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9. Software
9.1 Baumer GAPI SDK
Baumer GAPI stands for
B
aumer “
G
eneric
A
pplication
P
rogramming
I
nterface”. With this
API Baumer provides an interface for optimal integration and control of Baumer cameras.
This software interface allows changing to other camera models.
It provides interfaces to several programming languages, such as C, C++ and the .NET™
Framework on Windows
®
, as well as Mono on Linux
®
operating systems, which offers the
use of other languages, such as e.g. C# or VB.NET.
For LXG cameras with
Visual Applets
Baumer GAPI SDK v 2.3 SP1 and higher is re
-
quired.
9.2 3
rd
Party Software
Strict compliance with the
GenICam™ standard allows Baumer to offer the use of
3
rd
Party Software for operation with cameras.
You can find a current listing of
3
rd
Party Software, which was tested successfully in com-
bination with Baumer cameras, at
http://www.baumer.com/?id=2851