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mvBlueCOUGARX as WiFi camera Introduction Using the WiFiModul WLgLINKOEM from Acksys, the mvBlueCOUGARX becomes a WiFi camera. Figure 1 Acksys’ WiFi module connected to the mvBlueCOUGARX Requirements The following short guide assumes the Acksys WLgLINKOEM Module has factory defaults and that the device (Laptop or PC) has the latest mvBlueCOUGARX drivers installed (GenICam filter driver is installed and working for the WiFi adapter of the Laptop or PC). MATRIX VISION GmbH | Talstrasse 16 | DE 71570 Oppenweiler Telefon: +49719194320 | Fax: +4971919432288 | www.matrixvision.de Mail: info@matrixvision.de Subject to change without notice / Technische Änderungen vorbehalten – 01/2013 1 ...
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Instructions Setting up the Acksys WiFi module 1. Connect a. the antenna, b. the Ethernet cable, and c. the power supply cable to the module. 2. Power the module and wait until the blue LED starts blinking. 3. Use a the Laptop or PC to find and connect to the Access Point with SSID "acksys". 4. Set the Laptop’s or PC’s WiFi card to the subnet 192.168.1.0/24. 5. Connect via http to the module, which by default has the 192.168.1.253/24 address. 6. Login as administrator (leave password field blank). 7. Setup the card according to your needs. Recommendations: a. Change the module IP address to another, less frequently used class C subnet (192.168.100.0/24). b. Enable DHCP server so that MATRIX VISION cameras can get valid IP addresses, or leave DHCP disabled (The camera IP addresses has to be set manually then). c. Set WEP security, so that noone else can connect to the module. Setting up MATRIX VISION’s mvBlueCOUGAR camera 1. Connect the camera to the other end of the Ethernet cable. 2. Wait until the camera has a steady deep blue color. This means it got a DHCP IP address. Setting up the Laptop or PC 1. Open mvIPConfigure and verify that the camera is reachable and the icon next to the name is green. If it is red, the IP addresses are set up wrong! ...
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> Camera > GenICam > Acquisition Control > mv Acquisition Memory Max Frame Count Images” in the internal buffer. Test environment The above setup was tested with many different acquisition settings 100 x 100 pixels to 5 Mpix, 8 bpp gray scale to 16 bpp color, and three different laptops. Tested WiFi adapters were: Intel Centrino AdvancedN 6205, Intel Centrino UltimateN 6300 AGN, and Intel Wireless Wifi Link 4965 AGN Resources WiFiModul WLgLINKOEM from Acksys: http://www.acksys.fr/us/produits/wlg_link_oem.htm MATRIX VISION GmbH | Talstrasse 16 | DE 71570 Oppenweiler Telefon: +49719194320 | Fax: +4971919432288 | www.matrixvision.de Mail: info@matrixvision.de Subject to change without notice / Technische Änderungen vorbehalten – 01/2013 3 ...
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