FLIR Alpha Nir User Manual page 7

Alpha NIR User's Guide 412-0007-10 Ver 150
4. Ensure that the board has had the correct threaded standoffs installed into it. The
threads should be 4-40, and the digital interface cable for the camera that will be
connected to the system should mate with the connector on the board and be
retained by the thumbscrews.
5. Power up the computer. It should show you a message that the IMAQ hardware
is initializing.
6. Run the Upgrade to IMAQ 2.5.3 executable on the Alpha NIR Setup CD. The
computer will reboot again.
7. Open the folder Disk 2 on the CD and run setup.exe. Use of default settings for
installation locations is strongly recommended. Do not restart until all
components have been installed and the message "IRvista INSTALLATION IS
COMPLETE" appears. In other words, hit the CANCEL button when prompted
about whether to restart after individual components are installed.
8. Restart the computer.
9. Open the folder called DLL Patch which is located in the Disk 2 folder on the CD.
Replace the two installed .DLL files with the same names with these two new
files. To do this, copy the two dll files in the DLL patch folder and paste them in
the folder called Indigo Data which is located at C:\Program Files\IRvista\Indigo
Data. When the "confirm file replacement" window pops up hit the Yes to All
button.
10. Find the folder "IMAQ Vision Deployment 6.0.3", execute "autorun", select
"IMAQ Vision 6.0 Run-Time Engine" – this installs the NI IMAQ Vision license.
Once it has finished installing, click on "Exit". Do not install the first choice on
the list, which is the IMAQ Vision Deployment License.
11. Connect your IMAQ cable to the PCI-1422's 100-pin SCSI connector. Connect
the other cable end to the camera that is being integrated with IRvista. All screw
threads should be fully engaged.
12. From your desktop, run "Measurement and Automation" – the installed NI utility.
Select OK, then double-click "Devices and Interfaces", double-click IMAQ PCI-
1422: img 0, then right-click channel 0 – select Indigo Systems, then Alpha
NIR.icd. This configures the frame grabber to use the proper camera driver.
13. To confirm everything is working properly at this point, click "grab". This should
result in the display of a dark box in the center of the window – this is the output
of the camera without non-uniformity correction or gain control. If the camera
type is a NIR sensor, then make sure the sensor head lens aperture is open and
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