CHEETAH Hardware User’s Manual
Imperx, Inc.
Rev. 1.6
6421 Congress Ave.
8/26/2016
Boca Raton, FL 33487
+1 (561) 989-0006
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4.1
OVERVIEW
Camera configuration utility software and CHEETAH Camera Configurator
(CamConfig) are provided with each camera. After installing the program, the user can
program the camera, change its settings and save the settings in a file or in the camera.
The configuration utility includes an interactive help file, which will guide you through
the camera setup.
4.2
DISCOVERY PROCEDURE
Often times, multiple frame grabbers and cameras may be installed into a computer at the
same time. The CamConfig utility provides an intelligent, automated method of
‘discovering’ and ‘searching’ all available UART components in your PC and allowing
the user to select the one that is connected to CHEETAH camera. CHEETAH Cam
Configurator is expecting the serial interface DLL clserXXX.dll file to be located in
C:\\Windows\System32. The search engine not only finds the CamLink DLL port but
also looking for any available COM port installed on the PC as well. It will then
communicate with each port (.DLL and COM) and attempt to query the attached camera.
If it finds an attached Imperx CHEETAH camera, it will read the ‘camera type’
information from the camera. CHEETAH camera name will be displayed in the list box,
which includes all DLLs, ports and cameras that it discovered. The user can then select
the DLL/port/camera, of interest, by highlighting the entry and clicking on the ‘OK’
button. Clicking on the ‘Rescan Ports’ button causes the above discovery procedure to be
repeated. Please note the frame grabber has to be Camera Link v1.0 (or later) compliant.
Figure 33:
Discovery procedure – select port