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Introduction:
Install and run Camera device on new computer.
Procedure:
Configure camera in NI MAX:
1. Click on NI MAX.
2. Turn off all automatic things like automatic exposure.
3.Trigger mode should be off, trigger delay enabled in MAX but user needs to set trigger line and type.
4. If ROI (Region of Interest) functions are not supported by camera then set all ROI variables in GEECS system to No, user can set ROI in MAX.
5. Once camera is set then he/she can use ICD file to configure future cameras correctly.
Steps to run device:
Follow steps 1 and 2 if the device type is not already in your database
1. Follow steps of Add/Edit new device type
2. Enter Name “Point Grey Camera” and Relative Path “Point Grey Camera\Point Grey Camera.lvclass” and click on create/Modify Devicetype.
3.Then Add New SimCam Device by following steps of Create New Device and Launch New Device
6.User can also change variables values from GUI and resize GUI window, image aspect ratio remain same.
7. To get 16 bit images in the GUI, the GUI compression and GUI8bit variables must be turned off in the database. A device restart is required for this to take effect. Note this will make the device very slow. To keep cameras fast, use GUI8bit, compression, and set compression quality to as low a number as you require.
GUI_camera Features:
1. Overlay: In GUI_Camera two overlays are available.
A. GUI running Centroid average: User can draw average running centroid overlay on image of specific size X and Y.
B. Crosshair Overlay: User can draw crosshair overlay on image of specific size X and Y.