Document Outline

• Contacting Allied Vision Technologies
• Introduction
  • Document history
  • Conventions used in this manual
    • Styles
    • Symbols
  • Additional information
    • AVT accessories
    • AVT software
      • Third-party software
• Safety instructions
  • General safety instructions
  • Sensor safety instructions
  • Changing filters safety instructions
  • Safety instructions for board level cameras (only Manta and Prosilica GB)
• Getting started
  • GigE Vision camera
  • Optics
  • GigE Vision software
  • Overview of installation
• Installing hardware
  • Installing Gigabit Ethernet network card
  • Ethernet adapter configuration
    • Installation of Ethernet adapter driver
      • [Windows 7]
    • Modify Ethernet adapter IP address
      • [Windows 7]
      • [Linux]
      • [OSX] (PvAPI only)
    • Ethernet adapter optimization
      • Adjust camera packet size
        • [Windows 7, Intel Gigabit CT]
        • [Linux]
        • [OSX] (PvAPI only)
      • Adjust buffers and moderation rate
        • [Windows 7, Intel Gigabit CT]
        • [Linux, QNX, OSX]
• Installing camera software
  • Overview of software installation
  • Download camera drivers
  • Install VIMBA Viewer
    • [Windows 7]
    • [Linux]
  • Install GigE Sample Viewer
    • [Windows 7]
    • [Linux]
• Starting the camera
  • Power up
  • Connect to host application
• Using the AVT viewer applications
  • Using VIMBA Viewer
    • Launch the application
    • Open live view: Viewer toolbar
    • Adjust camera controls: Controller window
    • Camera information: Information window
    • Live histogram
  • Using the GigE Sample Viewer
    • Launch the application
    • Open live view
    • Adjust camera controls
    • Live histogram
    • Camera information
    • Event channel
    • RS232 serial interface
    • Seek camera
    • Export camera settings
• Modifying camera IP address
  • For VIMBA users
  • For PvAPI users
    • [Windows 7]
    • [Linux, OSX, QNX]
• Using multiple cameras
  • Example 1:
  • Example 2:
  • Example 3:
  • Single Ethernet port
    • Example:
  • Multiple Ethernet ports
    • Fix host adapter IP address
    • Fix camera IP address
• Implementing link aggregation
  • When is LAG needed?
    • Example 1:
    • Example 2:
  • Configuring Link Aggregation
    • [Windows 7, Intel PT]
    • [Linux]
    • [OSX] (PvAPI only)
• Multicasting configuration
  • [Windows]
  • [Linux]
  • [OSX] (PvAPI only)
• Troubleshooting
  • Is the camera getting power?
  • Is the camera powered, but not detected in viewer?
    • [Windows 7]
    • [Linux, OSX, QNX]
  • Is the camera listed in Viewer but can't acquire images?
    • StatFramesDelivered / StatPacketsReceived = 0
    • StatFramesDropped ≠ 0
    • StatFramesDelivered is increasing but black image
  • How to minimize/eliminate dropped packets?
  • Troubleshooting for Bigeye G cameras only (IOD mode)
• Additional references
  • Product webpage
  • Product manuals and CAD models
  • AVT VIMBA SDK
  • AVT GigE PvAPI SDK
  • Knowledge base
  • Case studies
  • Firmware