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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connectedto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wai tuntiltheblueLEDstartsblinking.
3. UseatheLaptoporPCt ofindandconnecttotheAccessPointwithSSID"acksys".
4. SettheLaptop’sorPC’sWiFicardtothesubnet192.168.1.0/24.
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i tgotaDHCPIPaddress.
Settingup theLaptoporPC
1. OpenmvIPConfigureandverifythatthecam eraisreachableandtheiconnexttothename
isgreen.Ifitisred,theIPaddressesaresetupwrong!
2. OpenthewxPropViewappli cation.
3. Selectthecamera,andswit ch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
(infini te).
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G ev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.I nitiateAcquisitionbypressingthe"Acquire"button.
13.G enerate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hav e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
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