THORLABS LabView DCU2 Series Programming Manual page 8

6 DCx camera
1
General Information
1.1
At a glance
This LabVIEW manual contains all the information you need to program your own applications with
your DCx camera in LabVIEW.
Herinafter, uc480 stands for all Thorlabs DCx cameras:
DCU224C
DCU224M
DCU223C
DCU223M
DCC1645C
DCC1545M
The uc480 LabVIEW interface is part of the comprehensive software package included in the scope
of delivery of every DCx camera. In addition to the drivers, the software package includes the uc480
Camera Manager, the uc480 Demo, and a Software Development Kit (SDK) for creating your own
programs in Windows and Linux. Demo applications make it easier to start DCx camera
programming.
Please make sure to also read the file named WhatsNew.txt which you will find on the installation
CD and in the C:\Program Files\Thorlabs\DCx camera\Help directory when the installation is
completed. This file contains late-breaking information on new functions and fixed issues.
We would like to wish you every success with the product.
1.2
System Requirements
The uc480 LabVIEW interface supports versions 8.x and 2009 of LabVIEW. The NI Vision module
must be installed for some examples.
To operate the uc480 camera, the system environment in which it is used must meet
the following requirements:
CPU speed
Memory (RAM)
For USB uEye
cameras:
USB host controller
Graphics card
*) Some capabilities of the camera may not be available.
All manuals and user guides at all-guidesbox.com
)
Minimum*
600 MHz
256 MB
USB 2.0 high speed (480 Mbit/s)
On-board graphics chip
Recommended
2 x 2.4 GHz
2,048 MB
USB 2.0 high speed (480 Mbit/s)
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Intel or NVIDIA nForce main board
chip set
AGP/PCIe graphics card
Up-to-date version of DirectX
Runtime 9.0c
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