Configuring the ni smart camera with labview, Configure the ip address – National Instruments NI Vision NI 17xx User Manual

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Getting Started with the NI 17xx Smart Camera

Configuring the NI Smart Camera with LabVIEW

Complete the following steps to install LabVIEW, the LabVIEW Real-Time Module, the NI Vision
Development Module, and NI Vision Acquisition Software and configure the NI Smart Camera.

1.

Insert the LabVIEW CD. If you have autorun enabled, the installer starts automatically. If not,
select Start»Run. Enter

x:\autorun.exe

, where

x

is the letter of the CD drive.

2.

When the installation screen appears, click Install LabVIEW, and follow the setup instructions.

3.

Insert the LabVIEW Real-Time Module CD.

4.

When the installation screen appears, click Install LabVIEW Real-Time Module, and follow the
setup instructions.

5.

Insert the NI Vision Development Module CD.

6.

When the installation screen appears, click Install NI Vision Development Module, and follow
the setup instructions.

7.

Insert NI Vision Acquisition Software Disk 1.

8.

When the installation screen appears, click Install NI Vision Acquisition Software, and follow
the setup instructions.

Configure the IP Address

You can assign the NI Smart Camera a static IP address or configure it to automatically acquire
an IP address from a DHCP server. Complete the following steps to configure an IP address for the
NI Smart Camera.

1.

Launch Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX), the National Instruments configuration
utility, by double-clicking the Measurement & Automation icon on the desktop, or selecting
Start»All Programs»National Instruments»Measurement & Automation.

2.

Expand the Remote Systems branch of the configuration tree, and select the device you want to
configure. To uniquely identify multiple unconfigured devices, connect and configure one device
at a time.

Refer to the

Subnet Considerations

section of this document and Appendix B, Troubleshooting,

of the NI 17xx Smart Camera User Manual for information about subnets and troubleshooting
smart camera configuration issues.

3.

In the Name field, enter a name for the device. Use the Comment field to enter any additional
information or a brief description of the device.

Device names are limited to 31 characters with no spaces or special characters, except hyphens.
The first and last characters must be alphanumeric.

4.

Verify the IP address configuration. The IP address is either a network address, an automatic private
IP address (

169.254.x.x

), or

0.0.0.0

, depending on how the network is configured to issue

network addresses.

If the network is configured to issue IP addresses using DHCP, select Obtain IP address
from DHCP server
.

Otherwise, configure the IP address manually. Select Edit the IP settings, click Suggest
Values
, and click OK.

Note

If the smart camera IP address is

169.254.x.x

or

0.0.0.0

, the smart camera is only

accessible from the local subnet. To access the smart camera from a remote subnet, configure the
smart camera to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server or manually assign a static IP address.

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