pci 1408 and imaq software

[yfu]

Hi,

I have labview 8.5 installed in my desktop with a ni PCI 1408 frame grabber. The frame grabber is connected to a

Astrovid StellaCam video camera.

After properly installed the driver for the frame grabber, I can see IMAQ PCI-1408 frame grabber in Measurement

and Automation Explore. However, when I tried to continuously acquire video signals from there, I got weird

results. Sometimes I saw stripes, sometimes I can see one image but it did not update at all. Sometimes I was

told "acquisition time out" and I need to reduce the window size - I tried to reduce it from 640*480 to 80*60, but

it won't help.

Then I decided to use NI Vision Acquisition Express program for better luck. However, the software can not

find any "Acquisition sources for Local host" although I click on the refresh button again and again - and at the

same time the Measurement and Automation Explore told me that IMAQ PCI-1408 is working fine. So I am

stuck here now...

Please let me know what I need to do to get the frame grabber/Camera to work properly.

Thanks

[yfu1]

Ok, finally I found out that PCI1408 is not compatible with IMAQ4.0 with comes with my Labview 8.5. Too bad.

I tried to remove the IMAQ package from my Labview installation, and then install IMAQ3.1.3 which should be compatible
with PCI-1408. But still it is not working.

Do you have any suggestions on driver install? I would like to keep Labview8.5 and PCI1408 both on my computer.

Thanks

[chris.b]

Hi yfu,

After uninstalling the newer drivers, do you still see the camera in Measurement and Automation Explorer?  What video format is your camera?  The PCI-1408 only supports RS-170/NTSC (60Hz interlaced) and CCIR/PAL (50Hz interlaced); see the manual for more information.  The 1408 is an older card; have you been using with another camera or computer?  If so, what were the results?