Installation and hardware
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Manta Technical Manual V2.7.0
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Ensure that your Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) provides data over all four
pairs.
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If the PSE uses only two out of four pairs for data, operation is limited to
10/100 Mbps. This translates to lower frame rates.
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If the PSE uses all four pairs for data, operation is in Gigabit (1000 Mbps) mode.
Thus, allowing you to achieve the maximum possible frame rate.
Connecting to host application
After you have installed the
Vimba Viewer
or third-party application to your host
computer, you can connect your Manta camera via an Ethernet cable. When your
camera is not PoE powered, connect the Hirose cable to power the camera.
Allied Vision software
All software packages provided by Allied Vision are free of charge and contain the
following components:
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Drivers
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SDK for camera control and image acquisition
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Examples based on the provided APIs of the SDK
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Documentation and release notes
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Viewer application to operate and configure the cameras
Third-party software
In addition to the software provided by Allied Vision, there are numerous GigE
Vision standard 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 the GenICam standard. GenICam-based
third-party software automatically connects with Vimba's transport layers.
Additionally, Vimba includes the Cognex Adapter for VisionPro.
Vimba Viewer documentation
Vimba Viewer documentation is included with the software download. After
Vimba Viewer is installed on your host computer, documentation is located in
\Program Files\Allied Vision\Vimba
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