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Calibir GXM640 IR Camera User's Manual
Operational Reference
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Figure 31: Sapera CamExpert
About the Device User ID
The Calibir GigE can be programmed with a user defined name to aid identifying multiple
cameras connected to the network. For instance, on an inspection system with 4
cameras, the first camera might be labeled “top view”, the second “left view”, the third
“right view” and the last one “bottom view”. The factory default user name is set to
match the camera serial number for quick initial identification. Note that the factory
programmed Calibir GigE serial number and MAC address are not user changeable.
When using CamExpert, multiple Calibir GigE cameras on the network are seen as
different "Calibir_GXM640_xxxxx" devices as an example. Non Teledyne DALSA cameras
are labeled as “GigEVision Device”. Click on a device user name to select it for control
by CamExpert.
An imaging application uses any one of these attributes to identify a camera: its IP
address, MAC address, serial number or User Name. Some important considerations are
listed below.
Do not use the camera's IP address as identification (unless it is a persistent IP) since
it can change with each power cycle.
A MAC address is unique to a single camera, therefore the control application is limited
to the vision system with that unique camera if it uses the camera's MAC address.
The User Name can be freely programmed to clearly represent the camera usage.
This scheme is recommended for an application to identify cameras. In this case, the
vision system can be duplicated any number of times with cameras identified by their
function, not their serial numbers or MAC address.
