smart camera and IMAQ serial Write and Read

[matthew_eli]

Hi, I have a problem with my SmartCamera, NI 1762, and its serial communication. I have:

VBAI 3.6.0

Labview 8.6.1

With VBAI there is no problem and serial works perfectly: I can see output via hyperterminal on Windows. The problem is when I use the following Labview  VI:

• IMAQ Serial Write

• IMAQ Serial Read

I read this thread:

 http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=200&message.id=17484&query.id=65238#M17484

but I can't understand how is possible to configure the Serial Port of my Smart Camera: please, could anyone post a configuration file for Serial Write and Read of Smart Camera RS23 orr help me to do the same?

Thanks in advance

[AndreaN]

Hello,

in order to configure the NI Smart Camera 1762 for serial communication you can check the settings in the manual at page 2-6:

http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/372429b.pdf

I guess you already followed it since you can communicate with VBAI.

Well, that being said, to program the serial port in LabVIEW you can use the function "VISA Configure Serial Port" (Functions Palette->Instrument I/O->Serial) to configure your settings.

Once you've configured the port you can simply use the IMAQ Serial Read/Write VI to communicate in your application.

Regards,

Andrea 

[Optics_Eli]

Hi AndreaN,

What if your camera is connected to the computer through camerlink and a frame grabber. How would you configure the serial port then?

Thanks very much!

Eli