Basler Aviator Camera Link Installation And Setup Manual page 7

1 Introduction
The installation procedures in this guide assume that you want to get your camera operational and
begin capturing images as quickly and as simply as possible. Accordingly, the procedure describes
a desktop installation for one camera. The procedures also assume that you will be using the Basler
pylon software package to set the parameters on your camera and that you will only have Camera
Link cameras connected to the computer.
1.1 General Preparations
Make sure that the following items are available before starting installation:
A Basler aviator Camera Link camera.
A power supply for the camera. Make sure that the power supply meets all of the requirements
listed in the camera user's manual.
An appropriate C-mount lens.
If you already know which lens you will be using in your application, use this lens. Otherwise,
we suggest that you use a zoom lens for your initial testing and setup. If you need assistance
in determining the best lens for your application, contact Basler technical support. The contact
numbers appear in the title pages of this guide.
A PC equipped with a Camera Link frame grabber.
The PC must be equipped with a Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2/SP3, or Windows Vista
32 bit operating system.
The frame grabber must support at least the base Camera Link configuration. It also should be
able to handle a camera with a 65 MHz Camera Link pixel clock.
A copy of the Basler pylon driver and software package version 2.2 or higher.
You can download the pylon package free of charge from the Basler website:
www.baslerweb.com
Currently, only the 32 bit version of the pylon software package can be used
with Camera Link cameras.
Currently, Basler aviator cameras are the only Camera Link cameras
supported by the pylon package.
You should perform the hardware installation first and the software installation second.
Basler aviator Camera Link
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