Software Tools and System Requirements
Hardware
iam embedded smart vision camera system
PoE+ Injector (if you have early access to a prototype camera check Known Issues - Prototype Cameras) or break-out board with external power supply
Network cable (Class 6)
Host PC system: Linux or Mac preferred. If you do not have a UNIX based system you should use the virtual machine from section Virtual Host System# .
Presets
Out-of-the box the iam system comes with the factory settings below.
IP Address | 192.168.1.10 |
root user name | root |
root user passwort | root |
The iAMGigEServer is run by autostart to allow remote IP configuration with SynView IP Config Tool even if you Network Controller Configuration is not set properly.
During production the latest version of the SynView and iAMGigEServer is installed to camera. Only in special cases it is necessary to update the camera. See section iam update tool for detailed information.
Software
There are three ways to update the iam:
Via native Linux or Mac host
Via Windows machine as discribed in section Windows Host System
Via our Virtual Machine Disk image on any OS with Virtual Box as described in section Virtual Host System
Only a Linux host or a virtual Linux machine will support all features like cross compiling.
What else do you need?
Tools
Installation of putty on your windows machine: putty will execute the ssh-connection to the iam camera.
Installation of Xming: Xming will execute the graphical interface on Windows.
Installation of WinSCP is useful for any host system. WinSCP is a program to transfer files from/to the iam camera.
Virtual machine for cross compiling: see section Virtual Host System#