IMAQdx Capture using a GIGE camera and LabVIEW

[MarcusG]

I am currently trying to capture from a Basler  piA1900-32gc using IMAQdx3.2 and LabVIEW 8.6.

I am trying to capture and display to full frame rate(32fps) and full frame size (1920x1084) of this camera.

I am having a few problems achieving this.

1. When I display full frame size I am not getting full frame rate.
2. When I display full frame size I am getting tearing in the image.
3. I have tried to use winddraw.vi to do an external display and it averages about 22fps.  

I am using the Grab.vi that ships as an example with IMAQdx.

Computer Specs.

Windows XP

Intel Quad Core @ 2.40GHz

4.00 GB ram

NIVIDEA GEOFORCE 8600 GTS video card

Dell 24" UltraSharp Flat Panel Monitor.

Thanks for your help.

[BlueCheese]

Hi Marcus,

What kind of network card are you using?

Eric 

[MarcusG]

I am using the

Intel PRO 1000 PCI-e Desktop Gigabit Network Adapter

[Robert_Eastlund]

These links may be of some interest to you:

Get Going with GigE Vision - From The Box To Acquiring Images In 90 Seconds http://zone.ni.com/wv/app/doc/p/id/wv-1101 

Acquiring From GigE Vision Cameras with Vision Acquisition Software - Part II https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA03q000000x0UsCAI&l=en-US

Trouble Shooting GigE Vision Cameras https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA03q000000YM6JCAW&l=en-US

What is the exposure time of your camera set to?

[MarcusG]

I have done all those things in those links and still not giving me full frame rate and full frame size.

I have tried this from a range of 50ns to 6000ns and it still averages about 25fps out of 32fps.

Thanks for you help.

Marcus.

[Robert_Eastlund]

What is the pixel data format set to, mono 8 or YUV 4:2:2?

[MarcusG]

The pixel format is Bayer GB8.

[Robert_Eastlund]

Please see what the frame rate is with the pixel format set to Mono 8.

[MarcusG]

I am getting 32 in MAX but when I run the grab.vi example I get about 29fps.

[BruceAmmons]

My only suggestion would be disabling the display temporarily and see if you can acquire at full rate.  If you can, it is the display.  If the frame rate doesn't change, it is the acquisition.

Bruce