connect webcam to myRIO

[Mehdisajjadi]

Hi  Everyone 

I have a myRIO -1900 and I am trying to connect my laptop webcam to that and acquire images from my laptop webcam and do analyze them on myRIO.

I guess I have installed all needed software, but I am not sure they are enough. 

Would you please let me know how I can acquire images from laptop webcam for initial and basic works with myRIO?

I have attached the photos of NI MAX environment and what is installed in the laptop.

Thanks

[Rscd27]

Hello Meh,

I believe the first step will be to acquire the Vision Acquisition Software that is the one that allows us to interface with cameras. The VAS is composed by two drivers: IMAQ and IMAQdx:

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/0564022DAFF513D2862579490057D42E

As you can see on the document, we will need the IMAQdx driver in order to make the camera being recognized in NI-MAX. You can get the VAS (needs license) from this link:

http://www.ni.com/download/ni-vision-acquisition-software-august-2015-f1/5486/en/

Since it has a week of trail, we can try to test if the camera is going to be recognized.

I also found this forum with a similar discussion:

http://forums.ni.com/t5/Machine-Vision/How-use-your-intergrated-laptop-webcam-on-LABVIEW/td-p/132520...

Warm Regards,

Randy Cespedes

Applications Engineering

National Instruments

www.ni.com/support