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BASLER ACE

QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE

Rev. 01
Quick installation Guide V1

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  • Page 1: Quick Installation Guide

    BASLER ACE QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE Rev. 01 Quick installation Guide V1...

  • Page 2: General Preparations

    1.1 General Preparations Make sure that the following items are available before starting installation: A Basler ace camera. A suitable power supply for the camera. A Cat 6E or better network cable (two cables if you are using a power injector).

  • Page 3: Installation Procedures

    2 Installation Procedures 2.1 Installing Basler pylon If there are any cameras connected to your PC, disconnect them now. Once you have downloaded the software package, you can install the software by doing the following: 1. We most strongly recommend that you close all open applications now. 2.

  • Page 4: Disabling The Windows Firewall

    Click the Next button. 9. A Ready to Install the Program window will open. Click the Install button. 10. When the installation process is complete, a Completed window will open. Click the Finish button. 11. An Installer Information window may open informing you about the need to restart the computer.
  • Page 5 On the General tab of the Windows Firewall window, the On (Recommended) option button can be selected. Disabling of the Firewall is done on the Advanced tab. 2. On the Advanced tab: In the Network Connection Settings group: Deselect the check box for the network adapter where camera will be attached (see Local Area Connection 1 in the following example).

  • Page 6: Installing The Hardware

    2.3 Installing the Hardware If you are using a 12 VDC camera power supply: Connect one end of a network cable to the network connector on the camera, and connect the other end of the cable to the network connector on the GigE network adapter in your PC.

  • Page 7: Changing A Camera's Ip Configuration

    2.4 Changing a Camera’s IP Configuration An application called the IP Configuration Tool is included as part of the pylon driver installation package. The IP Configuration Tool lets you make changes to the IP configuration of your camera. To start the IP Configuration Tool: Double click the pylon IP Configuration Tool icon on your desktop Or click Start, click All Programs, click Basler Vision Technologies, click Pylon x.x, click Pylon IP Configuration Tool.
  • Page 8 If the selected camera has a persistent (fixed) IP Address assigned to it, the Persistent IP Address box will display the current persistent IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway. The Connected to box will display the IP Address for the network adapter to which the selected camera is connected.
  • Page 9 Making Changes to the Camera’s IP Configuration You can use the IP Configuration Tool to make permanent changes to the camera’s IP configuration. (Permanent means that the changes will stay in place even when the camera is reset or switched off and back on.) If you want to change the IP configuration of the camera: 1.
  • Page 10 3. The IP configurator window will enter edit mode and will now allow you to enter new IP values as shown below. If desired, enter a Device User ID for the camera. If you want to assign the camera a persistent (fixed) IP address, enter an IP address, a subnet mask, and a default gateway.
  • Page 11 2.5 Acquiring Your First Images and Changing Camera Settings The easiest way to acquire your first images and to change the camera’s settings is to use the pylon Viewer software that was installed earlier with the pylon package. In this section we will show you how to acquire images and how to set the camera so that it automatically adjusts gain and exposure.
  • Page 12 4. Click on your camera’s name in the Device tree to select the camera. A camera Features pane will open in the viewer as shown below. You will use the selections in the Features pane to adjust all of the camera’s parameter settings. Also notice the User Level setting below the Features pane.
  • Page 13 6. Click the icon in the Menu Bar to place the camera into continuous image capture mode. The images captured by the camera will be displayed in a display window as shown below. 7. Focus the lens so that you get a good image. Notice that if you vary the light intensity on the object, the camera will automatically adjust the image quality.

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