LabView to control Zyla 5.5 scmos

[lorenzocantu]

Hi everybody, I'm using LabView to control my Zyla 5.5 USB3 camera and I'm currently using one of the available examples added thnaks to the SDK of the camera. My problem is that when starting the VI, in the first stages (i.e when opening the camera handle) an error code 5038 appears, telling me that the camera is in use, which I think is the condition to make the project work. Did someone ever experienced this kind of problem when (and if) facing with this kind of camera?

Thank you in advance

[anasei · Accepted solution]

Dear lorenzocantu,

The error occurs when the camera is opened by any other application or vi. Is it possible that you've tested it with NI-Max and it stayed on after it? Try shutting off every application you have before running your VI.

Best,
Anasei.

[lorenzocantu]

Dear @anasei

I’ll try in the following days, since I’m this moment I’m trying to avoid the problem by means of external tools. As I remember I’ve already tried to switch off everything, but never say never. Maybe I’ve been trying everything but what you suggested.

I’ll keep you updated

Best regards

Lorenzo

[arienai]

do you have an example of Andor camera function that is operated through a tabview sub-vi ? I would like to understand how to create 1 sub vi containing 1 function to set parameters of the camera. Ultimately, I will make a program doing StartAcquisition and StopAcquisition. 

[arienai]

thank you for sharing your experience. Did you succeed to acquire video at high speed rates using Labview SDK3 libraries ? 

I could not, but I know that it is possible cause MicroManager can do that. However, I had troubles to import and create the .NET library from Micromanager_NET.dll  into Labview. 

In my particular application, I need to record video with high speed 100fps just before (t= -1sec) until just after (t=+1sec) the setting of an another instrument (t=0), then set fps to 1im/sec for the rest of the experiment. That is tricky. Despite Dell 5820 computer with 256 GB RAM 3200AA, I could not achieve good results.