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Does Vision Assistant 8.6 Support Image Acquisition from My Smart Camera?

Primary Software: Vision Builder for Automated Inspection
Primary Software Version: 1.0
Primary Software Fixed Version: N/A
Secondary Software: N/A

Problem:
I notice when I add the Acquire Image (Smart Camera) step to Vision Assistant 8.6 I cannot connect to my Smart Camera. I have tried to select the camera by choosing Select Network Target... from the Target drop-down menu and I get the following error:




If I try to manually add the Smart Camera by selecting the Add Target button and entering the appropriate IP address I get the following error:



Does Vision Assistant support image acquisition from my Smart Camera?

 



Solution:
Yes, all Smart Camera models are supported in Vision Assistant 8.6. Very seldomly you may notice that you are unable to connect to your Smart Camera and that you get the above errors. Take the following steps to remedy this issue:
  1. Open Vision Assistant.ini in a text editor. You can find the file in the following directory:
    C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Vision Assistant 8.6
  2. Locate the line [Smart Camera Targets] toward the bottom of the file. If you do not see this line then add it at the bottom.
  3. Add the following text just below [Smart Camera Targets]

    Passwords=""
    IPAddress=x.x.x.x

    Replace x.x.x.x with your Smart Camera's IP address.
Please note that this is a rare issue and a fix will be included in the next version of Vision Assistant.

Related Links:
NI-1722 Smart Camera Support
NI-1742 Smart Camera Support
NI-1744 Smart Camera Support
NI-1762 Smart Camera Support
NI-1764 Smart Camera Support
Vision Development Module Support
KnowledgeBase 4HKB3D5L: Are the Vision Express VIs Supported on the Smart Camera?

Attachments:
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Report Date: 12/05/2008
Last Updated: 12/08/2008
Document ID: 4S4DN98Q

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