Ethernet Adapter Optimization - AVT Bigeye G Installation Manual

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Ethernet adapter optimization

5. The Ethernet adapter should be adjusted to improve system performance when
[OSX] (PvAPI only)
– System Preferences
– Network
– Select Ethernet, click Advanced
– TCP/IP tab:
Configure IPv4: Manually
IPv4 Address: 169.254.100.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Router: Blank
using a GigE Vision camera. This performance is related to minimizing CPU
usage and dropped or resent packets.
Edit the Ethernet adapter driver properties according to the values in the table
below. The names and availability of the properties listed may vary depending
on adapter manufacturer and model.
Properties
Packet size (MTU)
Interrupt Moderate Rate
Transmit buffers
Receive buffers
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.
Note If adapter packet size support is limited to 1500 bytes, as on
10/100 speed NICs, the camera packet size can be reduced
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using VIMBA Viewer / GigE Sample Viewer and saved to an on
board camera power up config file.
PvAPI users: See ConfigFile in the
Attributes
VIMBA users: See SavedUserSets in the
Driver Features
Figure 4: Interfaces file for static IP,
Linux Ubuntu 10.04
Value
8228 or larger
Extreme
256 bytes
Max setting available
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