PCI-1405

[Gregor F]

I have installed a PCI-1405 Image Acquisition card on my Windows XP computer using the NI Vision Acquisition 8.5 software that came along with the card.  After powering up my Watec 902H2 monochrome camera and connecting its BNC output to the card's BNC input with a 75-Ohm co-ax cable, no image is displayed.  Watec camera models are not listed among the 50 or so cameras for which drivers are availabIe within the NI Vision Acquisition 8.5 software, so I cannot select my camera in the MAX settings.  Instead, I tried the settings "CCIR" or "RS170", without success.  How do I get my camera to work with the PCI-1405 card?  Does NI have drivers for this camera to download, or do I have to contact Watec for the corresponding drivers?  Thanks!

[chris.b]

It appears as though there are two versions of your camera, per the Watec 902HS Datasheet.  Which version do you have?  The EIA version should output a RS-170 signal, and the CCIR version should output a CCIR signal.

After selecting RS-170 or CCIR in MAX and trying to Snap an image, does MAX error out, time out, or simply show no image?  Also, is your acquisition window correct for the Watec sensor (also found in the above Datasheet - it differs for the two versions of the camera)?  Finally, what Image Representation have you selected?  If this is a monochrome camera, Image Representation should be Luminance (8 bits).