How can I use an image from an ip address for use in labview as image data?

[GregBrent]

I want to use a stand-alone webcam on ethernet as the source for imaging control.

[John Lum]

Greg,

Lots of possibilities here, depending on what your Webcam software serves up and how flexible you need to be with image types and whatnot.

Assuming the Webcam server provides raw JPG images that you can get at with a simple URL, one way to go is to use DataSocket, using a little trick where you append "[txt]" to the end of the URL and get the raw content back. I've attached an example that grabs a JPG from the NI site and displays it.

Best Regards,
John Lum
National Instruments

[Alex]

x@no.email (GregBrent) wrote in <506500000008000000AF610000-1031838699000
@exchange.ni.com>:

>I want to use a stand-alone webcam on ethernet as the source for
>imaging control.
>

They is a toolkit available for web cam import into LabVIEW. Check out the
FAVI's homepage for links:

http://www.mooregoodideas.com/

cheers, Alex.

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Alexander C. Le Dain, PhD
ICON Technologies Pty Ltd
http://www.icon-tech.com.au

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