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15.2.1
Connecting multiple cameras
When you connect multiple cameras to the PC, you get the best performance if each
camera is connected to a separate NIC. The camera and the NIC must be on the same
subnet. You can also connect multiple cameras to the same NIC, using a switch. In that
case, both the NIC and all the cameras that are connected to it must be on the same
subnet.
If the PC has multiple NICs, all the NICs must be on different subnets. The subnet is
indicated by the third section of the IP address, see an example in the figure below. This
figure also shows that other equipment, such as network printers, should be connected
to a separate NIC.
192.168.
1
.51
192.168.
1
.52
192.168.
1
.5
192.168.
0
.5
192.168.
2
.5
192.168.
0
.51
NIC2
NIC3
NIC1
Figure 62: PC conncted to three cameras and external network, using three separate NICs and
one switch
15.3
Connecting encoders
The RS-422 inputs on the camera have internal termination, which makes it possible to
connect an RS-422 encoder to the camera without requiring any external termination.
With this termination it is possible to directly connect up to two cameras to the same
encoder.
Use an incremental encoder with two channels (A+/A- and B+/B-) and connect all four
outputs. It is not possible to connect an index channel (Z) to the camera.
The example below shows a wire diagram for connecting one SICK Stegmann RS-422
encoder (DRS-60 with TTL output levels) to two cameras.
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