error occurred while configuring vision acqusition.

[pram]

Hi all,

I am trying to incorporate a camera in my VI. I have done this before using labview 8.5 and vision acquisition. Now I am trying from another machine which has labview 2011. I tried 2 USB camera with vision acquisition and both failed. It shows a red cross mark near the cameras and I am not able to rectify this, I read some threads and people suggested to check in the measurement and automation application. I checked there and the camera is not active there too. I am trying to make sure that the USB cameras use the IMAQ drivers but still i get this error. Am looking forward to a possible solution from this forum.

[pram]

anyone ?

[Joel-P]

Hello Pram,

The red x symbol on the camera means that it has failed to correctly initialize. This can occur if the driver is not compatible, has not been installed, the hardware is defective, or some other communication errors are occuring.

Here is a link to KnowledgeBase with troubleshooting instructions for using a USB Camera with LabVIEW.

Troubleshooting USB (DirectShow) Camera Installation Problems:

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/c1bc2d93adc392bb8625768c0060afe7

Cheers,

Joel

[pram]

Hi,

Thanks a lot for the reply.
I went through the link and I eliminated some possibilities. I am trying to use a USBvideo device that I previously worked with in Labview 8.5. The same device is not initialized in the MAX of labview 2011. The camera is listed under IMAQdx devices in MAX and If I click them, I get the same error. I tried to delete the IIC and IDC files in IMAQdx/data folder and tried, But could not succeed with that. I have a 2009 Vision Acquisition CDROM with me, but I am afraid to install it as I already have 2011. Please advice me on this.

Thanks again.