Cheetah KAC Camera User Manual | Camera Link (CLF) Interface
October 1, 2019
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66
of
135
Rev 7.2
4 Cheetah Configurator for
Camera Link
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
The Imperx camera configurator utility (CamConfig) provides an intelligent, automated
method of ‘discovering’ and ‘searching’ all available UART components in your PC and
allowing you to select the one connected to the Cheetah camera. CamConfig expects the
frame grabber’s serial interface DLL clserXXX.dll file to be located in
C:\Windows\System32. If the CamConfig software does not find your camera, it could be
because your frame grabber stored the clserXXX.dll file in a different directory on your
computer. You will need to locate the file and move it to C:\Windows\System32.
To search for the frame grabber’s clserXXX.dll file:
1.
In Windows File Explore, click the
C drive
.
2.
In the search field type
clser*
and press
Enter
.
3.
After finding the appropriate file, move it to C:\Windows\System32.
The CamConfig engine not only finds the CamLink DLL port but also looks 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. After finding an attached Imperx
Cheetah camera, CamConfig will read the ‘camera type’ information from the camera. The
Cheetah camera name will appear in the list box, which includes all DLLs, ports, and
cameras discovered. The user can then select the DLL/port/camera of interest by
highlighting the entry and clicking the OK button. Clicking on the Rescan Ports button
causes the above discovery procedure to repeat. Note: the frame grabber has to be
Camera Link v1.0 (or later) compliant.