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- Page 1 AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual AVT GigE Vision Cameras V1.0.1 02 October 2013 Allied Vision Technologies GmbH Taschenweg 2a D-07646 Stadtroda, Germany...
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Page 2: Legal Notice
Allied Vision Technologies GmbH 10/2013 All rights reserved. Managing Director: Mr. Frank Grube Tax ID: DE 184383113 Headquarters: Taschenweg 2a D-07646 Stadtroda, Germany Tel: +49 (0)36428 6770 Fax: +49 (0)36428 677-28 e-mail: info@alliedvisiontec.com AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Install GigE Sample Viewer ....................24 Starting the camera ..................25 Power up ........................25 Connect to host application..................... 25 Using the AVT viewer applications ............26 Using VIMBA Viewer....................... 26 Launch the application ....................26 AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... - Page 4 Is the camera powered, but not detected in viewer? ............47 Is the camera listed in Viewer but can't acquire images? ........... 49 How to minimize/eliminate dropped packets? ..............50 Troubleshooting for Bigeye G cameras only (IOD mode) ............ 51 Additional references ..................52 Index ...........................53...
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Page 5: Contacting Allied Vision Technologies
#07-02 D’Lithium, Singapore 368001 Tel: +65 6634-9027 Fax: +65 6634-9029 e-mail: info@alliedvisiontec.com Allied Vision Technologies (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. 2-2109 Hongwell International Plaza 1602# ZhongShanXi Road, Shanghai 200235, China Tel: +86 21-64861133 Fax: +86 21-54233670 e-mail: info@alliedvisiontec.com AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... -
Page 6: Introduction
AVT Technical Manuals unique for each camera family. For detailed information on camera features and controls specific to the AVT GigE cameras refer to the AVT GigE Camera and Driver Attributes and AVT GigE Camera and Driver Features documents. -
Page 7: Conventions Used In This Manual
Caution This symbol highlights important instructions. You have to follow these instructions to avoid malfunctions. This symbol highlights URLs for further information. The URL itself is shown in blue. Example: http://www.alliedvisiontec.com AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... -
Page 8: Additional Information
Hardware_Selection_for_AVT_GigE_Cameras.pdf For more information on lenses go to: http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/emea/products/ accessories/lenses.html AVT software All software packages provided by AVT are free of charge and contain the fol- lowing components: • Drivers • Software Development Kit (SDK) for camera control and image acquisition •... - Page 9 http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/emea/support/downloads/ software.html Third-party software In addition to the software provided by AVT, there are numerous GigE Vision Standard compliant third-party software options available. In general, third- party software provides increased functionality such as image processing and video recording. For a list of compliant third-party software see: http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/emea/products/software/...
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Page 10: Safety Instructions
Safety instructions Safety instructions This chapter describes safety instructions/cautions valid for AVT GigE cameras and special safety instructions/cautions depending on the camera model used. General safety instructions Note • There are no switches or parts inside the camera that require adjustment. The guarantee becomes void upon ... -
Page 11: Changing Filters Safety Instructions
(which can push dust into cameras and lenses). • Use only optical quality tissue/cloth if you must clean a lens or filter. Ask your dealer if you are not familiar with these procedures. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... -
Page 12: Safety Instructions For Board Level Cameras (Only Manta And Prosilica Gb)
• Do not remove the sensor board and main board from its anti-static packaging unless your body is grounded. • ESD shielding: To protect the boards from radiation of other modules or devices use a special ESD protective housing. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... - Page 13 Caution Board level cameras: Dirty environments • Always use clean boards. • To protect the board level cameras from debris always use in a clean environment or a protective housing. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1...
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Page 14: Getting Started
AVT GigE cameras offer various mechanical interfaces for installing a lens including C-Mount, CS-Mount, F-Mount, M12-Mount, M42-Mount, M58-Mount, and Canon EF-Mount. Lenses can be purchased directly from AVT or from an AVT distributor. Users need to select the desired focal length and appropriate opti- cal format for the target camera model. -
Page 15: Gige Vision Software
QNX. Visit the link below for more information. http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/emea/products/legacy.html AVT GigE Vision cameras are GigE Vision v1.2 compliant. This means they are compatible with third-party software which offers a GigE Vision driver. For a list of compliant third-party software see: http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/emea/products/software/... -
Page 16: Installing Hardware
In order to take advantage of maximum camera frame rates, a Gigabit speed adapter is required. If your host computer has an available Ethernet port, this can be used with AVT GigE Vision cameras. We recommend that your camera system uses a dedicated Ethernet port not shared with internet or local area networks. -
Page 17: Ethernet Adapter Configuration
4. After initial Ethernet adapter hardware installation, connect the Ethernet adapter directly to the camera. The default configuration assigns an IP address automatically using the Link-Local Address range of 169.254.xxx.xxx or an address defined the by the DHCP server, if present. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... - Page 18 – Terminal: sudo gedit /etc/net- work/interfaces – Add/edit: auto eth6 iface eth6 inet static address 169.254.100.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 Where, is name of NIC con- eth6 Figure 3: Interfaces file for static IP, nected to camera. Linux Ubuntu 10.04 AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1...
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Page 19: Ethernet Adapter Optimization
Max setting available Table 3: Ethernet adapter performance settings Default AVT GigE Vision camera factory settings configure the camera packet size to 8228. The host adapter needs to support a packet size of equal or larger size to stream from the camera. - Page 20 [Linux] – Terminal: sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces – Add: mtu 8228 to appropriate interface. – Or, to temporarily increase packet size: Terminal: sudo ifconfig eth0 mtu 8228, where eth0 is the camera NIC. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1...
- Page 21 Support for buffer size control and moderation rate settings varies greatly between network card driver providers. Follow the link below for a detailed guide to using the Linux e1000 Base Driver for the Intel PRO/1000 family of adapters: http://www.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/sb/CS- 032516.htm?wapkw=e1000+linux+base+driver+for+the+intel+pr o%2f1000 AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1...
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Page 22: Installing Camera Software
Installing camera software This chapter presents instructions for software installation specific to Windows 7. AVT GigE Vision cameras can be operated under earlier versions of Windows including XP. Suggestions specific to Linux, QNX and OSX are also offered when applicable. AVT offers two main SDKs for its GigE Vision cameras—VIMBA and PvAPI. -
Page 23: Install Vimba Viewer
Necessary runtime libraries for executing VIMBA Viewer are available with AVT VIMBA SDK package. • AVT VIMBA ships as a tarball. Uncompress the archive with the command tar -xf ./AVTVimba.tgz to a directory you have writing privileges for. This creates a directory named AVTVimba. -
Page 24: Install Gige Sample Viewer
• Run as root, e.g. “sudo ./SampleViewer”, allowing the OS to boost the pri- ority of the AVT driver thread, the driver to bind directly to the NIC adapter, and minimize dropped packets. Users who feel running as root compromises their system security may find the following implementation satisfactory: –... -
Page 25: Starting The Camera
NICs Caution Bigeye G cameras Operate Bigeye G cameras at 12 V (+ 5 %). The current is lim- ited to max. 3.0 A. Operating Bigeye G cameras outside these specifications may cause damage. -
Page 26: Using The Avt Viewer Applications
Using the AVT viewer applications Using the AVT viewer applications This chapter describes the use of two viewer applications offered by AVT—VIMBA Viewer and GigE Sample Viewer. The viewer applications are used to stream live view images from the camera, adjust the camera parameters and test function- ality. -
Page 27: Open Live View: Viewer Toolbar
10. “Running” means continuous acquisition, whereas, “Ready” means camera is ready to acquire images. The freerun button is used to start/stop the live view. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... -
Page 28: Adjust Camera Controls: Controller Window
The controller window, as shown in figure 10, is used to configure the camera frame rate, exposure time, color balance, imaging mode, strobe functionality, pixel format, and much more. A detailed explanation of camera controls can be found in AVT GigE Camera and Driver Features document: ... -
Page 29: Live Histogram
Figure 12: Live histogram in VIMBA Viewer Note Histogram is ONLY supported for the following pixel formats: • Mono8 • RGB8 • BGR8 • YUV444 • BayerRG12Packed AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... -
Page 30: Using The Gige Sample Viewer
If the images are too dark, point the camera directly at a light source to ensure images are not being dropped. If no images appear proceed to Troubleshooting on page 47. Figure 14: GigE Sample Viewer live view AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... -
Page 31: Adjust Camera Controls
Figure 15: GigE Sample Viewer controls window A detailed explanation of camera controls can be found in the AVT GigE Camera and Driver Attributes document. AVT GigE Camera and Driver Attributes download link: http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/fileadmin/content/PDF/... -
Page 32: Event Channel
ExposureEnd, etc. The factory default settings disable all event noti- fications. Use the camera controls to select which events to monitor. View the EventID to understand the display format in the Events window. Figure 17: GigE Sample Viewer events and controls AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... -
Page 33: Rs232 Serial Interface
Viewer. Click the serial icon, shown left, to open the serialIO window. This tool controls the camera’s RS232 port which communicates across the RXD and TXD pins on the camera IO port. All AVT GigE Vision cameras except Mako G offer an RS232 port. -
Page 34: Export Camera Settings
This file can be uploaded to other cameras allowing both units to utilize the same camera settings. Load camera settings to other cameras using the CamSetup example code found in PvAPI SDK from AVT. See the application note: http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/fileadmin/content/PDF/... -
Page 35: Modifying Camera Ip Address
Modifying camera IP address Modifying camera IP address AVT GigE Vision cameras support a number of IP addressing modes. Cameras shipped from the factory are configured to DHCP. If a DHCP server is not present, the camera uses the LLL / Auto IP configuration mode. -
Page 36: For Pvapi Users
– Select the camera(s) you wish to alter, select Change. – Select Use the following IP address. – Enter desired IP address, subnet mask, and gateway. Figure 24: Setting fixed camera IP address using AVT IPConfig application AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... - Page 37 [Linux, OSX, QNX] With the camera(s) connect to the host, run the CLipConfig program included in the AVT GigE SDK/bin-pc directory. Source code is included in the examples. Figure 25: AVT CLipConfig application command line options AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1...
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Page 38: Using Multiple Cameras
Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth is 1 Gbps (Gigabit per second) ~ 125 MBps (Mega- bytes per second). Example 1 can be accommodated using a single Ethernet port, whereas, example 2 and 3 require multiple Ethernet ports in order to increase the available bandwidth. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... -
Page 39: Single Ethernet Port
Using multiple cameras For more information on StreamBytesPerSecond and camera pixel format, see: PvAPI users: AVT GigE Camera and Driver Attributes document VIMBA users: AVT GigE Camera and Driver Features document Single Ethernet port Multiple cameras are connected to a switch. The switch is connected to a single Ethernet port. -
Page 40: Multiple Ethernet Ports
IP address that overlaps with the binary 1’s (decimal 255 in following example) of the Subnet mask. Camera 1 Adapter 1 169.254.100.2 169.254.100.1 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0 Camera 2 Adapter 2 169.254.200.2 169.254.200.1 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0 Figure 29: Camera and adapter IP address example AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... - Page 41 Modifying camera IP address on page 35. – Set the following IP addresses: Camera1 IP Address: 169.254.100.2 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Adapter1 IP Address: 169.254.200.2 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Figure 31: AVT IPConfig camera IP address configuration window AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1...
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Page 42: Implementing Link Aggregation
• Need to use high(> 8 bits) bit depth pixel formats. • Highest frame rate is needed. See AVT Prosilica GX Technical Manual for resolution and ROI frame rate performance. http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/us/support/downloads/ product-literature/prosilica-gx.html For more information on camera pixel format, see:... -
Page 43: Configuring Link Aggregation
Next Figure 33: Intel adapter properties – Select the desired adapters corre- teaming tab sponding to the ports to be used by the Prosilica GX camera, click Next Figure 34: Team wizard adapter selection AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... - Page 44 – Add/edit: auto bond0 iface bond0 inet static address 169.254.100.101 netmask 255.255.0.0 bond-slaves eth6 eth7 bond_mode 0 Figure 36: Interfaces file for bonding mtu 8228 where, eth6 and eth7 are the NICs to be bonded. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1...
- Page 45 – Select Ethernet, click gear icon, Manage Virtual Interfaces – Click the Add (+) button, and select New Link Aggregate – Select the ports to bond from the list, click Create, Done. Figure 37: Manage Virtual Interfaces. OSX AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1...
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Page 46: Multicasting Configuration
One host acts as master/controller, and the others act as monitor. Most network hardware only supports multicasting at maximum packet size 1500. For enabling/disabling multicasting, see: PvAPI users: AVT GigE Camera and Driver Attributes document VIMBA users: AVT GigE Camera and Driver Features... -
Page 47: Troubleshooting
Run the IpConfig application installed with the GigE Sample Viewer. You may need to wait up to one minute for the camera to appear. Figure 38: GigEIpConfig [Linux, OSX, QNX] In AVT GigE SDK/bin-pc/<correct architecture>/ directory: Terminal: sudo ./CLiPConfig -l AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... - Page 48 Troubleshooting If you are still having problems, type: ipconfig /all in a command prompt [win- dows]; ifconfig -a in terminal [Linux, OSX, QNX]. Send resulting screenshot to support@alliedvisiontec.com. Figure 39: ipconfig /all. Windows AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1...
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Page 49: Is The Camera Listed In Viewer But Can't Acquire Images
– For VIMBA Viewer: ExposureTimeAbs – For GigE Sample Viewer: ExposureValue • Ensure the camera lens is properly installed and the lens cap has been removed. Note If you are still having problems, email to support@alliedvisiontec.com. AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... -
Page 50: How To Minimize/Eliminate Dropped Packets
Check the Gigabit Ethernet cable. A damaged cable often causes the host to switch to 10/100 speed mode. • Use one of the NICs recommended in our hardware selection guide. A list of AVT recommended Ethernet adapters is available on the AVT website. http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/fileadmin/content/ PDF/Support/Application_Notes/ Hardware_Selection_for_AVT_GigE_Cameras.pdf... -
Page 51: Troubleshooting For Bigeye G Cameras Only (Iod Mode)
Troubleshooting • Linux only: Run as root, allowing the OS to boost the priority of the AVT driver thread, and the driver to bind directly to the NIC adapter. Users who feel running as root compromises their system security may find the fol- lowing implementation satisfactory: –... -
Page 52: Additional References
Additional references Additional references Product webpage http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/us/products/cameras/gigabit-ethernet/ manta.html Product manuals and CAD models http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/us/support/downloads/product- literature.html AVT VIMBA SDK http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/us/products/software/vimba-sdk.html AVT GigE PvAPI SDK http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/emea/products/legacy.html Knowledge base http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/us/support/knowledge-base.html Case studies http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/us/products/applications/industrial- inspection.html Firmware http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/us/support/downloads/firmware.html AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1... -
Page 53: Index
Getting started......... 14 Technical information ......... 5 Troubleshooting........47 Internet Protocol........18 IP address .......... 17 IP address settings........15 Jumbo Frames........15 Jumbo Packet .......... 20 Legal notice ..........2 Link Aggregate Group (LAG)......42 AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1...
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