Smart camera & PC

[gertSC]

Hello,

When running VBAI 2013 on a PC in RUN mode, all image layers can be watched on the monitor.

Using the NI-1752 smart camera connected to PC will I be able to watch all image layers as well in real time?

If the question is YES, do I need to use the second Ethernet port, or every thing (developing and monitoring) is done with Ethernet port 1?

Thanks,

gsc

[ChristopheC]

Hi,

Yes, there are 2 ways to monitor what the Smart Camera is inspecting. Both are using Ethernet Port 1.

1) Display the inspection interface in a web browser on the host.

You can use the default Inspection Interface or design your own. (Tools>>Inspection Interface Configuration...)

Then, go to Target>>Target Options. Select the Web Server category and enable the web server.

You can then go to inspection mode and run your inspection.

The inspection can be monitored from a web browser of a PC, where you type the IP address of the Smart Camera.

2) Use shared variables.

You can create an image shared variable (Tools>>Variable Manager). In the System Variable tab, create an image variable and share it.

Set it using the Set Variable step located in the User Additional Tools palette.

You can then create a VI on the host that reads this image variable (and any other shared variable) and displays it on your LabVIEW VI.

This application note explains how to do that:

http://www.ni.com/white-paper/12322/en/

Hope this answers your question.

Best regards,

Christophe

[Prickly_Pear]

When you say 'layers' do you mean to say the image processing steps after acquiring the image?

You should be able to see all of the individual steps on the screen even when the inspection is run on a smart camera. The smart camera will stream these images back to the development PC automatically. All of the communication will occur over the same ethernet port.

Jeremy P.