Users Manual Area Scan Cameras SVSGigE
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16.1
Overview
The GigE Vision standard is an award-winning specification for connecting cameras to
computers by a Gigabit Ethernet cable. That type of connection is well suited for
transferring the huge data streams that are usually related to image capturing
devices. The current SVS GigE API software development kit (SDK) provides for
integrating GigE cameras into own applications.
16.2
Requirements
In order to give an example for data transfer requirements, a camera with a
resolution of 1600 by 1200 pixels and which is running at 35 frames per second will
generate a data stream of 1600 x 1200 x 35 = 67,2 Mbytes per second. The
bandwidth of the network connection must be capable of transferring the image data
stream from the camera to the client computer with the image viewing or processing
application.
Before a GigE camera can be successfully used in a system, all network parameters
have to be adjusted to appropriate settings. This will be done by the SVCapture
program which usage is described in the “SVCapture user guide” document. A
successful work with the SVS GigE API software development kit can be accomplished
only when it has been proved that a camera can be operated over the network on full
frame rate from the PC where the software development takes place.
16.3
SVGigE SDK components
The SVGigE SDK consists of the following components:
SVGigE.h
SVGigE.cpp
SVGigE.dll
SVGigE.sys
SVGigETLFilter.dll
SVGigETLWinsock.dll
SVGigE SDK user guide.pdf (this document)
The
DLL components
have to be in the
same directory as the executable
or
alternatively they can be put into the windows\system32 directory. The header file
and the cpp file will usually be put into the development directories. They are needed
for developing applications under various development environments.
Before running the SVGigEFilter.dll the SVGigE driver has to be installed accordingly to
the instructions in the “SVCapture user guide” documentation.
