Connecting The Camera; Defining Udev Rules - Matrix Vision mvBlueFOX3 Technical Manual

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Note
This directory is only used for the files that are run time required.
The files required at compile time are always installed in
$HOME/mvimpact-acquire-n.n.n
. The script also creates a convenient softlink to this directory:
mvimpact-acquire -> mvIMPACT_acquire-2.6.0
If this argument is not specified, the driver will be placed in the default directory
The version argument is entirely optional. If no version is specified, the most recent
mvGenTL_Acquire-x86-n.n.n.tgz
found in the current directory will be installed.

8.3.3 Connecting the camera

After the driver installation you have to connect the mvBlueFOX3 using a USB 3.0 cable.
You can check connection by using tool mvDeviceConfigure (p. 100). In the program's window, your camera should
be listed.
Afterwards, you can start wxPropView (p. 74) to configure the mvBlueFOX3.
Since driver version 2.11.3, starting wxPropView (p. 74) the first time, the Quick Setup Wizard (p. 74) , a
tiny and powerful configuration tool, will be started.
8.3.4 Defining udev rules
Most Linux system nowadays use the udev device manager, which is responsible for dynamically managing the
/dev tree. In order to be able to use the MATRIX VISION mvBlueFOX3 USB3 Vision (p. 161) camera as non-root
user, a special set of rules has to be handed to the udev device manager.
On older systems this could be done by directly editing the contents of a
nowadays a "/etc/udev/rules.d"
the behavior of a system device.
In the specific case of the mvBlueFOX3 camera, if the camera has been installed through the respective installation
script install_mvGenTL_Acquire.sh
for some reason the rules have to be created manually it should be done according to the following steps:
1. Create a file in the
2. Type the following content into the file:
directory exists, which may contain several different files, each defining
, a suitable set of rules has been installed automatically. However if
"/etc/udev/rules.d"
"/etc/udev/rules"
directory with name 52-U3V.rules
CONTENTS
/opt .
file, however
.
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