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Chapter 3: Installation Overview
This chapter provides the procedure and block diagram required to set up the Nano-XF
and prepare to gather data. Broadly speaking, you will need to:
• Check your package contents to ensure you have all of the necessary
components.
• Select the data interface and install the required hardware and software.
• Decide which camera configuration best suites your needs.
• Determine if you will be developing in-house applications.
Limited information about Camera Link setup is provided in Chapter 4, EPIX/PIXCI
Installation , on page 19 and Chapter 5, National Instruments Installation , on page 23 of
this manual.
For more information about Camera Link setup and operation, refer to the information
supplied with the boards and software supporting this interface.
Perform the following procedure to set up your system and prepare to acquire data:
1. If the system components have not already been unpacked, unpack them and
inspect their carton(s) and system components for in-transit damage. Store the
packing materials.
2. Verify that all system components have been received.
3. If the components show no signs of damage, verify that the appropriate power cord
has been supplied with the power supply.
4. If the application software has not already been installed on the host computer,
refer to the appropriate section and install the software:
•
Section 4.1, XCAP-Lite Software Installation , on page 19;
• Section 4.2, XCAP-Std/Plus Software Installation , on page 20;
• Section 5.3, Ni-Vision Acquisition (NI-IMAQ) Software Installation , on page 23;
• Section 5.4, PCIe 1427 Frame Grabber Installation and NI-IMAQ Configuration ,
on page 24.
When the software has been installed proceed to step 5.
5. With the host computer turned off, remove the cover and install the frame grabber
board.
6. Make the following cable connections between the camera and the controller:
• Data cable to the Remote Head connector on the front of the controller;
• Power cable to the Power connector on rear of the controller.
7. Make the Camera Link cable connections between the controller and the host
computer.
8. Plug the system power supply into the rear of the camera and plug the power
supply into the power source.
9. Switch the power supply on.
10. Turn the controller on.
11. Turn on the host computer.
12. Wait until the Status light on the back of the multi-head controller is a blinking at a
steady rate, approximately 1 blink/second.
13. Launch the data acquisition software.