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Setting up and Configuring vDisplay IP Engines

To configure the vDisplay IP engine to automatically discover video sources using 
Discovery mode

1. 

Start 

GEVPlayer

 and click 

Select

 / 

Connect

.

2.

Click the vDisplay IP engine in the 

Available GigE Vision Devices

 list.

3.

Click 

OK

 in the bottom right corner.

4.

Click 

GEV Device control

 in the 

Parameters and Controls

 section.

5.

In the 

AutonomousSourceControl

 section, select 

Discovery

 in the 

AutonomousSourceControlMode

 box.

6.

Leave the 

SourceSelector

 value at 

0

 and the 

SourceIPAddress

 value at 

0.0.0.0

.

7.

For a unicast video transmission, leave the 

SourceSCDA

 

at

 

0.0.0.0 

and

 

SourceSCPHostPort

 

at 

0

.

- Or - 

For a multicast video transmission, enter the multicast group IP address in the 

SourceSCDA

 box 

and the source port number in the 

SourceSCPHostPort

 

box.

Summary of Contents for vDisplay HDI-Pro

Page 1: ...Installing Uninstalling and Starting the Software Applications a PLEORA TECHNOLOGIES INC vDisplay HDI Pro IP Engine User Guide...

Page 2: ...uch improper use or sale Trademarks PureGEV eBUS iPORT vDisplay and all product logos are trademarks of Pleora Technologies Third party copyrights and trademarks are the property of their respective o...

Page 3: ...Compliant Devices 16 Configuring a Valid IP Address 18 Understanding GEVPlayer Control Dialog Boxes 20 Adjusting the Visibility of GEVPlayer Controls 22 Configuring the vDisplay IP Engine Role 23 Conf...

Page 4: ...rolling Image Processing 67 Mono Pixel Bit Selection 67 Bayer Rendering and White Balance 68 Adjusting White Balance for Bayer to RGB Rendering 68 Saving Your Configuration Settings 69 Controlling Mes...

Page 5: ...bout this Guide This chapter describes the purpose and scope of this guide and provides a list of complimentary guides The following topics are covered in this chapter What this Guide Provides on page...

Page 6: ...the vDisplay HDI Pro IP engine to suit your requirements The last section of this guide provides technical support contact information for Pleora Technologies Related Documents The vDisplay HDI Pro I...

Page 7: ...s on page 6 vDisplay IP Engine Product Structure on page 7 vDisplay HDI Pro IP Engine Enclosed Unit on page 8 vDisplay HDI Pro IP Engine OEM Board Set on page 9 Supported Video Display Interfaces on p...

Page 8: ...ion compliant converter such as a Pleora iPORT IP engine vDisplay IP engines can connect to video sources over direct point to point GigE links or can be part of a packet switched GigE local area netw...

Page 9: ...ay IP Engines The following figure provides you with an example of how vDisplay IP engines interact seamlessly with other elements in a GigE networked video system Figure 1 Overview of a vDisplay IP E...

Page 10: ...fering Display interface HDMI connector Type A Single link video capabilities Display Capabilities Detection for VESA compliant monitor Programmable video resolutions and timing Predefined DVI and CEA...

Page 11: ...es vDisplay IP Engine Product Structure The vDisplay HDI Pro IP engine is available in two separate formats the OEM board set and the enclosed unit as shown in the following figure Figure 2 vDisplay H...

Page 12: ...point to point GigE network or as part of a larger switched GigE network vDisplay IP engines can be installed as part of an industrial inspection system where they feed video to viewing stations The v...

Page 13: ...Interfaces The vDisplay IP engine can be connected to video display devices monitors using the standard HDMI Type A receptacle and is compatible with HDMI version 1 3a The HDMI hardware interface is...

Page 14: ...le shows the common industry resolutions supported by the vDisplay IP engine Table 2 Supported Industry Resolutions Type X width Y height Pixels 106 Aspect ratio DVI VGA 640 480 0 31 4 3 SVGA 800 600...

Page 15: ...total image size H x W x Pixel Depth must be less than 10 MB Table 3 Supported Pixel Formats Format Number of bits per pixel in GVSP streams Number of bits per pixel used for RGB rendering BayerBG8 8...

Page 16: ...6 8 Mono 10 Color BayerGR16 16 8 Mono 10 Color BayerRG10 16 8 Mono 10 Color BayerRG12 16 8 Mono 10 Color BayerRG16 16 8 Mono 10 Color Mono10 16 8 Mono12 16 8 Mono14 16 8 Mono16 16 8 YUV422Packed 16 16...

Page 17: ...lairdtech com FCC Conformity The vDisplay IP engine has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to...

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Page 19: ...log boxes It also describes the stream destination options The following topics are covered in this chapter Using GEVPlayer to Configure GigE Vision Compliant Devices on page 16 Configuring a Valid IP...

Page 20: ...he eBUS SDK with GEVPlayer formerly called the eBUS PureGEV SDK suite on the PC or laptop It is possible for you to configure the vDisplay IP engine and GigE Vision compliant video sources using other...

Page 21: ...17 Accessing the IP Engine If the vDisplay IP engine does not have a valid IP address an error message appears as shown in the following image...

Page 22: ...ess You can provide the vDisplay IP engine with a valid IP address using the following procedure To configure a valid IP address 1 Start GEVPlayer and click Select Connect 2 Click the vDisplay IP engi...

Page 23: ...red exclamation mark disappears if the IP address is valid 5 Click OK The GEVPlayer application is documented in the GEVPlayer Quick Start Guide and the GEVPlayer User Guide The vDisplay HDI Pro User...

Page 24: ...engine GEV Device Control dialog box Controls vDisplay IP engine transport layer settings image processing settings image mode and formatting settings display timing settings channel settings autonom...

Page 25: ...21 Accessing the IP Engine 4 Click either Communication control or GEV Device control in the Parameters and Controls section...

Page 26: ...vel some controls are not available in the Beginner level To adjust the visibility of controls 1 Start GEVPlayer and click Select Connect 2 Click the vDisplay IP engine in the Available GigE Vision De...

Page 27: ...y appear By default GEVPlayer acts as a controller and data receiver However when connecting to a vDisplay IP engine GEVPlayer must be configured as a controller only and not as a data receiver The vD...

Page 28: ...om the device Controller Select this role if you are using GEVPlayer to connect to and control a GigE Vision compliant device GEVPlayer does not receive streaming data from the device if this option i...

Page 29: ...g an automatically selected port Unicast specific local port Select this option to configure the camera to stream directly to a user defined port on the GEVPlayer PC Unicast other destination Select t...

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Page 31: ...up a Unicast Video Network Configuration on page 31 Configuring the Multicast Video Transmission on page 34 Configuring Autonomous Control of Cameras on page 38 Controlling the vDisplay IP Engine Tran...

Page 32: ...lly acquire an IP address using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP and Link Local Addresses LLA provided that no persistent IP address has been previously assigned to the vDisplay IP engine...

Page 33: ...GigE Vision compliant you must connect a GigE Vision compliant converter such as one of Pleora s iPORT IP engines between the camera and the vDisplay IP engine Cat5 Cat6 cable HDMI to HDMI cable or H...

Page 34: ...P engine has been previously configured using GEVPlayer to automatically find the camera on the network and command it to send video which is why the PC with GEVPlayer installed does not appear in the...

Page 35: ...MI to DVI cable to the display monitor Then connect the other end to the HDMI receptacle of the vDisplay IP engine 3 Apply power to the camera the monitor and then to the vDisplay IP engine Setting up...

Page 36: ...onfiguring the Unicast Video Transmission The following figure provides you with detailed steps to configure the vDisplay IP engine and GigE Vision compliant camera in a unicast video network Figure 5...

Page 37: ...y IP engine you no longer need to maintain its connection to GEVPlayer However the connection between the camera and GEVPlayer must be maintained Setting up a Multicast Video Network Configuration In...

Page 38: ...d steps to configure vDisplay IP engines and GigE Vision compliant cameras in a multicast video network Figure 6 Configuring a Multicast Video Transmission When configuring the vDisplay IP engine for...

Page 39: ...ected display device and in GEVPlayer 1 Follow steps 1 9 in Figure 6 on page 34 to configure the camera Do not select Controller as the GEVPlayer role if you select Controller you cannot view video in...

Page 40: ...video network consisting of multicast and unicast video transmissions Use the steps provided in Figure 5 on page 32 and Figure 6 on page 34 when setting up a mixed video network Figure 7 Mixed Video C...

Page 41: ...xed Video Network The following figure provides the configuration settings for vDisplay IP engines and GigE Vision compliant cameras in a video network consisting of unicast and multicast video transm...

Page 42: ...vDisplay IP engines and cameras GEVPlayer controls these devices and sends heartbeats to the cameras to maintain the flow of video from the camera to the vDisplay IP engines as shown in the following...

Page 43: ...there is a one to one relationship between a discovered camera and the vDisplay IP engine Discovery mode is used when there is only one camera in the video network In IP Address mode channels 0 7 are...

Page 44: ...you should enter a multicast group IP address as the SourceSCDA value and enter a multicast port number as the SourceSCPHostPort value You should also configure a channel on both vDisplay IP engines...

Page 45: ...orner 4 Click GEV Device control in the Parameters and Controls section 5 In the AutonomousSourceControl section select Discovery in the AutonomousSourceControlMode box 6 Leave the SourceSelector valu...

Page 46: ...rol scroll down and click SourceControlStart the box changes to SourceControlStart to indicate that the vDisplay IP engine will now automatically find video sources on the network 9 Save the configura...

Page 47: ...compliant cameras in a complex video network consisting of multicast and unicast video transmissions In this scenario the vDisplay IP engines discover the cameras using configured IP addresses This i...

Page 48: ...sing IP addresses if you disconnect and reconnect the camera you must power cycle the vDisplay IP engine for it to automatically detect and control the camera To configure the vDisplay IP engine to au...

Page 49: ...nd Configuring vDisplay IP Engines 5 Assign a source ID number to the video source by clicking in the SourceSelector box and selecting a number from 0 7 6 Enter the video source IP address in the Sour...

Page 50: ...s on the network 10 Repeat steps 6 9 until all of the video source IP addresses have been entered Save the configuration settings to UserSet1 and close the Gev Device Control dialog box For further cl...

Page 51: ...Control section click to select SourceControlStop The box changes to SourceControlStop to indicate that the vDisplay IP engine will no longer command cameras to start streaming video To permanently st...

Page 52: ...choose to provide it with a persistent IP address If you provide the vDisplay IP engine with a persistent IP address it will use this persistent IP address each time it is powered up and connected to...

Page 53: ...49 Setting up and Configuring vDisplay IP Engines 7 Click in the GEVCurrentIPConfigurationPersistentIP box and select True 8 Enter the persistent IP address in the GEVPersistentIPAddress box...

Page 54: ...ect one buffer the vDisplay IP engine immediately displays the image packets as they are received without first attempting to reassemble an entire image If you choose three buffers the vDisplay IP eng...

Page 55: ...rol to determine when the image in the Receiving Buffer is defined as a partial image When the number of packets received from images other than the one in the Receiving Buffer exceeds the value enter...

Page 56: ...of 0 the vDisplay IP engine immediately discards or displays the image when a packet from a new image is received 6 Close the GEV Device Control dialog box Displaying Partial Images If a packet arrive...

Page 57: ...splay IP engine in the Available GigE Vision Devices list 3 Click OK in the bottom right corner 4 Click GEV Device control in the Parameters and Controls section 5 In the TransportLayerControl section...

Page 58: ...st 3 Click OK in the bottom right corner 4 Click GEV Device control in the Parameters and Controls section 5 In the TransportLayerControl section of the GEV Device Control dialog box enter a value in...

Page 59: ...55 Setting up and Configuring vDisplay IP Engines 6 In the TransportLayerControl section of the GEV Device Control dialog box click in the DisplayPartialImages box and select False...

Page 60: ...e image on your display device Controlling the Image Mode You can use the ImagingMode option in the ImagingControl section of the GEV Device Control dialog box to select the imaging mode of the vDispl...

Page 61: ...y device If the image has a smaller resolution than your monitor the vDisplay IP engine centers the image as shown below In some cases the image can be taller than your monitor as shown below The vDis...

Page 62: ...rmat with a resolution equal to or larger than the image resolution and selects the highest available frame rate of that resolution We recommend that you use the Automatic display formats when possibl...

Page 63: ...ay devices that support EDID display information Using Fixed Display Formats By setting ImageFormatting to Fixed Format you have the ability to select from a set of predefined industry standard displa...

Page 64: ...ol section 5 In the ImagingFormatting box select FixedFormat 6 In the DisplayVideoFormat box select from one of the industry standards listed Customizing Display Formats When you select a display from...

Page 65: ...4 Click GEV Device control in the Parameters and Controls section 5 In the ImageFormatting section of the GEV Device Control dialog box select FixedFormat or DisplaySupportedFormats 6 In the DisplayV...

Page 66: ...me that passes between the end of the horizontal front porch and the beginning of the horizontal back porch HorizontalSynchPulsePolarity Low High The level of polarity of the horizontal synch pulse Ho...

Page 67: ...s are not selected and displayed Channels receiving multicast video transmissions use the Ethernet bandwidth more efficiently Only the selected multicast channel receives streaming video from the mult...

Page 68: ...trol section of the GEV Device Control dialog box enter a channel number from 0 to 31 in the GEVStreamChannelSelector box 2 Enter a port in the GevSCPHostPort box 3 Enter a streaming destination addre...

Page 69: ...d to send the video stream 6 In the GevSCDA box enter the IP address to which the camera has been configured to send the video stream A streaming channel is valid and can be selected if the GevSCPHost...

Page 70: ...Control dialog box select a channel number from the ChannelSelector list Only the channels that have been created appear in the ChannelSelector list if channel 2 is not created it does not appear in...

Page 71: ...images are displayed on your display device You can also choose how to adjust the white balance of images that originated as Bayer color formats Mono Pixel Bit Selection In some display scenarios the...

Page 72: ...ce Control dialog box to ensure that the colors appearing on your display device are rendered as accurately as possible Table 8 White Balance Options Option Description Off This option allows you to m...

Page 73: ...SetSave Saves configuration data to the user set specified by UserSetSelector which is part of the non volatile memory of the device UserSetDefaultSelector Selects the feature user set to load and mak...

Page 74: ...of the vDisplay IP engine messages that can appear Table 10 vDisplay IP Engine Messages Message Description Fragmented packets received This message is displayed when fragmented image packets are rece...

Page 75: ...e is displayed when the total incoming and display stream bandwidth requirements exceed the vDisplay IP engine frame buffer availablebandwidth Feedingthedisplay monitor haspriorityoverthe reception of...

Page 76: ...on on your connected display device for a specified number of milliseconds After the channel information is configured you can use the channel selector buttons on the vDisplay IP engine to cycle throu...

Page 77: ...vDisplay IP engine directly to the management PC Do not connect the vDisplay IP engine to the management PC through a switch 2 Start the Firmware Updater application 3 Browse to and open the latest f...

Page 78: ...tem Your Pleora Technologies representative may request these statistics from you when providing technical support To access system statistics 1 Start GEVPlayer and click Select Connect 2 Click the vD...

Page 79: ...D is lit the power cable is functioning properly and providing power to the vDisplay IP engine in this case you should try to connect to the vDisplay IP engine using GEVPlayer vDisplay Unable to Retri...

Page 80: ...play IP engine fix the problem GEVPlayer controls camera Is the Acquisition Start button selected If not click the Start button Do you see video on the monitor now GEVPlayer controls camera Set GEVSCP...

Page 81: ...in Video Network Not GigE Vision Compliant Video might not appear on your display device if you are using other devices in your video network that were not provided by Pleora Technologies and that may...

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Page 83: ...ion Stream Protocol Allows an application to transfer images using GigE This protocol is implemented over the UDP transport layer protocol HDCP High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection is a form of d...

Page 84: ...LLA Link Local Address LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signaling RGB Red Green Blue color model SDK Software Development Kit UDP User Datagram Protocol VESA Video Electronics Standards Association Tabl...

Page 85: ...latest news and information about our products Decide which of Pleora s products work best for you To visit the Pleora Support Center Go to www pleora com and click Support Center If you have not regi...

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Page 87: ...format 57 Controlling the image mode 56 Controlling the video stream 50 D Defining partial images 51 Discarding partial images 54 Displaying partial images 52 E EMC Conformity 13 Enclosed unit overvie...

Page 88: ...eo on display device 75 Problems with network switch 77 Unable to retrieve EDID information 75 Unsupported pixel format 77 Virus software blocking 77 Wrong camera image 77 U Updating the firmware 72 U...

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