Image Acquisition Toolbox™ supports digital cameras that follow the IIDC 1394-based digital camera specification (DCAM) developed by the 1394 Trade Association. The IIDC 1394-based DCAM specification describes a generic interface for exchanging data with IEEE 1394 (FireWire) digital cameras.
Manufacturers
Many manufacturers provide DCAM cameras that are compatible with Image Acquisition Toolbox, including those in the list below. If available, use the vendor-specific support package over the vision standard in order to access proprietary camera properties and functionality such as data logging and triggering. Those additional downloads are available at the relevant vendor web sites and include:
The Basler BCAM 1394 Driver/SDK includes a fully functional driver for IEEE 1394 cameras along with a Software Development Kit. When the BCAM 1394 Driver is combined with a Basler IEEE 1394 camera, it offers users a low cost, plug and play solution. Clear all check boxes except the pylon GigE Vision Driver and the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) check boxes: Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all applicable network adapters. Changing the Network Adapter Properties (Windows)# For all network adapters using the pylon GigE Vision filter driver, Basler recommends optimizing the adapter properties.
Testing Your Device for Compatibility
To test your FireWire camera for compatibility with the toolbox on Windows, download the CMU 1394 digital camera driver from the CMU web site and run their demo application (1394CameraDemo.exe). If you can operate your FireWire camera using the CMU demo application, the device will work with Image Acquisition Toolbox.
To test your FireWire camera for compatibility with the toolbox on Linux, use Coriander.
Alternatively, if the data sheet or product manual for your camera states that it is IIDC DCAM v1.3x compliant, it should work with the toolbox.
Please see the Troubleshooting section of the Image Acquisition Toolbox documentation for additional information.
Basler Vision 1394 Driver Manual
Platform and Release Support
Basler Vision 1394 Driver Windows 7
On Windows®, the toolbox supports DCAM devices using the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) DCAM driver version 6.4.x or later. The CMU driver strictly adheres to version 1.31 of the IIDC 1394-based DCAM specification. On Linux®, the toolbox supports DCAM devices using the libdc1394 package version 2.0 or later. On Mac OS X, no separate driver installation is needed.
See the hardware support package system requirements table for current and prior version, release, and platform availability.
Basler Bcam 1394 Driver
V1.0 - Initial release of the driver. Designed for use with Windows 2000 (SP2) only.V1.5 - Windows XP compatibility added. Various bug fixes were implemented. This version of the driver works with Windows 2000 (SP3) or Windows XP (SP1).
V1.6 - New features were added including a bus topology viewer and a bus access driver. Support for MS Visual Studio.Net was added to the SDK. The documentation was improved significantly. Additional bug fixes were made. This version of the driver works with Windows 2000 (SP3) or Windows XP (SP1).
Programs compiled against earlier versions of the driver must be recompiled against V1.6 to operate properly.
V1.7 - The driver installation package was updated so that the newest models of Basler IEEE 1394 cameras (A102f, A102fc, A600fc, A600-HDR) will be recognized and properly associated with the driver during installation. Small bugs in the BCAM viewer program were fixed. This version of the driver works with Windows 2000 (SP3) or Windows XP (SP1).
This is the first version of the driver that will let you use the 'smart features' capabilities on Basler IEEE 1394 cameras that are equipped with smart features. To use smart features, you must install the Smart Features Framework (SFF) software on your computer in addition to the BCAM 1394 driver.
Programs compiled against earlier versions of the driver must be recompiled against V1.7 to operate properly.
V1.8 - Changes were made to buffer handling, bus reset behavior, error handling during bus transactions and in structure and enumeration naming. The BCAM viewer white balance behavior was changed. This version of the driver works with Windows 2000 (SP3 or SP4) or Windows XP (SP1).
This version of the driver will let you use the 'smart features' capabilities on Basler IEEE 1394 cameras that are equipped with smart features. To use smart features, you must install the Smart Features Framework (SFF) software on your computer in addition to the BCAM 1394 driver.
Programs compiled against earlier versions of the driver must be recompiled against V1.8 to operate properly.
V1.8 SP1 - Support was added for Windows XP SP2. A DirectShow filter was added that allows DirectShow applications to connect directly to our cameras. Support was added for PCs equipped with multiple processors and hyper threading. Support for memory channels according to the IIDC V1.31 standard was added. The MS Visual Studio.NET versions of the samples and source code can now be compiled against versions 7.0, 7.1 and 7.5 of the Windows Template Library. The driver installation package was updated so that the newest models of Basler IEEE 1394 cameras will be recognized and properly associated with the driver during installation. This version of the driver works with Windows 2000 (SP3 or SP4) or Windows XP (SP1 or SP2).
This version of the driver will let you use the 'smart features' capabilities on Basler IEEE 1394 cameras that are equipped with smart features. To use smart features, you must install the Smart Features Framework (SFF) software on your computer in addition to the BCAM 1394 driver.
Programs compiled against earlier versions of the driver must be recompiled against V1.8 SP1 to operate properly.