Camera Setup and Test

For Point Grey camera, users need install special diver to run it under eeDAP software.

 

After plugging in the camera (USB), you should disable the default Windows driver and update the driver for the attached device to the industry standard driver.

 

1. Go to Carnegie Melon (CMU) Download Driver Page

2. In the Download tab, click “I agree to the Terms of the LGPL”.

3. Download 1394camera646.exe

4. Click Installation tab and install the driver following the instruction

5. Select "1394CameraDemo32.exe" and run it

 

1. eeDAP 5.0 and high versions only support the 2.11 version of FlyCap2, while the old versions only support the 2.5 version of FlyCap2

2. Based on camera model, download driver from: https://www.ptgrey.com/support/downloads

3. Install the FlyCap2 and test camera through it

4. Restart computer

 

 

In Linux, users should install two packages  libdc1394-22 and libraw1394-11, as mentioned in the documentation link below, http://www.mathworks.com/help/imaq/linux-dcam-ieee-1394-hardware.html

 

If the users don't run the eeDAP under a root account, users need provide permission to the account they want to use. They could log in to root account and use following command to provide permissions.

            a. Command "nano /etc/group"

            b. Add linux account name to video group

            c. logout and relogin linux account.

 

 

If "MircoRT" mode is selected:

1. Click the button "imaqtool".

*This launches a Matlab utility which is an interactive GUI that allows you to explore, configure, and acquire data from your installed and supported image acquisition devices. If this doesn't work, Matlab can't find your camera. (Whenever you plug-and-play a camera, Windows enables the default Windows driver, which may actually be the camera manufacturer's driver. If the default Windows driver isn't DCAM compatible, Matlab can't find your camera.)

 

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