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Support of USB3 vision cameras by Igor Pro 8

Sun, 03/13/2022 - 08:23 am

Dear Igorists,

I am currently testing a new camera, and trying to control it with Igor Pro 8.

This camera uses the USB3 Vision protocol. It is DirectShow compatible. It can be controlled, for instance, with the opensource software Virtual VCR.

My OS is either Windows 7 64 bits of Windows 10.

IP8 sees the camera after issuing the command "GetCamera availableCameras".

After issuing the command "NewCamera/S=0", a new window opens, with the name camera0.

So far so good, except the video is frozen. No error message is displayed.

I have therefore two questions:

- Is there any diagnosis element that would allow me to understand why the rendering of the video does not work?

- Does Igor Pro support USB3 Vision cameras?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Igor

Igor's camera support is provided by Qt. In general, this should not depend on the type of USB used by the camera.

You can use the GetCamera operation to query the various options provided by the hardware.

You can also use ModifyCamera to test functionality, e.g., frame capture etc. I recommend trying some of the code that is provided at the bottom of the ModifyCamera help file. Feel free to contact support@wavemetrics.com with more specific information.

A.G.

March 16, 2022 at 09:51 am - Permalink