u480 camera

[lacorgui]

Hello everybody, 

I´m using a camera from Thorlabs (DCC1645C) for surface measurements. I´m trying to use it with Labview, I´ve got the drivers installed but I do not have any idea how to use them (since "drivers help" seems not to work). 

Has anyone ever used this camera? Any help is welcome!! 

Thanks

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@lacorgui wrote:

Hello everybody, 

I´m using a camera from Thorlabs (DCC1645C) for surface measurements. I´m trying to use it with Labview, I´ve got the drivers installed but I do not have any idea how to use them (since "drivers help" seem not to work). 

Has anyone ever used this camera? Any help is welcome!! 

Thanks

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http://www.thorlabs.de/thorcat/ITN/DCC1645C-SoftwareManual.pdf

[lacorgui]

Thanks nyc, 

I know how to use this application. However my purpose is to implement the use of the camera in Labview using the drivers installed instead of using the application.

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@lacorgui wrote:

Thanks nyc, 

I know how to use this application. However my purpose is to implement the use of the camera in Labview using the drivers installed instead of using the application.

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Drivers are not meant to help you learn how to control the camera.

[lacorgui]

I know, I read the manual and other .pdf files in order to understand the camera way of working. In fact, I´ve use the camera before, taking pictures and videos. However, due to my research job, I must implement, at least, the viewer of the camera in a Labview interface. For that, I think using drivers is the best option since they are based on VISA resources. 

I´ve found an old post (getting started with thorlabs lc1-usb (2007)) with some examples but unfortunately vi examples files are not in the server any more (old_example).

Hope to find a way to do it! 

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

You may want to try installing the older UC480 version 4.20 software.

http://www.thorlabs.de/software_pages/ViewSoftwarePage.cfm?Code=ThorCam

It includes a manual about the LabVIEW drivers which are *not* included. However the explanation may match the VIs you have that are installed with the newer software.

It also includes a VB.NET example using ActiveX. That may be translateable into LabVIEW.

By the way, there are most likely a lot of helpful resources installed on your PC.

Look in the Program Files directory under Thorlabs.

[amithkuttan]

Upon installing the Thorcam software, the labview VIs are installed as well.

usually they are found in the following

directory C:\Program Files (x86)\Thorlabs\Scientific Imaging\DCx Camera Support\OtherDrivers\LabVIEW\8.x_32-bit

hope this helps