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Genie Monochrome Series Overview
Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera
Application Development Overview
Sapera LT Library with optional Processing
Sapera LT is a powerful development library for image acquisition and control. Sapera LT provides a single API
across current and future DALSA hardware. Sapera LT delivers a comprehensive feature set including program
portability, versatile camera controls, flexible display functionality and management, plus easy to use application
development wizards.
Sapera Processing is a comprehensive set of C++ classes for image processing and analysis. Sapera Processing
offers highly optimized tools for image processing, blob analysis, search (pattern recognition), OCR and barcode
decoding.
The following is a Sapera application functional block diagram. The Genie Framework installation includes the
Genie driver and the Sapera Network Imaging Package.
User’s Sapera
Application
Sapera LT SDK
Genie Driver
GigE Server
Sapera Network
Imaging Driver
CamExpert
Ethernet Network Interface Card
Network
Configuration Tool
Images
Control
GVSP
GigE Vision
Stream
Protocol
GVCP
GigE Vision
Control
Protocol
single GigE Vision
Camera
Sapera LT
Genie
Framework
smart DHCP
Server
(optional)
Sapera
Network
Imaging
Package
Alternatively via a switch
To multiple GigE
Vision Cameras
GigE Vision Compliant Environment
The GigE Vision Compliant XML device description file is embedded within Genie firmware allowing GigE Vision
Compliant applications to know Genie capabilities immediately after connection.