EDT VisionLink F Series, User Manual

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VisionLink F-series Requirements
Requirements
EDT boards are high-speed DMA devices that require adequate bandwidth for reliable operation. The requirements will
vary by camera (since different cameras run at different speeds), so you should select and configure your camera and
system with the proper requirements in mind, as shown in
Table 2 .
Table 2. Requirements for I/O, bus type, throughput, cabling
Bus type* Throughput (observed) Cabling OS
VisionLink F1 x1 PCIe, Gen2 400MB/s Standard Camera Link SDR
NOTE: Cabling can be from EDT or a third party.
For more documentation on cabling / pins, see
Related Resources on page 7 and Appendix A:
Pin Assignments on page 29 .
Windows,
Linux
x1 PCIe, Gen1 175MB/s
VisionLink F4 x4 PCIe, Gen2 1000MB/s
x4 PCIe, Gen1 700MB/s, preliminary
* For bus type, observe these considerations to optimize performance...
–
Typically, these products will not work in a bus slot dedicated to graphics (display) cards.
–
Typically, these products will work in a bus slot with more, but not one with fewer, lanes than the number given here.
–
Typically, although these products will work in a bus slot newer than PCIe Gen2 (such as Gen3), performance still will not exceed
Gen2 specifications.
For details on requirements and bandwidth issues, see Problems With Bandwidth on page 27.
Installation
“Installation directory” in this guide refers to the directory in which your EDT installation package was saved.
Unless you opted to save it elsewhere, the package is saved in the default installation directory specified below.
•
The Windows default installation directory is:
C:\EDT\pdv
•
The Linux default installation directory is:
/opt/EDTpdv
To install your frame grabber software, follow the steps below.
1. Uninstall any previously installed EDT installation packages.
2. To use the latest possible package without creating version incompatibility issues, do one of the following...
—
For a new application, download the latest package from the EDT installation disk (included with the product),
or from www.edt.com (see Related Resources on page 7 ).
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For an application running third-party software, use the EDT installation package version with which the soft-
ware was built, or recompile / relink the application with the latest package (see Related Resources on page 7 ).
—
For a new board used in applications developed for earlier boards (e.g., EDT DV/a series), recompile / relink
the application with libraries / header files from an EDT device driver / SDK, version 5.4.5.8 or later.
3. Follow the installation instructions from your camera manufacturer and your host computer manufacturer.
4. Connect the frame grabber, using the cabling specified in Requirements on page 8 .
5. To verify that the driver is installed and the board is recognized, run
pciload
from the command line (for details,
see Example and Utility Applications on page 13 ).
NOTE If you need to provide an EDT silent Windows software installation as part of your own installation process, see
the EDT Windows batch (
.bat
) files in the
wdf\install
subfolder of the EDT installation folder. The comments
in the files explain how they can be used.