FLIR Blackfly S PoE GigE compatibility

[DJ_001]

Thanks in advance for any help

I've been working with a rep from Edmond Optics to spec out camera/lens combinations that suit our application.  His recommendation was to use:

1) Camera: BFS-PGE-63S4C-C PoE GigE Blackfly S, Color Camera (https://www.edmundoptics.com/p/bfs-pge-63s4c-c-poe-gige-blackflyr-s-color-camera/41355/)

2) Lense: 25mm UC Series Fixed Focal Length Lens

It's been a long time since I've done any vision work so I'm asking for feedback on this selection.

The camera is not listed under the NI Supported Cameras list, but I'm assuming that since it is GigE it will work with IMAQdx.

The FLIR website leads me to believe that this camera should work.  (https://www.flir.com/support-center/iis/machine-vision/knowledge-base/how-do-i-program-my-camera-in-...) and (https://www.flir.com/support-center/iis/machine-vision/application-note/getting-started-with-ni-max-...)

Has anyone used this camera with LabVIEW+IMAQ?

Any advice or feedback or comments would be very appreciated.

Thanks

Denis

[kensign]

Hi Denis,

I am a software engineer on the Vision Acquisition Software team and often work on validating cameras with NI software. Unfortunately the NI supported cameras list is out of date, but you are correct in assuming that anything GigE compliant should work with IMAQdx. I currently have a BFS-PGE-13Y3M-C at my desk (this is another PoE GigE Blackfly S Color camera) and it works really well with IMAQdx. We have a good relationship with the Point Grey (now a division of FLIR) engineering team so we test their new cameras and communicate with them if any compatibility issues arise.

Hope this helps,

Katie

[DJ_001]

Katie,

Thanks so much for the reply.

This is exactly what I had hoped to hear...

Denis

[DJ_001]

Follow up question.

I'm building out the network for this system and I need to choose a PCIe network card and an 8 port switch.  This network will be it's own island from PC to 6 cameras.  The intent is to have a second network adapter on the PC to interface to the corporate LAN.

Could anyone suggest equipment that is compatible with GigE vision with POE?

This switch supports 802.3af and jumbo frames.  However the jumbo frames are listed as 15k instead of the typical 9k I've seen.  I assume it can handle anything less than 15k but haven't found any documentation about it

https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/unmanaged-switch/tl-sg1008pe/

I've no idea how to select an appropriate PCIe network card so any direction would be appreciated.  I've read here and there that Intel Pro 1000 is proffered, but nothing more concrete that that

Thanks

[DJ_001]

I started a new thread for this here:

https://forums.ni.com/t5/Machine-Vision/GigE-Networking-Equipment-Selection/td-p/3967231