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Camera Performance and Features
Linea Lite GigE Series Camera
User Defined Camera Name
The Linea Lite GigE camera can be programmed with a user-defined name, using the
feature, to identify multiple cameras connected to the network. For example, an inspection
system with four cameras might label cameras “top view”, “left view”, “right view” and “bottom
view”.
The Factory Default User Name is the camera serial number for quick initial identification.
Note: The factory programmed camera serial number and MAC address are not
user changeable.
For example, when using CamExpert, multiple monochrome Linea Lite GigE cameras on the
network are seen as different "Linea_Lite_M4096-7um_xx" 4k devices and "Linea_Lite_M2048-
14um_xx" 2k devices. Non-Teledyne DALSA cameras are labeled as “GigEVision Device”. Click on a
device User Name to select it for control by CamExpert.
An imaging application uses any one of these attributes to identify a camera: its IP address, MAC
address, serial number or User Name. Some important considerations are listed below.
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Do not use the camera's IP address as identification (unless it is a persistent IP) because it can
change with each power cycle.
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A MAC address is unique to each camera therefore the control application is limited to the vision
system that uses the camera's MAC address.
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can be freely programmed to represent the camera usage. This method is
recommended for an application to identify cameras. In this case, the vision system can be
duplicated any number of times with cameras identified by their function, not their serial
numbers or MAC address.
