Connect and Open a Camera |
  
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Connect and Open a Camera |
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After completing the software installation, you can connect your N10 camera to a free USB port of your system. If you use an N20, N30 or N35 camera you can plug it into a PoE compatible switch. GigE cameras can also be powered via the camera's GPIO port; see the Electronics / GPIO topic for details.
In order to get your first depth image, simply open the NxView program from the start menu.
You will see a list of connected cameras; your stereo camera will be listed under Depth Cameras. You can simply select it and click Open. NxView will then present you with a color coded depth image of the scene.
Note: Please make sure that the distance between the camera and the scene objects is appropriate for your camera model. You might now also want to take a look at the topics on Camera Setups and Parameter Adjustment.
When using an N20, N30 or N35 camera you might see your camera listed under Monocular Cameras instead. Please follow the steps below to configure the camera correctly:
IP Configuration
The camera might not have a valid IP address or the uEye automatic IP assignment range for the Ethernet adapter might not be configured correctly. In this case you can try to assign the range and address automatically by selecting the camera and clicking the Auto Config button in NxView.
If the configuration succeeds the camera should be listed under Depth Cameras and you can then open it as described earlier in this topic.
Note: When running the automatic camera configuration NxView might prompt you to upload a new firmware onto the camera which matches your current driver version. Please make sure that the camera is safely connected to power and network so that you don't interrupt the upload process. The firmware upload takes approximately one minute.
Note: The automatic IP configuration requires your network adapter to have an IP address and subnet mask assigned (either via DHCP or manually). If you have enabled DHCP on the network adapter but there is no DHCP server on the respective network the adapter's address is unassigned and automatic configuration will fail. Then you will need to manually assign an address to the adapter.
If the automatic configuration as above does not succeed you should check your uEye driver version. Ensenso GigE cameras only work with uEye driver versions 4.41 and above. Please start the IDS Camera Manager, click the General Information button and verify that your driver is current.
If not see the Software Installation topic and upgrade the driver accordingly.