Acquiring An Image - National Instruments CVS-1450 Series Getting Started

Acquiring an Image

This section contains information on acquiring images using the LabVIEW Real-Time Module and
MAX.
Acquiring an Image Using the LabVIEW Real-Time Module
Complete the following steps to acquire an image using the LabVIEW Real-Time Module.
1. Launch LabVIEW, and select Real-Time Project.
2. Select Custom project for the Project type, enter a Project name, select the Project folder where
you want to store the project and click Next.
Select Import Existing VIs to host and target, and click Add VIs in the VIs imported to run on
3.
target section.
4. Navigate to
<LabVIEW>
5. Click
Grab.vi
6. Click Next.
7. Click Browse targets to add a target or device to the project.
8. Select the Existing target or device option from Targets and Devices, expand the Compact
Vision System branch, select your device, and click OK.
9. Click Next.
10. Verify that the NI CVS-1450 device appears correctly in the LabVIEW Real-Time Project, and
click Finish.
11. After your project has launched, specify which camera your NI CVS-1450 device will use by
selecting a camera from the Camera Name control.
12. Click the Run button on the VI front panel to begin acquiring images.
Acquiring an Image Using MAX
Complete the following steps to acquire an image using the MAX.
1. Launch MAX.
2. In the MAX configuration tree, expand the Remote Systems folder.
3. Expand the device folder of your NI CVS-1450 device.
4. Expand Devices and Interfaces.
5. Expand NI-IMAQdx Devices.
6. Select a camera.
7. Click the Snap button to acquire a single image, or click the Grab button to acquire continuous
images.
Now that you are acquiring images, you can use the NI Vision Development Module and the installed
NI CVS-1450 device drivers to process images and control inputs and outputs.
Getting Started with the NI CVS-1450 Series
<LabVIEW>\examples\IMAQ\IMAQdx examples.llb
is the location to which LabVIEW is installed.
, and click Add VIs.
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, and click Add VIs.
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