How to detect firewire camera on labview ?

[Asad_Tirmizi]

I have configured my IEEE 1394 Basler A-601F camera. It is detectable on MAX and it  video is being displayed by the vision assistant. I have labview 8.2.1 installed with the vision and motion toolkit. I need to get the video feed in labview for furthur processing. Do i need Vision Development module for that ? 

Moreover what is the process of getting video from a firewire camera in labview. Is it similar to getting the video for the USB cameras ?  

[muks]

Double post

[Asad_Tirmizi]

Why is it not allowed ? I thought its relevant to machine vision so post it there and as more people are frequent visitors to the LV forum so post it here aswell. 

Is there something wrong with that ? 

[muks]

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Asad_Tirmizi wrote:

Why is it not allowed ? I thought its relevant to machine vision so post it there and as more people are frequent visitors to the LV forum so post it here aswell. 

Is there something wrong with that ? 

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Nothing like "not allowed". But people dont know to which thread they have to reply. Stick to one thread and for this case a question to machine vision board will do. 

[Asad_Tirmizi]

well ill try to keep that in mind, but no matter to which post they reply the "questioner" benefits. Anyways, thanx for the suggestion, ne help on the question ?

[esmaham · Accepted solution]

Dear Asad,

There are three different Vision Modules from National Instruments :

1. Vision Development Module (VDM)
2. Vision Builder for Automated Inspection (VBAI)
3. Vision Acquisition Software (VAS)

You can perform basic image acquisition, display, and save applications with just the drivers included in the VAS, but for any processing or manipulation you will need either VBAI or VDM in addition to VAS. See this Link for those products: What is the Difference Between Vision Software VDM, VBAI, and VAS?

To see your camera in LabVIEW, I recommend using one of the shopping examples to get started. In LabVIEW if you navigate to Help>> Find Examples>> Hardware Input and Output >> IMAQ. You will find many well documented examples to get you started. Also, the "Vision and Motion " that you have installed is  not a toolkit. It's a collection of functions that get installed depending on which driver you have installed.

Thanks and have a great day. 

Esmail Hamdan | Applications Engineering | National Instruments  

Message Edited by esmaham on 04-20-2010 10:35 AM

[Brad]

I would also recommend you check out the Vision Acquisition Express VI, which is installed in LV with Vision Acquisition. It is an easy to configure block that makes acquiring images simple. This Express VI is on the top level palette of the Vision/Motion under Vision Express.

Hope that helps.

Brad

[RavensFan]

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Asad_Tirmizi wrote:
well ill try to keep that in mind, but no matter to which post they reply the "questioner" benefits. Anyways, thanx for the suggestion, ne help on the question ?

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Maybe the "questioner" benefits, but how does that help the person who replies with an answer in one thread only to later find out they wasted their time because the answer was already given in the other thread?

[Asad_Tirmizi]

Thanks a lot esmaham for your help. Ive finally got the camera running in LabVIEW. As for the rest of the guys, thanks for your input as well.  Ive learnt the hard way not to do double posting. Forgive me for my unnecessary adamant behavior in admitting i am wrong. Rest assured i would be careful in the future.

[esmaham]

No Problem buddy.

Esmail Hamdan | Applications Engineering | National Instruments