How to build an application in LabVIEW 10 including FLIR Thermovision Toolkit 3.3

[sergiulica]

Thanks for your input. However, in meantime I managed to figure out what was wrong. Or at least what I think was wrong. Some drivers (cameras) wrong registration, overlapping LabVIEW 10 and 11, even I suspect the Thermovison 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 did some of the mess. Finally, a full uninstall and clean re-install of all the softwares (LabVIEW, Thermovision, FLIR, and few other) did the job. Surely with the Thermovision ctl loaded into the project (big thanks to whom suggested it), which seems obvious now but not then.

Eventually, the testing program is up and running as I expected, these days I'm looking at the "fine tuning" and I'm discovering new posibilities for this camera. I want to say a big THANK YOU to everybody who helped me, it was a good exercise and even if didn't get all the answers at once (how I hoped) at lest directed me to few paths to dig and find the solution.

[Manny0129]

Hi, I stumbled across this thread and noticed that the author of the ThermoVision toolkit is on the thread, so hopefully I can get the help I need here. I am developing a VI to capture a sequence of IR images using a FLIR IR-camera. The problem that I'm running into is saving these images to a designated file path. From the ThermoVision Digital GetImage.vi (U16 output) I am wired into a To Word Integer.vi (I16) then wired to IMAQ ArrayToImage.vi slot I16, a second input here is the IMAQ Create.vi wired to the Image slot. IMAQ ArrayToImage.vi wires then to IMAQ Write File 2.vi along with file path control. When running the program I get "Error- 1074396120 occured at IMAQ WriteJPEGFile; IMAQ Vision: Not an image." Can someone please give me some feedback on how to save images using this thermovision toolkit developed from FLIR.

Thanks,

Manny

P.S. I have gotten no help from FLIR, and NI is attempting to help but with little success.

[sergiulica]

Send me an email at sergiu.csonti@wet-group.com and I'll help you with pleasure. Looks like I already did what you want. Regards. Sergiu

[Manny0129]

Thanks! I sent you an email with the vi attached.

[UlfN]

Hi,

Please let me know if you need further help.

Send a code snippet or screen dump of the code.

Best regards

Ulf Nilsson, developer of thermovision toolkit (must have been more than 10year ago... on LabVIEW 7 or 6(?))

[Manny0129]

Yes, I need all the help I can get! Attached is the code I'm currently working on. Everything works fine, the only problem I run into is when using the IMAQ Write File 2.vi. It gives an error. Essentially what I'm trying to do is to acquire a series of images and save them in a specified folder. The trigger to the image capture is any of the "3 DIX-Signals" or the manual "Open" switch.

Any advice or recommendation would be of great help!

Thanks,

Manny

[UlfN]

Can you save it as LabVIEW 2010? I don't  want to upgrade to LabVIEW 2011 yet...

//Ulf

[Manny0129]

I've attached a zipped folder containing the vi in 2010 version. Please let me know if you run into any problems opening this.

Thanks!

[UlfN]

Hi,

I don't really understand how you want to save your images? Do you want to save an image in every iteration or when TRUE condition is fulfilled? The problem is that the image reference is invalid if the case structure is FALSE. You should perhaps move the "Save to file" inside the TRUE-case? You should also remember to use "Image Close"-VI for every "Image" you create.

Best regards

//Ulf

[Manny0129]

Thanks for your response. Yes, I want to save an image when the true conditions are met. Would you be able to upload a simple vi that shows how to save a sequence of images to a specified path using the thermovision digital toolkit vi's? I think this would be best to help me get a clear understanding of how to use these vi's (the user manual is very brief).

Thank you!

Manny