Robotics Simulator Axis Camera

[Brian_Christopher]

Hello,

I have noticed that when I set up a robot for the LabVIEW 2012 Robot Simulator environment that I am given the option to add an AXIS camera to the simulated robot. I have not found, however, how to access the camera in LabVIEW. Is this possible? I am wanting to get a camera feed of the simulation enviornment.

Thank you!

[Ever_Song]

Hi Brian,

An Axis IP camera is often used on our robots for a variety of purposes. The NI-IMAQdx drivers (part of the Vision Acquisition Software (VAS) driver bundle) include support for Axis IP cameras. Therefore, if we have VAS installed, we should be able to acquire images from an Axis IP camera if we have one on our local subnet. We cannot simulate the camera though (i.e. like the robot). The drivers need an actual camera to interact with; however, we can insert the code necessary to interact with the actual camera. The NI-IMAQdx user manual is an excellent starting place for acquiring from NI-IMAQdx compatible cameras.

[CMal]

With the 2012 LabVIEW Robotics Module, it is possible to acquire from a simulated AXIS camera.  However, you cannot currently ue the IMAQdx API to interface with the simulated camera like you would with a real camera.  There are two shipping examples that demonstrate how to use a simulated AXIS camera with the robotics simulator:

<LabVIEW>\examples\robotics\Simulator\SD6 Simulation\SD6 Simulation.lvproj

<LabVIEW>\examples\robotics\Simulator\Traffic\Traffic.jvproj

-Chris M