SVS-Vistek evo1050 User manual

U SERS M ANUAL
SVCam “EVO Tracer” series
evo1050 TR, evo2050 TR , evo2150 TR,
evo4050 TR and evo8050 TR
Preliminary
Digital Progressive Area Scan Camera
Version 1.1
05.06.2013
PRELI INARY

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Index
Content
1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 5
2 Pinout and Installation ..................................................................................... 6
2.1 Un acking ......................................................................................... 6
2.2 Power su ly ..................................................................................... 6
2.3 Connector for Power and I/Os ........................................................ 6
Phoenix 10 GB “Ethernet” Connector ....................................................................... 6
2.4 Installation/Getting started ................................................................. 7
2.5 Hardware .......................................................................................... 7
2.6 Available o eration modes .................................................................. 8
2.6.1 O eration Modes ........................................................................ 8
2.7 LED Signals SVCam- .......................................................................... 9
Camera status ............................................................................................... 9
3 Software SVCa ture/GigE Vision Camera Viewer ............................................... 10
3.1 Overview ........................................................................................ 10
3.2 Adjusting TCP/IP res . network settings ............................................. 10
3.3 Adjusting TCP/IP res . network settings ............................................. 10
3.3.1 Network address assignment...................................................... 11
3.3.2 Persistent Network address assignment ....................................... 12
3.3.3 Using jumbo frames .................................................................. 13
3.3.4 Performance considerations ....................................................... 14
3.3.5 Connecting multi le cameras to a PC .......................................... 15
ONLY if 1 GigE out ut is used! ................................................................ 15
Using Dual GigE channels ( 2 cables) with a Switch is NOT su orted .......... 15
3.3.6 Multicast .................................................................................. 16
ONLY if 1 GigE out ut is used ! ............................................................... 16
3.3.7 Dis laying live images ............................................................... 17
4 Windows x64 support ................................................................................. 18
5 Camera settings dialog................................................................................... 20
5.1.1 Camera ................................................................................... 21
5.2 Network.......................................................................................... 21
5.3 Acquisition ...................................................................................... 21
5.4 Ima e ........................................................................................... 22
5.5 Gain .............................................................................................. 23
5.5.1 Offset ...................................................................................... 23
5.6 AutoGain/AutoEx osure .................................................................... 24
5.7 Auto ta balance .............................................................................. 24
5.8 Adjusting an AOI (area of interest) .................................................... 25
5.9 Strobe ............................................................................................ 25
5.10 Persistence ..................................................................................... 25
6 Saving images to disk .................................................................................... 26
7 Lens Control ................................................................................................. 27
Also the lens ty e will be shown if it has been detected right.Assigning IO lines .......... 27
8 Dis laying a camera’s XML file ........................................................................ 30
9 Dis laying a camera’s feature list .................................................................... 31
10 Other menu items ......................................................................................... 31
11 Context menu ............................................................................................... 32

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12 Firmware u date ........................................................................................... 33
13 TECHNICAL DATA .......................................................................................... 34
13.1 CCD used/cosmetic issues: ............................................................... 34
13.1.1 Sensors: .................................................................................. 34
13.1.2 Cosmetic S ecs ........................................................................ 34
13.2 Gain balancing................................................................................. 35
13.3 Signal conditioning ........................................................................... 35
13.4 O tical and mechanical issues ........................................................... 35
13.4.1 Views on front, rear and side . All “Tracer” versions ...................... 36
13.5 Basic electro-o tic s ecifications evo1050 version/12 Bit Out ut ........... 37
13.6 Basic electro-o tic s ecifications evo2150 version/12 Bit Out ut ........... 37
13.7 Basic electro-o tic s ecifications evo2050 version/12 Bit Out ut ............ 38
13.8 Basic electro-o tic s ecifications evo4050 version/12 Bit Out ut ........... 38
13.9 Basic electro-o tic s ecifications evo8050 version/12 Bit Out ut ............ 39
13.10 Environmental Issues: ...................................................................... 40
13.10.1 Euro e .................................................................................... 40
13.10.2 USA and Canada ....................................................................... 40
13.11 S ectral res onse curves .................................................................. 41
13.11.1 Comments on camera tem erature ............................................. 42
13.12 Comments on COLOR Version ............................................................ 42
14 A endix A – Troubleshooting ......................................................................... 44
14.1 Problem: A camera does not a ear in the discovery dialog .................. 45
14.2 Problem: Camera image ................................................................... 45
14.3 TROUBLESHOOTING REQUEST LIST V1.3 ............................................ 46
15 A endix B – Basic timing for different o eration modes .................................... 47
15.1 Free running/ Fixed frequency ........................................................... 47
15.2 External Trigger and Pulsewidth of Trigger .......................................... 47
15.3 External and Software trigger and internal ex osure time setting........... 47
• SVGigE FilterDriver installation/de-installation ..................................... 48
16 A endix D ................................................................................................... 49
• Automated SVGigE Filter Driver installation ...................................................... 49
• Automated SVGigE Filter Driver de-installation .................................................. 50
Manual SVGigE FilterDriver installation ................................................................... 52
16.1 Installation Instruction for Filter Driver installation ............................... 52
16.2 Ste -by-ste ................................................................................... 52
17 A endix E setting Static Link Aggregation (SLA) on Intel Pro 1000 Dual ort NIC
card under Windows XP ........................................................................................ 57
Choose static Link Aggregation .................................................................................. 59
Press finish .......................................................................................................... 60
Adapter teaming is done ........................................................................................... 60
18 A endix F ................................................................................................... 64
18.1 PC and OS Requirements .................................................................. 64
18.1.1 Firewall considerations .............................................................. 64
19 A endix G .................................................................................................. 65
19.1 Firmware-U date with “GigE U date Tool.exe“ rogram ........................ 65
20 A endix H .................................................................................................. 67
Basic circuits for Hardware Interfacing ................................................................... 67
20.1 Safety Instructions ........................................................................... 68

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1 Introduction
Thank you for urchasing a SVS-VISTEK roduct. SVS-VISTEK stands for reliable
com etence and customer oriented solutions in the field of rofessional machine vi-
sion systems. We believe that we are more than just a trade artner of machine vision
com onents and we believe in sharing our years if develo ment ex ertise with our
customers. We offer single source solutions and are a one-sto sho ing center for all
questions concerning rofessional machine vision. As a consequence, our insistence
on the highest quality has resulted in many com anies worldwide that use our rod-
ucts and services with great success and satisfaction. Customers at home and abroad
trust and rely on our know-how and ex erience.
The SVCam “Tracer”-Line cameras offer HIGHEST RESOLUTION with one shot,
combined with digital out ut (non interlaced, rogressive scan cameras) via Ethernet
technology. Further, they feature an excellent S/N ratio at low rices.
A unique lens control for “ Micro Four Third” lenses allows maximum versatility in
various a lications.
The ex osure time can be adjusted in different ways. 4 o eration modes are available
to cover most a lications in image rocessing and o tical metrology.
The following ty es are covered in this manual:
evo1050 TR ½” CCD, 1024 x 1024 ixel, 12 Bit gray level resolution, u to 147
frames/sec. Monochrome and color version (usin electrical 14 Bit ADC).
evo2050 TR 2/3” CCD, 1600 x 1200 ixel, 12 Bit gray level resolution, u to 81
frames/sec. Monochrome and color version (usin electrical 14 Bit ADC).
evo2150 TR 2/3” CCD, 1920 x 1080 ixel, 12 Bit gray level resolution, u to 78
frames/sec. Monochrome and color version (usin electrical 14 Bit ADC).
evo4050 TR 1” CCD, 2336 x 1752 ixel, 12 Bit gray level resolution, u to 41
frames/sec. Monochrome and color version (usin electrical 14 Bit ADC).
evo8050 TR 22,66mm diagonal CCD, 3320 x 2496 ixel, 12 Bit gray level resolution,
u to 21 frames/sec. Monochrome and color version (usin electrical 14 Bit ADC).
For standard applications only 8 Bit are transmitted due to
data load
For more information on the color versions, please see chapter 4.9.
If you need modifications, we will be glad to offer you a custom camera suitable to
your a lication.

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2 Pinout and Installation
Warning
The CCD camera is built with CMOS-LSI circuits. All internal electr n-
ics in the camera are sensitive t high v ltage r electr static dis-
charge. The camera can be destr yed if carelessly handled, s ex-
treme care sh uld be taken during set up and perati n. D n t ex-
p se the sens r t a direct laser beam as this c uld damage the sen-
s r! See Safety Instructi ns at Appendix F. Warranty will be v id if
n t f ll wed.
2.1 Unpacking
• Camera
• Power su ly (if ordered/o tion)
• Cables ( if ordered/o tion)
• User Manual
• Disk with SDK including “Filter Driver”, API and GUI “ SVCapture ” (for GigE
camera) rogram. Also a Firmware update tool.
• XML File according to GenIcam standard released by AIA committee.
2.2 Power supply
Current consum tion:
< 7 Watt
2.3 Connector for Power and I/Os
Mating C nnect r : Ph enix SACC-M12FS-12OL-PG9-M
Phoenix 10 GB “Ethernet Connector
M12 Connector com lies with Autosensing 100 T Ethernet and Gigabit s ecification.
Features Auto MDIX.
Mating C nnect r : Ph enix VS-08-M12MS-10G-P SCO
See outline and notes in chapter 12.4.1

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2.4 Installation/Getting started
Recommended PC
It is recommended to use a PC with a Quad core CPUs. F r svs8050 and higher
with minimum f 4 Gbyte RAM. The camera is working also on lower frequen-
cies but it might not deliver the full framerate in those cases.
NETWORK switches are currently NOT su orted with dual GigE cameras.
Also MULTICAST o eration will not work.
In case only one out ut is used:
If the camera is connected to the PC directly without using a network switch, a fixed
IP-Address and Subnet-Mask has to be confi ured in the PC’s TCP/IP set-
tin s:
See: Start->Settings->Network connections->LAN-connection->Pro erties->TCP/IP
If 2 ports are connected: The IP address must e configured
following the STATIC LINK AGREGATION (SLA) standard. If
not done, performance is reduced. See Appendix
A Gigabit Ethernet network ada ter is needed. If your PC does not have a Gigabit in-
terface card urchase a card usin an ori inal INTEL(TM) Chip set.
Currently PCI(e) (EXPRESS) bus cards with 82546 chip set versi n
have been tested successfully
If you don’t follow this, a significantly reduced data transmis-
sion rate is o served. Also the loss of data can appear.
2.5 Hardware
2.7.1 Lenses
Install a Micro Four Third lens on the camera. Make sure the lens “sna s” into the
bayonet so the in connection between camera and lens for remote control will work
ro erly.
For roven lenses contact your local dealer. In general there are lenses e.g. from
Olym us, Sigma and Panasonic. Lenses from Schneider et. al. have been announced.
Install the lens before you power up the camera. If
camera has already power lens will not work !
N te that pure “F ur Third” lenses d have a different Back F cus dis-
tance and WILL NOT WORK !
Check f ll wing website f r lenses:

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http://www.four-thirds.org/en/microft/lens_chart.html
N te that n t all might w rk. F r tested lenses c nsult y ur
l cal dealer
2.7.2 camera
Install camera in the desired location. You can use the ¼“ tri od ada ter or use the 4
M3 holes in the ada ter of the camera. Connect the ower su ly. If you have or-
dered a P/S connect it to the camera. If you use your own ower su ly (must be be-
tween 9 and 24 VDC) make sure connection is done right. See Cha ter 5.4.3. If you –
by mistake – su ly line with GND in the camera can be damaged!
If power supply was ordered, do not modify it.
Connect one or 2 Ethernet cable to your PC like you would built u a PC Network.
Please note that cable length should not exceed 100m for theses camera (Cat 5E ver-
sion). In doubt consult your local distributor!
If y u want t use the full frame rate c nnect 2 cables t a dual p rt
NIC card. If nly ne p rt is c nnected, use the RIGHT ne !
Wait 15 seconds until the status LED continuously yellow. Then start “SVCap-
ture.exe” .
2.6 Available operation modes
General:
All modes are set y Ethernet interface which connects via
M12 –RJ 45 ETHERNET ca le.
CAT 5E quality is required.
For cable availability consult your local supplier
The default factory setting is free runnin /fixed frequency using the internal logic
for ex osure control You can also trigger the camera by hardware and by PC (Soft-
ware trigger).
For color: With the SDK comes a free software algorithm which will allow rocessing of
the color image inside the PC. This must to be done in order to inter olate the colors
for each ixel. Please note that no res onsibility can be taken for the algorithm. It
might be necessary to change the algorithm according to the a lication. See chap-
ter 4.9.
2.6.1 Operation Modes
• Fixed frequency (Free runnin )

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The camera puts out data automatically. The framerate can be adjusted.
• Tri ered, external exposure control
If you want to trigger the camera and determine the ex osure time by the ulse
width of a Trigger, choose this mode. Then a ly a TRIGGER signal at the a -
ro riate ins e.g. on ins of Hirose connector (see Layout for Connector. With
the starting edge of the ulse the camera will start ex osure time. The ex o-
sure time ends with next u coming edge of the Trigger signal. Please check the
timing diagram in the a endix of this manual.
• External tri ered, internal camera exposure control
If you want to trigger the camera and use the convenient ex osure time control
of the internal controller then use this mode. You still can use the SVCa ture
GUI for setting ex osure time (see “Ex osure time”-field below). However you
need to use a signal in order to trigger the camera (see “Trigger”-buttons be-
low).
• External tri ered via Software tri er with internal exposure control
If you want to trigger the camera with a software trigger and use the SVCa -
ture ex osure time control of camera logic then use this mode.
Note that some latency can be observered which is significant in o osite to
Hardware Trigger.
2.7 LED ignals VCam-
Camera status
Signals:
• No connection with network cable (yellow slow)
• Assignment of the network address (yellow uick)
• Network address assigned (yellow)
• Connected with application (green)
• Streaming channel available (green slow)
• Ac uisition enabled (green fast)
• Problem with initialization (red slow)
• Overheating (red uick)
Optional instead of “ac uisition enabled”:
• Waiting for trigger (blue)
• Exposure active (cyan)
• Readout/FVAL (violet)
C de signals
ON
Slow ( ca 1 Hz)
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3 Software SVCapture/GigE Vision Camera Viewer
3.1 Overview
You can use the SVCa ture without the “Filter Driver” but if you want to lower the CPU
load when grabbing images install it now. SEE APPENDIX “D”
You will o serve a loss of frames if you don’t use the driver
If you have installed the camera and connected ower, you can install SVCap-
ture.exe and the DRIVER to do the first test. Double click on the SVCa ture icon
and a window will o en.
The Software “SVCa ture” dis lays images sent from SVS GigE-Cameras via Gigabit
Ethernet to your PC (with Windows XP windows 7) and it allows for adjusting basic
camera settings.
3.2 Adjusting TCP/IP resp. network settings
If the live image is not dis layed as shown before, this is most often caused by ina -
ro riate network settings. In this case the camera’s network settings have to be ad-
justed first before getting it into an o erational mode.
Adjust settings accordingly
Settings->Network connections->LAN-connection->Pro erties->TCP/IP
In a network with a DHCP server the camera will obtain its IP address automatically
and the settings shown in the screenshot above will be on “Obtain an IP address au-
tomatically.
3.3 Adjusting TCP/IP resp. network settings
If the live image is not dis layed as shown before, this is most often caused by ina -
ro riate network settings. In this case the camera’s network settings have to be ad-
justed first before getting it into an o erational mode.
Adjust settings accordingly
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In a network with a DHCP server the camera will obtain its IP address automatically
and the settings shown in the screenshot above will be on “Obtain an IP address au-
tomatically.
3.3.1 Network address assignment
The main com onents of a network address are the IP (Internet Protocol) address and
the network mask. The usually a lied network mask “255.255.255.0” for small net-
works u to 254 PCs re resents a 32 Bit long bit mask where the first 24 bits are set
to 1 and the last 8 bits are set to 0. This network mask instructs the network hard-
ware to let those devices exchange information with each other where the first 24 bits
of the IP addresses match for all devices.
Thus the variable range of addresses is made from all ossible combinations of the
last 8 bits for which the network mask is set to 0. Exce tions are the first address 0
and the last address 255 which have s ecial meanings for network management func-
tions. All other 254 combinations are usually free for assigning them to network de-
vices.
For a eer-to- eer connection of a GigE camera to a PC a network address assignment
based on LLA (Local Link Address) is recommended. This involves a network mask
“255.255.0.0” as well as a fixed first art “169.254.xxx.xxx” of the network address
range. A GigE camera will fall back to LLA soon after recognizing that no DHCP server
is available and that no fixed network address was assigned to the camera.
In case a camera can not be reached by the SVCa ture a lication a dialog will a ear
that allows for adjusting a camera’s network arameters. The sim lest way is to click
on “Automatic” which will rovide to a search for a free IP address and to assigning it
to the camera given that the interface IP could be determined ro erly.

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That dialog can also be brought u when right clicking on an entry in the discover dia-
log and subsequently selecting “Force IP address” in the context menu. However,
when adjusting the PC network settings to LLA the camera must not get assigned a
fixed network address.
NOTE: The network settin s performed in the “Force IP address” dialo are
only valid until the next shutdown and restart of a camera. For per-
manently chan in a camera’s network settin s the “Network set-
tin s” dialo can be used instead. That dialo can also be opened in
the context menu which is displayed when ri ht-clickin on an entry
in the discover dialo .
3.3.2 Persistent Network address assignment
O en the dialog by selecting “Network settings” in the context menu that comes u
when right-clicking on an entry in the discovery dialog:
All settings in the “Network configuration”
dialog will be transferred to the camera and
they will be made ersistent on the EEPROM
inside the camera. Therefore this dialog al-
lows for assigning a non-volatile network
address to a camera which it will maintain
also over ower off and restart cycles.
Network settin s performed in this dia-
lo become valid but after a reboot of
the camera.
In addition to a ersistent network address it
can be decided whether the camera will try
to obtain a dynamic network address from a
DHCP server on start-u . If this o tion is
used the camera can no longer be identified
uniquely by IP address. Instead, other items
like MAC address, serial number or the user
defined name can be used for this ur ose.
Usually the DHCP method is convenient for

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involving a camera in to an already existing network of com uters which all obtain
their IP addresses from a DHCP server. The camera will well behave in this environ-
ment when adjusting it also to the DHCP mode.
In some cases it may be that a camera will be connected for erformance reasons di-
rectly to a dedicated network card. Given that this network card has not got assigned
a valid IP address there is a fall-back procedure defined which takes automatically a
network address from a s ecial range that has been assigned for this ur ose. This is
the so called “Link Local Address (LLA)” behavior that constitutes the last item in a
chain of fallback cases. It has been defined in the Gi E Vision standard document
that the LLA fall-back rocedure can never be deactivated. Therefore the LLA check-
box is deactivated but always in a checked state.
Currently the default gateway setting is not used and therefore deactivated. This is re-
lated to erformance considerations which recommend to o erate GigE cameras in the
same network segment where the clients exist and not to route the data stream in to
other networks.
3.3.3 Using jumbo frames
The trans ort efficiency in the streaming channel can be im roved when using “jumbo
frames” in network trans ort. This will reduce the overhead which is caused by main-
taining header data with each data acket. A network acket has usually a size of
about 1500 bytes which can be increased to e.g. 16112 by switching “jumbo frames”
on. In addition to the network card “jumbo frames” have to be su orted also by a
switch that forwards the image data stream from a camera to the PC.
Adjusting higher acket sizes requires network cards that su ort jumbo ackets, e.g.
Intel PRO/1000 GT which offers a single network ort or Intel PRO/1000 PT which of-
fers two network orts. Other cards have to be checked whether they contain an ad-
justment which allows for switching “jumbo frames” on.

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NOTE: For Intel Pro/1000 cards the settings should be adjusted as follows:
Flow control: Generate
Interru t throttling rate: Minimal
Jumbo frames: adjust to maximal value
All SVCam-GigE cameras su ort flow control and jumbo frames u to 16112 bytes.
3.3.4 Performance considerations
Each GigE camera is a hi h-performance device . In order to use the full erfor-
mance of a GigE camera a PC is required that meets at least the data transfer figures
that the connected camera is ca able to deliver to the a lication.
For exam le, a svs625MFGE camera delivers a com ound image data stream consist-
ing of two times 50 Megabytes/sec. of ayload data lus network overhead. Therefore
the PC that o erates that camera should be ca able of transferring that amount of da-
ta as a net data stream over all its internal com onents like network card, PCI bus
and others. A PC with a dual core Pentium D 3.0 GHz rocessor and an Intel PRO 1000
MT network card may serve as an exam le of a well equi ed system.
NOTE : All SVS GigE cameras can also be o erated with com uters of less erfor-
mance than the camera delivers at highest framerate. In this case the maximal avail-
able framerate will be below the camera’s maximum. This is a valid o erating mode,
however one has to be aware of the limits.
HINT : Notebooks are in most cases not capable to operate data streams at
the maximum level that SVS Gi E cameras deliver . One has to be aware that

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connecting a SVS GigE camera to an average notebook will not allow for o erating the
camera at highest framerate but only on lower framerates.
3.3.5 Connecting multiple cameras to a PC
ONLY if 1 Gig output is used!
Using Dual Gig channels ( 2 cables) with a Switch is NOT supported
Consider to use only the RIGHT connector (1 cable) with about half of the
maximum frame rate.
Multi le GigE cameras can be connected to a PC either using a switch or using dual or
quad ort network interface connectors (NIC). The following image shows the basic
connection schemes which may also be combined.
HINT: Hi hest performance requires connectin each camera to a separate
port of a NIC. If on the other hand multiple cameras are connected to a sin-
le NIC usin a switch, it mi ht be necessary to operate those cameras with
an “inter packet delay” in order to make the ima e data streams run smooth-
ly on a sin le Gi E line.

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3.3.6 Multicast
ONLY if 1 Gig output is used !
When images from a single camera are to be delivered to multi le PCs the usual way
is to use multicast (RFC 2236). A switch receives an image data stream from a cam-
era and distributes it to multi le destinations in this mode.
Using Dual GigE channels ( 2 cables) with a Switch is NOT supp rted
Since a GigE camera always needs a single controlling a lication, there will be only
one master a lication. That controlling master a lication has to o en a camera in
multicast mode (IP 232.x.x.x for local multicast grou s) for allowing other a lications
to connect to the same image data stream. Other a lications will become listeners to
an existing image data stream. They will not get control access to the camera, how-
ever their eventual acket resend requests will be served in the same way as for the
controlling a lication.
When using SVCa ture as the controlling a lication, the “Multicast” checkbox has to
be checked in the Device Discovery dialog before o ening a camera.
It is im ortant to enter a suitable maximal acket size. This acket size is determined
as the minimum acket size from all intended listeners. When for exam le all a lica-
tions but one have jumbo frames adjusted to 16112 bytes and the one a lication has
jumbo frames adjusted to 9000 bytes then the minimum (9000) has to be entered in
the above shown dialog.
A multicast data stream can be identified in SVCa ture by a change in a camera
view’s title. A multicast grou (232.x.x.x) along with the used ort will be shown in-
stead of a camera’s MAC that is usually dis layed in that lace.
Further the camera is o erated as usual in the controlling a lication without any
changes to normal mode.
A listening a lication will see a hint “MULTICAST” in the “IP address” field of the dis-
covery dialog for a camera that is streaming in multicast mode along with the IP ad-
dress of the multicast grou .

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The “Multicast” grou box will dis lay the acket size that a lies to the running im-
age data stream. The listenin application has to have at least that packet size
available (jumbo frames) in order to properly connect to the ima e data
stream .
After selecting the multicast camera in the camera list of the discovery dialog the OK
button can be clicked or the camera entry can be double clicked in order to connect to
the already running image data stream.
Since the listening a lication does not have control access, all controls in the ‘SVCam
Settings’ dialog will be disabled exce t the Close button.
3.3.7 Displaying live images
Connect a SVS-GigE-Camera with a network cable to your PC or network switch.
Plug in the RJ 45 Camera connector and then lug in the AC/DC ower su ly.
Wait 15 seconds until the green LED at the RJ45 connector of the Camera blinks
sometimes. Then start “SVCa ture.exe”.
After start of “SVCa ture.exe”

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A “Discovery” dialog will o en and will dis lay all available cameras in the network af-
ter a short time of discovery. Cameras that become available or unavailable in the
network will cause the list to ex and and shrink dynamically. A green “Discover” lam
signals that the network is scanned for those changes, usually once er second. The
screenshot below shows one camera connected.
When clicking on “OK” or double-clicking on the camera entry a live image will be dis-
layed.
The ca tion of the rogram window shows the ro-
gram name and the current version whereas the
ca tion of the camera view shows the camera name
and camera firmware version along with the MAC
address that the camera has been set during manu-
facturing and rior to shi ing as default values.
4 Windows x64 support
The SVGigE SDK supports x64 natively by providing a SVGigE driver along with DLLs
and a sample application which are compiled for x64 platforms.
Although the SVCapture.exe program is a Win32 application, it can be used with
some limitations also on Windows x64 PCs using the win32 compatibility mode. Nev-
ertheless SVCapture can use Winsock for both, communicating to a camera as well
as streaming image data from the camera to the application.
SVCapture can not run x64 platforms. Despite if 64 bit driver is installed the SDK
will fully work.

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NOTE: Though a Winsock connection to a camera can be established properly also
on x64 platforms, there exist the same limitation for image streams regarding
transport reliability also on that platform. Usually a certain amount of network pack-
ets gets lost when working over Winsock. Though the GigE Vision standard allows for
resending lost packets it might be that under certain circumstances visible failures in
images can result from loosing network packets dependent on the system load.
Therefore the recommended and most reliable way for streaming image data from a
camera to a PC is by using the filter driver. The SVGigE_ExampleVC8.x64.exe al-
lows for running a connection with both, filter driver as well as Winsock and for com-
paring those modes and their main characteristics against each other.

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5 Camera settings dialog
Double clicking into the image area or selecting the “Camera settings” entry in the
“Camera” menu brings u a settings dialog that allows for accessing the various cam-
era settings:
While adjusting settings in the dialog the new values are transferred to the camera
continuously and the live image will res ond to all changes immediately.
In articular the following information and settings are available: