Acksys WLg-LINK-OEM User manual

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mvBlueCOUGARXasWiFicamera 
Introduction 
UsingtheWiFiModulWLgLINKOEMfromAcksys,themvBlueCOUGARXbecomesaWiFicamera.
Figure1Acksys’WiFimoduleconnectedtothemvBlueCOUGARX 
Requirements 
Thefollowingshortguideassumes
theAcksysWLgLINKOEMModulehasfactorydefaultsandthat
thedevice(LaptoporPC)hasthelatestmvBlueCOUGARXdriversinstalled
(GenICamfilterdriverisinstalledandworkingfortheWiFiadapteroftheLaptoporPC).

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Instructions 
SettinguptheAcksysWiFimodule
1. Connect
a. theantenna,
b. theEthernetcable,and
c. thepowersupplycabletothemodule.
2. PowerthemoduleandwaituntiltheblueLEDstartsblinking.
3. UseatheLaptoporPCtofindandconnecttotheAccessPointwithSSID"acksys".
4. SettheLaptop’sorPC’sWiFicardtothesubnet192.168.1.0/24.
5. Connectviahttptothemodule,whichbydefaulthasthe192.168.1.253/24address.
6. Loginasadministrator(leavepasswordfieldblank).
7. Setupthecardaccordingtoyourneeds.Recommendations:
a. ChangethemoduleIPaddresstoanother,lessfrequentlyusedclassCsubnet
(192.168.100.0/24).
b. EnableDHCPserversothatMATRIXVISIONcamerascangetvalidIPaddresses,or
leaveDHCPdisabled(ThecameraIPaddresseshastobesetmanuallythen).
c. SetWEPsecurity,sothatnooneelsecanconnecttothemodule.
SettingupMATRIXVISION’smvBlueCOUGARcamera
1. ConnectthecameratotheotherendoftheEthernetcable.
2. Waituntilthecamerahasasteadydeepbluecolor.ThismeansitgotaDHCPIPaddress.
SettinguptheLaptoporPC
1. OpenmvIPConfigureandverifythatthecameraisreachableandtheiconnexttothename
isgreen.Ifitisred,theIPaddressesaresetupwrong!
2. OpenthewxPropViewapplication.
3. Selectthecamera,andswitchthe" UserExperience "selectorto Guru ,and" AcquisitionMode "
selectorto Continuous .
4. SetImageRequestTimeout_msin“Settings>Base>Camera”toi.e. 20.000 (20
seconds)oreven 0 (infinite).
5. SetTriggerModein“Settings>Base>Camera>GenICam>Acquisition
Control>TriggerSelector”to On .
6. SetTriggerSourcein“Settings>Base>Camera>GenICam>
AcquisitionControl>TriggerSelector”to Software .
7. Setthedesiredimageparameters(resolution,bitsperpixeletc.)in“Settings>Base>
Camera>GenICam>ImageFormatControl”.
8. SetmvGevSCBWControlin“Settings>Base>Camera>GenICam>
TransportLayerControl>GevStreamChannelSelector”to mvGevSCBW .
9. Inthefieldthatappearsbelowsetthe mvGevSCBW numberto 1000 .
10.SetmvResendCaptureWindowSizein“Settings>Base>Camera>GenTL
>DataStreams>Stream0>DataStream>mvPacketResend”to 128 .
11.SetmvResendThresholdin“Settings>Base>Camera>GenTL>
DataStreams>Stream0>DataStream>mvPacketResend”to 128 too.
12.InitiateAcquisitionbypressingthe"Acquire"button.
13.Generatesoftwaretriggersbyclickingthe"..."buttonin“Settings>Base>Camera
>GenICam>AcquisitionControl>TriggerSelector>int
TriggerSoftware()”.
IfeverythingwentcorrecttheimageshouldbetransferringfromthecameratotheLaptoporPC.In
thissetupitisevenpossibletosendasoftwaretriggermultipletimesinashortperiod.Thecamera

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storestheimagesintheinternalFIFObufferandthentransfersthemsteadyoneafteranotherfrom
thebuffertothePC.Thiscouldhavemanypracticalapplications(makingacquisitionburstsandthen
letthemstreamconveniently).Pleasenote,thatyoucannotstoremorethan“Settings>Base
>Camera>GenICam>AcquisitionControl>mvAcquisitionMemoryMax
FrameCountImages”intheinternalbuffer. 
Testenvironment 
Theabovesetupwastestedwithmanydifferentacquisitionsettings
100x100pixelsto5Mpix,
8bppgrayscaleto16bppcolor,and
threedifferentlaptops.
TestedWiFiadapterswere:
IntelCentrinoAdvancedN6205,
IntelCentrinoUltimateN6300AGN,and
IntelWirelessWifiLink4965AGN 
Resources 
WiFiModulWLgLINKOEMfromAcksys:http://www.acksys.fr/us/produits/wlg_link_oem.htm