PicSight GigE Getting Started Guide, version 1.96.169.1
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3.
Software Installation
The Leutron Vision
Software Development Suite
(LV-SDS) is a unified set of
libraries, which enable to work in the same way with cameras connected
through a
frame grabber
as well as with GigE cameras, connected through the
NIC
.
The LV-SDS package contains:
Daisy
– basic software development tool, including Camera Editor, and
DRAL.
Other SW tools:
Orchid
– high level library for fast development,
PicSight
Demo
- demonstration of the camera and LV-SDS features,
Multimedia
Drivers
– interfaces for TWAIN, Video for Windows and MCI, Framegrabber
support
for
3rd
party
software
–
includes
support
for
HALCON/ActivVisionTools
of MVTec Software,
NeuroCheck
of DS GmbH,
VisionBlox
and
CommonVisionBlox
of Stemmer Imaging GmbH.
3.1.1.
Daisy
The Daisy software package contains:
The
Daisy library
, which is used as a programming interface in C++ for all
Leutron frame grabbers and cameras. The library includes DLLs, import
libraries, header files, source files of sample programs and complete
documentation in form of a PDF file.
Camera editor
, which enables to create custom camera definitions.
DRAL
, set of libraries for handling time critical tasks like image sequence
acquisition.
3.1.2.
Other Tools
Orchid
is a high level library (sitting on the top of Daisy) enabling fast and
efficient development with visual tools like MS Visual Basic, Borland Delphi or
C++ Builder, .Net Framework, etc.
PicSight Demo
program is supplied to guide the novice users of LV-SDS and
Leutron hardware through the functionality range of the products via an
intuitive user interface. It is also a good tool for first test, whether the HW
functions correctly.
TWAIN
interface can be used to acquire images directly to many third party
software products, namely image editors (e.g. Windows Imaging or
CorelDRAW family). MS Office also supports TWAIN for acquiring images to
its documents.
Other
multimedia drivers
include Video for Windows and MCI drivers.
Frame grabber
support for 3rd party software
stands for software
interface layers (usually DLL or OCX) assuring cooperation of PicSight with
various 3rd party image processing software products (listed above).
After purchasing the LV-SDS, please send us completed registration form with
License-Number label stuck on it. This will assure you the access to download
area on our web-server (www.leutron.com/download/) and you will be also
entitled to get support from us.
