System Requirements; Connecting A Gige Ueye Cp Rev. 2 - IDS GigE uEye CP Rev. 2 Technical Manual

Vibration and shock resistance
Vibration and shock resistance of the cameras corresponds to EN 60068-2-6 and EN 60068-2-27.

5.2 System requirements

For operating the cameras, the following system requirements must be met:
Camera
Interface
CPU
Memory
Disk space
Operating system Windows
Operating system Linux
Depending on the sensor model, the camera performance may be limited with the minimum system
requirements.

5.3 Connecting a GigE uEye CP Rev. 2

Check the power supply to the camera. Connect the camera to to a Gigabit Ethernet port on the PC either
directly or using switches. Please read the following notes before setting up.
Cabling
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The data network and the camera network should be cabled separately. Therefore, it is recommend
connecting the cameras by a separate network card.
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It is recommend to use Cat5e type cables.
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The cable length of the individual segments must not exceed 100 m. A segment is a continuous cable
connection between two network devices (e.g. PC, camera, switch).
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It is recommended to cable the network throughout at 1000 Mbit/s.
Network card
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To ensure optimum performance of the network connection, you need to install the latest drivers for your
network card.
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GigE network adapters for PCI slots are limited in its transfer rate to approximately 80-90 MByte/s.
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It is recommended to set the "Receive Descriptors" in the network card settings to the maximum value.
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It is recommended to set the "Jumbo Frames" (also: Jumbo Packet) in the network card settings to the
maximum value.
Note that the connection between the camera and the PC must continuously be able to transport jumbo
packets to ensure the transmission of the jumbo packets. Information on these settings is provided in the
manual supplied with the network adapter.
January 2020
GigE uEye CP Rev. 2
Gigabit Ethernet-Port (1000 Mbps)
Intel i3 or better
Min. 2 GB
Min. 500 MB
Windows 10 (32/64-bit)
Windows 8.1/8 (32/64-bit)
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (32/64-bit)
Linux > Kernel 2.6 (32/64-bit)
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