monochrome DMK23G445 shown in MAX as 32-bit RGB

[Sergey(PSU)]

I have Monocrome Gigait ethernet camera DMK23G445.

When I press Grab in MAX under the image it shows it as 32-bit RGB camera(picture).

As a result I could not process it in my program as it requires 8-but mono picture.

Why MAX shows it like this? I have IMAQ-dx 4.0 drivers.

[toto69]

Hi,

Just check in the attrbute list in MAX that the pixel format output by the camera is set to 8bit. Otherwise, the camera is able to output 32bit images.

Regards

[Sergey(PSU)]

In attribute it shows as options only 10-12-14-16 bit.

The strange thing is tha in MAX it shows this camera in 2 places and currently only bottom one works(yesterday middleone worked as well but picture was very much distorted). Middle one yesterday showed picture as 8 bit, bottom one as in attached screenshot.

If you try to open camera in Vision Builder then in the list of IEEE1394 and ET cameras only middle camera is shown. I could not use it as it does not work...

[toto69]

Hi,

Maybe you should have a look at these articles:

http://www.ni.com/white-paper/5846/en

http://www.ni.com/white-paper/5750/en

Then sometimes it's better to remove the xml,iid and icd files located in "Documents and Settings/All Users/Shared Documents/National Instruments/NI-IMAQdx/Data"

Don't hesitate to remove all of them, they will automatically be uploaded the next time you connect the camer.

Hope this helps

[Sergey(PSU)]

I already followed upper one guide. I managed to make camera working but image is distorted as in attachement. I have seen this on some other postts earlier. But do not remember a typical solution.

Why MAX shows camera in 2 places? Is one NI based driver and another manufacturers one?