How to connect Labview to IR Camera (M7500)

[Neka]

Hi Friends,

I have a inferared camera (Mikron 7500: M7500). It is connected to computer by Ethernet: VS-RJ45/IP87

Does anyone know how to transfer data to Labview? How can I start doing that?

Also, for example Camera captures surface temperature, if I am able to transfer data to labview, how can I specifiy a specific sectin of the serface temperature is transfered to labview? 

Regards,

[A_Person]

Hi Neka:

When you talk about getting "data" into LabVIEW I assume you are referring to images from the camera.  Is this correct?

Since your camera is not GigE Vision compliant you cannot use the image acquisition drivers to bring this directly into LabVIEW.  My recommendation would be to use the software that came with the camera to save images to your computer and then use the IMAQ functions to open them in LabVIEW.

Since you won't be able to bring the images in directly from the camera, you won't really have a way to specify which ones LabVIEW loads unless you can do it from the camera's software.  You will probably have to load all of the images into LabVIEW and do some kind of processing to decide which images to use and which to discard.

One final point: although your question does deal with LabVIEW, it's a bit more specific to our Machine Vision Forum.  You might be able to get a quicker response by posting in the most specific forum possible.

[Neka]

Hi

Thanks for your reply.

Actually I dont want to see images, I just need to read fro example temperature data across a line or a point or a section.

camera is connected by Ethernet connection to pc.

Now, I really dont know how can I strart.....................

[A_Person]

Hi Neka:

Communicating with a device over TCP/IP through LabVIEW is generally not a problem as long as you know the command set the instrument uses.  I couldn't find much information for the M7500 but maybe you received some documentation with the device.

My recommendation then would be to create a VISA resource for your device following the instructions here.  You can then use the VISA functions in LabVIEW to create your application.  Some information to get you started can be found in the LabVIEW Help documentation, Creating a Typical VISA Application.

Like I said, I'm not sure what your device supports but this is the typical way to communicate with instruments using TCP/IP.  Good luck!