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Chapter 2
Software Overview
Configuring the NI Smart Camera with Vision
Builder AI
Vision Builder AI is interactive, menu-driven configuration software for developing,
benchmarking, and deploying machine vision applications. With Vision Builder AI, you can
perform powerful visual inspection tasks and make decisions based on the results of individual
tasks. You can also migrate your inspection to LabVIEW to extend the capabilities of your
application, if necessary. The latest version of Vision Builder AI is included with the NI 17xx
Smart Camera.
Complete the following steps to install Vision Builder AI and configure the NI 17xx Smart
Camera.
1.
Install and activate Vision Builder AI on the development computer. Refer to the
NI Vision
Builder for Automated Inspection Readme
for installation instructions.
2.
Launch Vision Builder AI.
3.
On the Vision Builder AI welcome screen, select the NI 17xx Smart Camera in the list of
targets.
If the NI 17xx Smart Camera does not appear in the list of targets, verify that the device has
power and is connected to an Ethernet port on the same subnet as the development
computer, then click
Refresh Target List
. Refer to the section
LED Indicators and DIP Switches
, for information about LED
status messages.
4.
Click
Configure Target
. The Remote Target Configuration Wizard launches in a new
window.
5.
In the
Name
field, enter a name for the device. Use the
Description
field to enter any
additional information or a brief description of the device.
Device names are limited to 31 characters with no spaces or special characters, except
hyphens. The first and last characters must be alphanumeric.
6.
Click
Next
.
Configure the IP Address
Complete the following steps to configure IP address settings for the NI 17xx Smart Camera in
the The Remote Target Configuration Wizard.
1.
If the network is configured to issue IP addresses using DHCP, select
Obtain IP address
from DHCP server
. Otherwise, configure the IP address manually by selecting
Edit the
IP settings
and clicking
Suggest Values
.
2.
If you want to prevent other users from configuring the device, select
Enable Password
and click
Set Password
to set up password protection.
3.
Click
Next
.
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