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SynView Explorer

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SynView is a NET-created development environment based on GenICam/GenTL standards. It contains a high-performance and user-friendly API to make it easier to create applications. Application engineers can concentrate fully on developing your solution. More information can be found under the following link.

The SynView package contains the SynView Explorer tool, which allows to enumerate, connect and configure camera, acquire images or generate sample source code for SynView API. It is a useful tool for testing both the SynView and camera functionality.

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SynView is preinstalled on the camera under the location /opt/synview/bin/

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To learn more how to use Synview explorer SynView Explorer we refer to the Synview SynView Explorer manual.

Testing the camera

Capture an image or test new camera settings with Synview SynView Explorer. There are two ways:

  1. Using the iAMGigEServer with iam and receiving the image data with Synview SynView Explorer on a host system. iam acts like a normal GigE Vision camera.

  2. Native: Using the OpenSSH connection with (blue star) -server forwarding. From the commandline command line it is possible to start the sv.explorer bye by the command below.

Since the iAMGigEServer is executed via autostart, stop iAMGigEServer before using Synview SynView Explorer native on camera (option Option 2). See section iAMGigEServer

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The latest version of Synview SynView Explorer is required for iam. For this, update the host system. Download link is at the end of section Download latest Synview Prerelease .

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Connect the camera to be tested. Select it in the list of found cameras and press the Connect camera “Connect camera” button.

Configure the camera features. Pay attention especially to features in Image Format Control and Acquisition Control categories.

When prepared, click the Start acquisition “Start acquisition” button. The camera should start acquiring. If not, verify again, if the camera was not set to triggered mode, while no trigger was attached.

While the acquisition is active, the runtime parameters can be adjusted, such as exposure time or gain. Basic acquisition parameters, such as pixel format or trigger mode get locked when the acquisition starts.

When finished, click the Stop acquisition “Stop acquisition” button and exit.

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It is an common source of error to operate a monochrom sensor in the color space. In case of a monochrome sensor change the Pixel Format to Mono 8 .

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From the line just above the live image, the frames count per second is visible on the iam camera system is visible. Displaying the images remote over an OpenSSH connection will impair the performace very much and will add some delay as well. In the example below, the sensor runs with 147 frames per second and 1.8 frames per second if displayed remotely.  

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See what your camera model can achieve by looking up the maximum frame rate at Camera Model Overview table.

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An OpenSSH session using live imaging has a poor performance but can help to change camera parameters or test new features.

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Please be aware of the low frame refresh rate with this type of connection. A better refresh rate will be achieved with the "GigE Vision server of SynviewSynView" in the future.

Basic camera features

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