Preventing Operational Faults due to ESD
Genie camera installations which do not protect against ESD (electrostatic discharge) may
exhibit operational faults. Problems such as random packet loss, random camera resets, and
random loss of Ethernet connections, may all be solved by proper ESD management.
The Genie camera when used with a simple power supply and Ethernet cable, is not properly
connected to earth ground and therefore is susceptible to ESD caused problems. An Ethernet
cable has no ground connection and a power supply's 0 volt return line is not necessarily
connected to earth ground.
Teledyne DALSA has performed ESD testing on Genie cameras using an 8 kilovolt ESD
generator without any indication of operational faults. The two following methods, either
individually or together will prevent ESD problems.
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Method 1: Use a shielded power supply cable where the shield is connected to earth
ground at the supply end and to the Hirose connector shell at the Genie end. The Genie
case is now properly connected to earth ground and can withstand ESD of 8 kilovolts, as
tested by Teledyne DALSA.
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Method 2: Mount the Genie camera on a metallic platform which has a good connection
to earth ground.
Sapera LT Library Installation
Note: to install Sapera LT and the Genie device driver, logon to the workstation as an
administrator or with an account that has administrator privileges.
When Sapera application development is performed on the same computer that the Genie is
connected to, the Sapera Development Library (version 6.10 or later) must be installed.
Else, Sapera LT is not required to control the Genie camera.
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Insert the Teledyne DALSA Sapera CD-ROM. If AUTORUN is enabled on your computer,
the Teledyne DALSA installation menu is presented.
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If AUTORUN is not enabled, use Windows Explorer and browse to the root directory of
the CD-ROM. Execute launch.exe to start the Teledyne DALSA installation menu and
install the required Sapera components.
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The installation program will prompt you to reboot the computer.
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Continue with the Genie CD Package Installation described next.
Refer to Sapera LT User’s Manual concerning application development with Sapera.
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Installing the Genie Camera
Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera
