Create camera file for Dalsa PT22-04M30 Color Camera and PCIe-1433

[RGSchmidt]

I have the Dalsa PT22-04M30 Color Camera and an NI PCIe-1433 Camera Link Frame Grabber Card.

I tried using the Dalsa PT21-04M60 (60fps and monochrome as compared to 30fps and color) as the baseline for creating a new config file but the NI Camera Generator utility shows the PCIe-1433 as not supported (grayed out).

Why is this and how do I change configuration to support color as opposed to monochrome?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Randy

[toto26]

Hello,

Wich version of Camera File Generator do you have?

You can find the last version here: ftp://ftp.ni.com/support/imaq/pc/ni-imaq/cfgenerator/

Then to change you icd file to color mode, go to Settings->Camera, you should see this window below

Then choose 24bit instead of 8bit.

Regards

[RGSchmidt]

I had downloaded the latest version of the Camera Generator before starting.

I started with the Dalsa PT-41-04M60 ICD file, and the option to select 24-bits is grayed out. I can get to it if I start a new file but 99% of the information is the same.

Why is it grayed out? How do I get that field to accept a change?

Thanks for the help 🙂

Randy

[BlueCheese]

If that camera delivers a bayer image to the framegrabber (my guess) rather than an already-decoded color image, you do not want to change the format in the camera file to 24-bit color. You would keep it set for the right bit-depth of grayscale and then use the bayer color decode examples shipped with IMAQ.

Eric

[RGSchmidt]

I can change the bits per pixel to 24 but that was not the solution since the camera has no on-board decoding.

I can capture images using the PCIe-1433 card but when I convert them in LabVIEW using Bayer LUT (GBGB::RGRG) the colors are muted and do not show the definition.

Does anyone have an ICD file for the Dalsa PT-22-04M30 camera or any suggestions on how to properly convert the received images to color?

I have started with the NI example "Snap with Bayer Decoding.vi"

Thanks

Randy