Users Manual – eco1050, eco2050, eco2150, eco4050, eco674, eco694, eco814
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Appendix D
19.1
PC and OS Requirements
It is recommended to use a PC with a Pentium CPU i5 or higher. The camera is
working also on lower frequencies but it might not deliver the full frame rate in
those cases. The operation system must be XP or Win 7. We don’t support
WIN 98/ NT/2000 or older Operation Systems. A Linux driver is available, too.
For VXworks a source code for driver development can be offered on request.
Interfacing must be developed by the experienced user.
19.2
Firewall considerations
The GigE Vision standard defines a communication based on UDP packets
between a GigE Vision compliant camera and a host PC. Often PC firewalls are
adjusted to be restrictive and not to allow for sending UPD packets from the
outside of the PC to a port that has been opened by an application
Sometimes the firewall settings have been adjusted during installation of the
operating system or afterwards such that the user will be asked if the UDP
data stream should be enabled once a camera starts sending UDP packets to
the PC. When clicking OK in response to that question the application will be
added to a list of exceptions. A firewall will let those applications communicate
with network devices like a GigE Vision camera over the network. In case the
Windows installation has been adjusted such that the user will not be asked
when an outside device starts sending network packets to an application then
that application has to be enabled manually in order to achieve the same as
before. An appropriate dialog can be opened for example when right-clicking
on the network icon in the tray and selecting “Change Windows.
