Camera file for Duncan Tech RH1100 mono

[MarisolP]

Hi.

I'm trying to acquire images from a Duncan Tech RH 1100 mono camera with a PCI 1428 board, but I have not the camera file. Does anyone have a camera file for the Duncan Tech RH1100 mono or Has anyone produced a suitable icd file that they'd be willing to share?

I've tried searching this forum, the NI camera file  and the NI industrial camera advisor with no luck. I realize I can use NI's camera file generator to make one myself, but I don't have experience to know if I could generate an icd file that truly has all the features of the camera enabled for MAX and LV.

Thanks, Marisol

[Fraktur]

You can try this one. Change the txt to icd in the filename extension. Change the Model field and BitDepth for 16 bit if you need to. I compared this file to a RH1100 RGB 1428 file and those were the only differences I saw on a quick scan. You might try www.GeoSpatialSystems.com. I think they may still support Duncantech cameras.

Good luck.

[MarisolP]

Thank you very much Fraktur!!

I change the BitDepth for 16 bit as you indicated me and I could acquire images

However I have one more question, if the RH1100 is a remote head camera system that can support up to three remote imaging heads operating simultaneously, why when I connect two or three heads only show me one image and one channel in MAX?, Do you know how I can see the images of the others imaging heads?, Should appear more channels?

　

Regards and thanks again

MArisol

[MarisolP]

Thank you very much Fraktur!!

I change the BitDepth for 16 bit as you indicated me and I could acquire images

However I have one more question, if the RH1100 is a remote head camera system that can support up to three remote imaging heads operating simultaneously, why when I connect two or three heads only show me one image and one channel in MAX?, Do you know how I can see the images of the others imaging heads?, Should appear more channels?

　

Regards and thanks again

MArisol

[Fraktur]

Hi, Marisol

I am glad I just happen to have that file in a folder for my camera. Is it great when an image magically appears? Unfortunately the NI IMAQ 1428 only has one CameraLink port and you need two for a 48 bit image. I have a Duncantech MS 4100 and NI IMAQ 1428 and can only get 8 bit RGB even though the three sensors are 10 bit. You may be able to reconfigure the camera through the serial port to 8 bits per image array and then get all three heads. I hope you have a manual or can find one on line. I create a RGB U32 image to wire to IMAQ Grab Acquire.vi and then use the IMAQ Extract ColorPlanes.vi to process each color band seperately.

I hope that helps,

Fraktur

[MarisolP]

Hi Fraktur!!

I have been working with the camera RH1100, I got the camera manual and the DTControl-FG Ducncanthech’s software. The DTControl-FG can control of some camera operating parameters as gain for each imaging channel, exposure time, integration time, bit depth, etc.; all this functions are controlled by the serial port, according to the manual it’s possible acquire and archive images up to three remote imaging heads through frame grabber NI PCI-1428 only using the DTControl-FG  software.

Knowing this I connected the camera control unit RH1100 both serial port and PCI-1428 frame grabber, then I install and start the DTControl-FG software.  The software should be automatically detect the serial port to which the camera is connected and the frame grabber (NI PCI-1428) link but only detected me the serial port connection and displays an error message when it trying to detect the PCI-1428 (this message reads: “No Frame Grabber link Found” …… I attached you the screenshot).  Due this I can’t acquire images and the software only let me configure certain camera output parameters… I changed the bit depth to 8 bits.

I tried to test the camera using MAX and the camera file that you sent me (but using this time 8 bitdepth) and I can get images but only one of the imaging head :(. I need using three heads.

Do You use DTControl-FG software to configure your camera?, Detects your framegrabber?, I think it's a communication problem between the software and the camera link but I do not know how to fix it. I have tried to install the DTControlFG in the same folder as the NI-IMAQ, in the National Instruments folder,  in the file folder cameras, etc. I do not what else to do, any suggestions?

Regards 

[fegersha]

Hi, Fraktur,

I mentioned a while ago that you are using Duncantech MS 4100 and NI IMAQ 1428.

I am desperately trying to set acquisition under MAX for the same camera and the same frame grabber and getting error message:

"Error 0xBFF60022. A timeout error while waiting for specified event".

I tried a lot of things: increasing frame timeout, reducing size of the image, using different camera files... Nothing helps.

Could you share your experience of setting this camera?

I am using:

MAX 5.3

Vision Acquisition Software August 2012

NI-IMAQ 4.7

Thank you.

Sergiy.