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About the Device User ID

The A68/A38 can be programmed with a user defined name to aid identifying multiple
cameras connected to the network. For instance, on an inspection system with 4
cameras, the first camera might be labeled "top view", the second "left view", the third
"right view" and the last one "bottom view". The factory default username is set to
match the camera serial number for quick initial identification. Note that the factory
programmed A68/A38 serial number and MAC address are not user changeable.
When using CamExpert, multiple A68/A38 cameras on the network are seen as
different "FLIR_Ax8_xxxxx" devices as an example. Non-Teledyne cameras are labeled
as "GigEVision Device". Click on a device username to select it for control by
CamExpert.
An imaging application uses any one of these attributes to identify a camera: its IP
address, MAC address, serial number or User Name. Some important considerations
are listed below.
• Do not use the camera's IP address as identification (unless it is a persistent IP)
since it can change with each power cycle.
• A MAC address is unique to a single camera, therefore, the control application is
limited to the vision system with that unique camera if it uses the camera's MAC
address.
• The User Name can be freely programmed to clearly represent the camera usage.
This scheme is recommended for an application to identify cameras. In this case,
the vision system can be duplicated any number of times with cameras identified by
their function, not their serial numbers or MAC address.
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