Introduction; General Preparations - Basler ase Installation And Setup Manual

1 Introduction

The 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 procedures describes the
installation for one camera in a test setup on a desk top. 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 your computer.

1.1 General Preparations

Make sure that the following items are available before starting installation:
A Basler ace Camera Link camera.
The appropriate Camera Link cables. If you will be supplying power to the camera via Power
over Camera Link (PoCL), make sure that the cables are specified for use with PoCL.
If you are not using PoCL to supply power to the camera, obtain 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 an appropriate Camera Link frame grabber.
The PC must be equipped with a 32 bit or 64 bit Windows XP/Vista/7 operating system or Linux
(from Kernel 2.6).
The frame grabber must support at least the base Camera Link configuration. It also should be
able to handle a camera with an 82 MHz Camera Link pixel clock (see Section 1.2 on
A copy of the Basler pylon driver and software package version 2.3 or higher.
You can download the pylon package free of charge from the Basler website:
www.baslerweb.com
You should perform the hardware installation first and the software installation second.
Basler ace Camera Link
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