Maximum altitude
2,000 m (800 mbar) (at 25 °C ambient
temperature)
Pollution Degree
2
Indoor use only.
Note
For complete specifications, refer to the specifications document for your
device at
Installing Application Software and Driver
Before installing the PXIe-8246, you must install the application software and device driver.
National Instruments provides two options for developing machine vision applications.
•
NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection (Vision Builder AI)—Interactive, menu-
driven configuration software for developing, benchmarking, and deploying machine
vision applications. You must also install NI-IMAQdx.
•
NI Vision Development Module—Programming library for developing machine vision
and scientific imaging applications. The NI Vision Development Module requires an
application development environment—LabVIEW and NI-IMAQdx.
Installing Vision Builder AI
Install the following software to use Vision Builder AI to develop applications.
1.
NI-IMAQdx—Refer to the
NI Vision Acquisition Software Release Notes
on the NI
Vision Acquisition Software installation media for system requirements and installation
instructions for the NI-IMAQdx driver.
Documentation for the NI-IMAQdx driver software is available by selecting
Start
»
All
Programs
»
National Instruments
»
Vision
»
Documentation
»
NI-IMAQdx
.
2.
Vision Builder AI—Refer to the
NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection Readme
for
installation instructions.
Documentation for Vision Builder AI is available by selecting
Start
»
All Programs
»
National Instruments
»
Vision Builder AI
»
Documentation
.
Installing the Vision Development Module
Install the following software to use Installing the Vision Development Module to develop
applications.
1.
LabVIEW—Refer to the
LabVIEW Release Notes
for installation instructions and system
requirements for the LabVIEW software. Refer to the
LabVIEW Upgrade Notes
for
additional information about upgrading to the most recent version of LabVIEW.
Documentation for LabVIEW is available by selecting
Start
»
All Programs
»
National
Instruments
»
LabVIEW
»
LabVIEW Manuals
.
2.
NI-IMAQdx—Refer to the
NI Vision Acquisition Software Release Notes
on the NI
Vision Acquisition Software installation media for system requirements and installation
instructions for the NI-IMAQdx driver.
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