Camera File Generator Won't Run with MAX + PCIe-1433

[mawillia]

Hi,

I am a camera developer and am trying to integrate a couple of new cameralink cameras with the PCIe-1433 NI frame grabber.  I have installed NI MAX 14.0 and version 3.0.0 of the Camera File Generator.

I am trying to build a new Camera File for our companies cameras.

The NI MAX shows the NI PCIe-1433 device when it launches.

When I try to launch the Camera File Generator, it failis to load with the following message:

"You must have NI-IMAQ 4.6.0 or higher installed before running the NI Camera File Generator.  NI-IMAQ 4.6.0 is installed with Vision Acquisition Software 2011."

The MAX configuration tree shows I have version 14.0 of the NI-IMAQ software available.

Is there any sort of developer's guide for creating a camera file to allow me to use my camera?  I need to write some serial commands to the unit and thought tha tthe Camera File Generator would support this.... 

Thanks.

-Mike

[Spicy_Mystery]

Hi mawillia,
 
The latest version of the IMAQ drivers is version 4.9, and it would show up where you said, under the Software tab in NI MAX.  Do you have this latest version installed?  If you like, feel free to expand out your software tab and take a picture of it and post it here.
 
Also, you are correct that the serial commands can be set in the camera file.  Here is a link to our support page for the Camera File Generator: http://sine.ni.com/psp/app/doc/p/id/psp-723/lang/en
 
Within it is a whole host of various KnowledgeBase articles.  This one seems particularly helpful:
 
What framegrabber specifications do I need to know to create my camera file?:  http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/9B89C9FA43A6973A86257A62004658D5
 
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any articles specific to coding the serial commands for your camera in the camera file.  But I recommend opening up one of the bundled camera files (I'm looking at the Basler acA2000-340kc (Base).icd ) and within that, click the Camera Control tab.  The serial commands for each attribute will show up on the right side, and you can use this as an example for creating yours.
 
Let me know if you have any further questions!

[joeclim]

Hi,

I encouter the same problem.

NI MAX tell me NI-IMAQ 4.9 in the software tab.

It'strange.

How can I solve this problem ? 

Jo

[TYtanic]

Hey Jo,

This forum is about a year old so you may get better results by starting a new thread.

Are you saying that you're seeing the "You must have NI-IMAQ 4.6.0 or higher installed before running the NI Camera File Generator" message?