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Connecting a USB uEye Camera

uEye Camera Manual Version 3.80

Connecting a USB uEye Camera

Please install the software first as described in the Installing the uEye Drivers section. Connect the USB uEye to the PC, using the USB 2.0 cable. The camera will be recognized automatically. When the camera has been correctly installed, the LED on the back of the camera lights up green.

Hinweis

The first time you connect a USB uEye camera to a USB port under Windows, two driver files will be registered. The first file ('ueye_boot') contains the generic driver, the second file the model-specific driver. The model will be immediately recognized whenever you connect the camera to this port again. If you use a different port, the registration will be repeated

Under Windows the camera will show up in the uEye Camera Manager's camera list.

 

Figure 77: Connecting USB device to a PC

Figure 77: Connecting USB device to a PC

 
The uEye cameras can be connected to a USB port either directly or via hubs and repeaters. A wide range of different hubs and repeaters are available at computer stores or from IDS. The USB 2.0 hubs being used must be full powered hubs that are able to provide 500 mA per USB port. Low Powered hubs, in comparison, only supply 100 mA per port, which is not sufficient for uEye cameras.

Hinweis

To use maximum bandwidth, we recommend connecting the cameras directly to the USB 2.0 ports on the mainboard. Many USB 2.0 ports on PCI/PCIe cards and the USB 2.0 ports on the front of the PC mostly supply lower bandwidths.

Achtung

USB cables with non-standard connectors must be connected to the camera first and then to the PC. Otherwise the camera might not be recognized correctly.


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