Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera
Installing the Genie Camera
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About the User-Defined Camera Name
The Genie 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 Genie serial
number and MAC address are not user changeable.
When using CamExpert, multiple Genie cameras on the network are seen as different "Genie_M640_x" devices as
an example. Click on a Genie 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.
