Chapter 2 System Components Now that the NIC is all set up to handle cameras in the most efficient way possible we can start working with the cameras. 3. Connect the switch to the NIC and turn it on. 4. Connect the camera you want to be camera 1 to the NIC. 5. Bring up FrontRunner or just the Backplane. (Just the Backplane is much faster). As this is the first time that you have booted the Visionscape software, a new file, C:\Vscape\DM\dm.config , will be created. [If this wasn’t the first time you have run FrontRunner then quit FrontRunner and the Backplane and delete dm.config before going back to step 1]. 6.
Close the Backplane – you can do this by right-clicking on the icon in the taskbar. 7. Connect the second camera and repeat steps 3 and 4. 8. Repeat step 5 for cameras 3 and 4. You have now attached all four cameras to the switch and the Visionscape software saw them each in order. This will have made the dm.config file remember the order. The four cameras are still not quite ready to use. They are still going to use the default 1500 byte packet size that Visionscape uses out-of-the- box. We need to change this before going any further. These values are stored in the registry. From the Start menu select Run… and type: Regedit 2-52 Visionscape GigE Camera Guide