Crosspost: Has anyone used a Redlake camera with LabView/Imaq?

[Kasper B. Dall]

"I can't seem to find any drivers or utilities for the Redlake camera i'm using in my project.

Only this: http://www.imagemill-tech.com/Redlake/ Fr_Redlake.htm


But there's no info on how to get that VI (I've e-mailed them, of course).


Any additional information on using the camera with LabView/Imaq would be much appereciated"

[Irene He]

"Kasper B. Dall" wrote in message news:<5065000000080000005C780000-1042324653000@exchange.ni.com>...
> "I can't seem to find any drivers or utilities for the Redlake camera
> i'm using in my project.
>
> Only this: http://www.imagemill-tech.com/Redlake/ Fr_Redlake.htm
>
>
> But there's no info on how to get that VI (I've e-mailed them, of
> course).
>
>
> Any additional information on using the camera with LabView/Imaq would
> be much appereciated"

Hi,
I think the Redlake must supply the commands to drive their camera in
remote using RS232. So if you have those commands (maybe in the user
Manual?) it's very easy to make up your own vi in LV using the serial
write and read functions. If you have the commands, I can make up the
vis for you if you wa
nt.
Regarding the information on using the camera with LabVIEW, check out
the IVision at
http://www.geocities.com/irene_he/IVision.html
it can do many things, you just need to go there for more details.

Irene
Irene_he@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/irene_he/IVision.html

[Irene He]

"Kasper B. Dall" wrote in message news:<5065000000080000005C780000-1042324653000@exchange.ni.com>...
> "I can't seem to find any drivers or utilities for the Redlake camera
> i'm using in my project.
>
> Only this: http://www.imagemill-tech.com/Redlake/ Fr_Redlake.htm
>
>
> But there's no info on how to get that VI (I've e-mailed them, of
> course).
>
>
> Any additional information on using the camera with LabView/Imaq would
> be much appereciated"

I just find the section out for you about remote control of your
camera:
1.7.1 Remote Control.
........
Redlake Imaging also supplies the Serial1 program that enables a
computer to control the
MotionScope system from a remote location through the serial port.
Refer to Manual Addendum
9400-0014 for detai
ls of the Serial1 program and how to control the
MotionScope system from a
remote computer using a standard communications program.

So you need to find the serial command (for RS232) in manual addendum
9400-0014. I couldn't find it in website maybe I did not search
throughly, but you may have it if you own the camera. And these
commands are just for controlling the camera system, not grabbing the
image, so you may need a frame grabber to get the image into your
computer and do the further processing.

Irene
Irene_he@yahoo.com
> http://www.geocities.com/irene_he/IVision.html