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7. Software
7.1 Baumer GAPI
Baumer GAPI stands for
B
aumer “
G
eneric
A
pplication
P
rogramming
I
nterface”. With this
API Baumer provides an interface for optimal integration and control of Baumer cameras.
This software interface allows changing to other camera models.
It provides interfaces to several programming languages, such as C, C++ and the .NET™
Framework on Windows
®
, as well as Mono on Linux
®
operating systems, which offers the
use of other languages, such as e.g. C# or VB.NET.
The HXC camera features are in general supported by Baumer GAPI v 1.7.2. However,
to use the new release 2 features (e.g. HDR and Multi-ROI) Baumer GAPI v 2.1 is re
-
quired.
Notice
There is currently no Baumer GAPI version for Linux available with support for
Camera Link
®
.
Notice
Please note the extra instructions to the software Baumer GAPI. Specifically for
Camera Link
®
Cameras, the "User´s Guide CLConfig Tool".