera been powered up and booted completely before the Vimba
Viewer was started? The boot process is indicated by a 1 Hz green/red flashing
of the camera. After booting has been finished the LED stays green. It starts
flickering in one of the following cases.
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serial communication is taking place
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images are transferred to the host
3. Select the desired camera from
Detected Cameras
list.
4. A new camera window appears, as shown in Figure 4 on page 38. This camera
window consists of the following components:
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Viewer toolbar: controls to customize the live camera view
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Controller window: shows camera controls
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Information window: displays camera and event information
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Camera stats: Statistical information
5. Launch the viewing application provided by frame grabber manufacturer.
Because the transport layer is for controlling the camera only, the Vimba Viewer
window does not show a live image. Therefore, the histogram window will also not
show any data. Image display and analysis is done via applications provided by the
frame grabber manufacturer.
Figure 3: Vimba Viewer ‐ camera detection window
Note
Camera Link does not provide a Plug-And-Play mechanism. If a camera is attached
to the frame grabber after the transport layer is loaded (during start of Vimba
Viewer), the new camera will not be detected. If a camera is removed after it has
been opened it can also not be detected. The
Refresh
button in the Vimba Viewer
does not detect a new Camera Link camera.
