flir sc5000

[will42]

Hi, 

I have a Flir SC5000 research camera that I am trying to interface with a NI 1428 card. However I have had zero luck with getting any of my NI or Flir software to detect the camera over Camlink. I am able to get the Flir software to connect over an Ethernet cable and I was able to get a Camlink connection on a computer owned by a different lab using a coreco frame grabber.

So my question is: Is there a simple procedure for adding a new camera in the NI software and is my card/camera combination even supported? 

Thanks,

Will

[esmaham]

Hi Will,

You need the following items to set up and use the NI 1428 ( see this link 😞

     NI 1428 image acquisition device
     Base configuration Camera Link-compatible camera
     MDR 26-pin Camera Link cable
     PCI, PXI, or Compact PCI computer running Microsoft Windows Vista/XP/2000 with at least one available slot
     NI Vision Acquisition Software 8.2.0 or later, which includes the NI-IMAQ driver software

Optional software for developing applications:
   – NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection
   – NI Vision Development Module
   – LabVIEW
   – LabWindows™/CVI™
   – Microsoft Visual Basic

Also here is the User Manual fro the PCI-1428

Hope this get you started.Thanks and have a great day.

Esmail Hamdan | Applications Engineering | National Instruments

[BlueCheese]

Will,

Have you tried using the Camera File Generator to try configuring a new camera file for your camera? https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/supplemental/19/creating-a-camera-file-using-the-ni-came...

Eric

[will42]

We have all of the required hardware and software and I have created a camera file, however I now believe the issue is due to the computer being a 64 bit systems and all of the components and software being designed to run on a 32 bit system.  Thanks for your answers though.

Will

[esmaham]

Hi Will,

Waht is your operating system? National Instruments Visoion sould be supported for 64bit systems. See this page .

Thanks and have a great day.

Esmail Hamdan | Applications Engineering | National Instruments

[will42]

The camera is now up and running on a 32 bit system, the other computer has Vista 64. While the camera works fine using NI software, Flir now states that NI cards are not compatable with their thermal imaging software.