Hi,
I would recommend you take a look at the VBAI API example. The API allows you to automate VBAI running on the Smart Camera from LabVIEW. By using the API, you do not need to add the Smart Camera as a LabVIEW RT target to the LabVIEW project. The API allows you to open an inspection, run it, and retrieve images and step results. You can find examples here:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\National Instruments\Vision Builder AI 2015\Examples\API Examples
We offer the API for C and LabVIEW.
If instead of doing processing on the host machine, you want to implement your algorithm in a shared library that can be run directly on the Smart Camera, this link can be useful:
http://www.ni.com/tutorial/5694/en/
Once you create the shared library for VxWorks, you can call it directly from Vision Builder AI running on the target by creating a VI that calls your shared library, and call that VI from within Vision Builder AI using the Run LabVIEW step.
That's more work and may be more difficult to debug, but this would provide a more integrated solution that does not require a PC to work (i.e. the whole vision inspection can run on the Smart Camera).
A simpler way would be to implement your vision algorithm in LabVIEW and Vision Development Module (instead of C), and you could run it directly on the Smart Camera using the Run LabVIEW step. The Run LabVIEW step is a powerful way to add additional functionality to Vision Builder.
Hope this helps.
Christophe
