National Instruments NI CVS-1450 Series User Manual

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NI CVS-1450 Series User Manual

Contents

Chapter 1
NI CVS-1450 Series Overview

About the NI CVS-1450 Series .....................................................................................1-1
Hardware Overview .......................................................................................................1-1
Available Camera Bandwidth ........................................................................................1-3
Software Overview ........................................................................................................1-4

NI-IMAQ for IEEE 1394 Cameras Driver Software.......................................1-4
National Instruments Application Software ....................................................1-5

Vision Builder for Automated Inspection .........................................1-5
LabVIEW Real-Time Module with the Vision Development

Module ...........................................................................................1-5

Chapter 2
Setup and Configuration

Required Items ...............................................................................................................2-1

Hardware .........................................................................................................2-1
Software...........................................................................................................2-2

Accessories ....................................................................................................................2-2

Hardware .........................................................................................................2-2

Documentation...............................................................................................................2-3

Hardware Documents ......................................................................................2-3
Vision Builder AI Documents .........................................................................2-3
NI-IMAQ for IEEE 1394 Cameras Driver Software Documents ...................2-3
Vision Development Module and LabVIEW Real-Time Module

Documents ....................................................................................................2-3

Vision Development Module Documents.........................................2-3
LabVIEW Real-Time Module Documents .......................................2-3

Safety Information .........................................................................................................2-4
Setup Overview..............................................................................................................2-6

Before Getting Started: Connecting the CVS-1450 Device to a Network ......2-7

Subnet Considerations.......................................................................2-7

Setting Up the Hardware................................................................................................2-8

Connecting a Camera and Monitor to the CVS-1450 Device .........................2-8
Wiring Power to the CVS-1450 Device ..........................................................2-9
Connecting to a Separate Main Supply ...........................................................2-10
Connecting the CVS-1450 Device to the Development Computer.................2-12

Vision Builder AI: Setting up the Development Computer...........................................2-13

Installing Vision Builder AI and NI-IMAQ for IEEE 1394 Cameras.............2-13