is there any driver for Xcelera-CL+ PX8 frame grabber cameralink card

[xgatc]

Hello,

we recently bought  two Xcelera-CL+ PX8 frame grabber cameralink cards from teledynedalsa.  we have a fast camera Bonito from AVT

I wounder if there is any way I can use Labview to talk to them? 

thanks for your time

xg

[Al.C]

Hi xg,

Have you seen the below link? It shows all of the current NI Supported Cameras.

http://sine.ni.com/apps/utf8/nipc.get_camera_list?p_camera_status=C%22

[xgatc]

Many Thanks. Al C

Well, it looks that there is no driver 

[Dennis_Knutson]

Well, you need a driver for the frame grabber and not the camera. Have you checked with the vendor? Have you looked at the api from them so you can write your own?

[xgatc]

thanks,  Dennis.

>vendor? Have you looked at the api from them so you can write your own?

the vendor provided a Microsoft Visual C++  API,    but not DLL.  Below is what stated in the manual if I want to write my own applicaton in C

if vendor provides a DLL and H file, I know how to import into LabView, but,  what/how to do with *.lib?

any suggestion is more than welcome

cheers

xg 

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Header Files and Libraries (C API)

The following files are provided for building C applications with Sapera LT.

File Name	Description	Location
corapi.h	Main header file	Sapera\Include
corapi.lib	32-bit C library for Visual C++	Sapera\Lib\Win32
corapi.lib	32-bit C library for C++ Builder 2006 and up	Sapera\Lib\Win32\Borland
corapi.lib	64-bit C library for Visual C++	Sapera\Lib\Win64

[Dennis_Knutson]

You would probably need to use visual studio to create the dll.

[Hooovahh]

They didn't provide any type of binary for communicating with their hardware?  Remind me not to use them I guess.

Also that can't be the exhaustive list of cameras that work with IMAQ is it?  Is there some APIs that just work if the frame grabber supports it like DirectShow?  And I know I'm using a frame grabber that isn't on that list that is GigE.  All I'm getting at is, is it possible that IMAQ will work with this frame grabber if Windows has the drivers?

[xgatc]

Ok, I will try. thanks  

[xgatc]

thanks.

this is fast camera not GigE one. it uses serial communication, the frameGramber card  uses a Serial-Over-Camera Link port  to talk to the camera's firmware through clsercor.dll.  The frame graber driver is called vedio interface driver (CVXceleraCLpPX8.vin).  I checked with NI support engineer, no solution yet.

[Dennis_Knutson]

I don't know why you would expect NI to support a frame grabber that they don't make.

Have you looked at http://www.alliancevision.eu/products/softwares-drivers/drivers/112