These slides will show an example of connecting the UI5480SE-M-GL camera to a network using an Intel NIC card in a laptop computer. The UI5480SE-M-GL achieves.

These slides will show an example of connecting the UI5480SE-M-GL camera to a network using an Intel NIC card in a laptop computer.

The UI5480SE-M-GL achieves 14.09 FPS in this example

This presentation is appropriate for any IDS GigE camera.

Operating System is Windows XP SP 3Intel Core 2 Duo CPU2.53GHz2.99GB RAMIntel 82567LM Gigabit Network card

Connection Example using IDS UI5480SE-M-GLIntel GigE NIC

Achieves 14.09FPS

Before the uEye camera will connect, it may be necessary to set network settings and IP address the uEye camera to the network card being used.

Top screen is from XP, bottom screen is from WIN7. You can get to this screen usually by clicking on the network icon in task tray. If not you can use the control panel.

In Win7, the most direct way (not the shortest) is to goto control panel, click on the network and sharing icon, then click on the ‘change adapter settings’ on the left side, then rt click on the adapter you want to use, and chose properties to open network dialog box which is what is shown on the next page…

In XP, select the Local Area Connection that will be used with the uEye camera by double clicking on the proper icon you want to use.

Note: You might want to disable any connections that will not be used by right click on the connection and select disable. (This step is not necessary, but helpful in case of debug. You can certainly run the camera on a one NIC port and your networking on another NIC port. )

Open Network Connections

The Local Area Connection Properties will open

Scroll down and highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) then select properties

IDS cameras do not use DCHP or LLA. So you need to set a static IP address for BOTH the NIC and the camera! THEY CANNOT BE THE SAME ADDRESS, BUT MUST BE ON THE SAME SUBNET.

In a general purpose network, the “Obtain an IP address automatically” checkbox will be selected

For this example, we will set the IP address for the network card to a static IP address and set the subnet mask

In this example the Intel GigE NIC Card IP address is set to static IP address 192.168.1.40

The Subnet mask will be set to 255.255.255.0

For this example, both the camera and network card will need to be set manually with static IP addresses in the same IP addressing range of :192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.254

Subnet Mask setting is set to 255.255.255.0 for both camera and network card

Next we need to set the network card to accept the large frames sent from the camera.

THIS STEP IS CRITICAL TO GET MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE FROM THE INTEL CARD.

Select and highlight Client for Microsoft Networks then select configure You can also just click the configure button next to the Intel card

This dialog box may appear. Select Yes to proceed

The network card properties will appear

Check that the device status states the device is working properly

Select the Advanced Tab then select and highlight Jumbo Frames

In the value field, select the largest value. In this example, 9014 Bytes is selected

Next select and highlight Receive Descriptors

In the value field, use the arrow to increase the value to the highest available. In this example, 2048 is used

Next select and highlight Link Speed & Duplex

Select the value for 1000Mbps

In this example, Auto-negotiate 1000Mbps is selected

It is recommended though not necessary to disable networks that are not being used allowing only the network being used for the camera to stay connected.

During the first time setup and becoming familiar with connecting a GigE camera, this will eliminate the possibility of connecting to a network that is not intended to be used for connecting the camera.

Once you are comfortable with the results of the camera network and have successfully connected and achieved the desired settings, enable the other networks the computer will need to use. By disconnecting from a live wireless network or internet access network during camera set up, you will have less variables to troubleshoot during the connection process. Consult you network administrator with networking questions that may arise.

Next Open the software uEye Camera Manager

When the camera is connected, it will appear in the camera list

Select Expert Mode in the Control Center section of uEye Camera Manager to open the Parameters section of the uEye Camera Manager which is used to see the network settings

Select Manual ETH configuration

Set the IP Address for the camera. This is in the bottom section of the diaglog box, Selected Devide Idxxx. For this example we will use the following settings

In the Persistent IP field enter the IP Address. Make sure that you do not use the IP address of the NIC card. To keep things simple, please initially use the same numbers of the first three fields of the IP address that you used in the NIC.

The NIC card had an address of 192.168.1.40. We can use the first three fields of 192.168.1. and for the last field we can choose any value BUT 40. Here we chose a 1.

192.168.1.1

In the Subnetmask field enter

255.255.255.0

Then select OK

Camera IP Address set manually to persistent IP 192.168.1.1

Intel GigE NIC Card part number for reference

Intel GigE NIC Card IP address set to static IP address 192.168.1.40

Both camera and network card are set in the same IP addressing range of :192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.254

Subnet Mask setting is 255.255.255.0 for both camera and network card

Select ETH Network Service from the previous menu

Select the Gigabit Ethernet device that is being used to connect to the camera

Once highlighted, the IP address will appear in the Network Adapter field.

Select the checkbox Use 2K jumbo packets

Open the uEye Demo software program

Choose one of the profile for preset settings or select No Profile

Click on the green play arrow to open the camera in uEye Demo software

A live image will appear

Select the wrench icon to open the camera settings for making various adjustments

Intel GigE NIC Card in notebook computer achieves 14.09 FPS with model UI5480SE-M-GLThe pixel clock, frames per second and exposure settings for this example are shown belowAt the bottom of the window notice the frames, displayed frames and failed frames on the far right the frames per second are displayed

Intel GigE NIC Card after 1 hour no failed frames at 14.09 FPS with model UI5480SE-M-GL