Getting Started with USB 3.0 Cameras Setting up USB 3.0 cameras is much easier than GigE. Image transfer into PC memory via USB 3.0 is much faster and more efficient, requiring far less PC involvement. There will be no dropped frames issues when using USB 3.0. USB 3.0 cameras require that the JAI Virtual IF driver be installed for each USB 3.0 camera has been plugged into the computer. The directions to do this are shown in the following section. Connecting USB 3.0 Cameras 1) Make sure the AVPBackplane is shut down 2) Connect all USB3 cameras to USB super speed ports on the computer. The ports are indicated with the following ICON on your PC.
3) If the camera and driver have already been installed on the PC, you should hear the Windows sound when plugging the camera in. 4) You can check that the camera and driver have been installed successfully using the “Device Manager” a. Go to the USB Serial Bus Device section. Locate the camera. The cameras should appear with their full name. Example shown below. b. Right click on the device. You should see “device is functioning properly.” 5) If this is the first time an individual camera is connected to the PC, you will need to explicitly load the USB3 driver for it. This step must be performed for each camera that is connected to PC. a.
To do so, please go to the start menu and run the “GigE Vision Control Tool” utility. b. The GigE Vision Control Tool will discover all cameras connected to the PC, both GigE and USB, and display them in the list on the left hand side of the UI. c. For each USB camera, expand the + signs under the USB camera entry until you get to the Interface Layer d. Click on the popup to the right under Driver Installation to Install the USB Driver. Using Sentech STC-M Cameras with AutoVISION and Visionscape Page 17 of 32