I am trying to use a JAI CV-M4 CL camera with the NI PCI-1428 frame grabber. Ny acquisition needs to use a hardware trigger.
While there is a configuration file for the CV-M4 CL on the NI FTP site at ftp://ftp.ni.com/support/imaq/camera_support/camera_files/digital/JAI/, as the name of the camera file implies, this camera file does not support the serial commands.
While this is not a show-stopper problem, I have run into an addtional problem that is: I can't seem to trigger the camera through the 1428. When the 1428 comes up after a boot, the card is DRIVING 4.5V on the trigger lines. I can't seem to configure the trigger lines in software to accept a trigger. I assume this too is due to a setting in the camera file.
I f
ound a reference to this problem on the NI NNTP newsgroups in the message ID 50650000000500000079AB0000-1031838699000@exchange.ni.com from Brent R, and apps engineer with NI. In this message he states "From what I can tell, this particular camera file does not support [triggering through the frame grabber]".
Is this true?
I don't understand how the JAI CV-M4 CL camera can possibly be considered 'compatible' with the NI PCI-1428 if so much functionality is unavailable.
I have also found references on the NI NNTP groups that NI is "working" on adding features to the JAI CV-M4 CL camera file.
Is this true? Are there any plans to support triggering of the JAI CV-M4 CL through the frame grabber? If so, is there an estimation on when the updated camera file will be available?
Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
Bob Rafuse
Etec, Inc.
