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System Requirements

uEye Camera Manual Version 3.80

System Requirements

For operating the uEye cameras, the following system requirements must be met:

USB uEye cameras

 

Minimum *)

Recommended

CPU speed

600 MHz

2 x 2.4 GHz

Memory (RAM)

256 MB

2048 MByte

For USB uEye cameras:
USB host controller

USB 2.0 high speed (480 Mbps)

USB 2.0 high speed (480 Mbps)

Intel® or NVIDIA® nForce mainboard chipset

For GigE uEye cameras
Network bandwidth
 
Network card type

 

 

100 Mbps

 

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1000 Mbps

 

Intel Pro/1000 GT (PCI)
Intel Pro/1000 PT (PCIe)

Graphics card

Onboard graphics chip

AGP/PCIe graphics card

Latest version of DirectX Runtime 9.0c

Operating system

Windows XP 32 bit (Service Pack 2)

Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4)

 

 

Linux (Kernel 2.6)

Windows 7 32 or 64 bit

Windows Vista 32 or 64 bit (Service Pack 1)

Windows XP 32 bit (Service Pack 3)

 

Linux (Kernel 2.6)

*) Camera performance may be limited.

 

Hinweis

Note on large multi camera systems

Connecting a large number of cameras to a single PC may require a large working memory (RAM). This is especially the case when many cameras with high sensor resolution are used.

If you want to set up such a system we recommend to use PCs with 64 bit operating systems and more than 4 GB of RAM.

Hinweis

Note on USB 2.0 ports

Onboard USB 2.0 ports usually provide significantly better performance than PCI and PCMCIA USB adapters.

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Note on color cameras with high frame rates

For uEye color cameras, the color conversion is done by software in the PC (except GigE uEye HE, cp. chapter Basics: Color filter). When you use a color camera with a high frame rate, the conversion might lead to a high CPU load. Depending on the PC hardware used you might not be able to reach the camera's maximum frame rate.

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Note on PCs with energy saving CPU technology

Current generation CPUs with energy saving technologies can cause bandwidth problems on the USB bus. IDS provides an application note on this issue which is available through uEye Support or the extranet area of our website.

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Note on Network Cards

To ensure optimum performance of the network connection, you need to install the latest drivers for your network card.  We recommend using the drivers of the following versions:

Intel® chipsets: version 8.8 or higher
Realtek chipsets: version 5.7 or higher

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Note on the USB uEye XS

In addition, for the camera model USB uEye XS please also note the following:

The pixel clock is selected automatically based on the resolution and cannot be changed. If the camera cannot get enough bandwidth on the USB bus, transmission errors (Transfer Failed) can frequently occur. In this case, reduce the camera resolution or choose a USB connection that provides a better performance. See also Troubleshooting.
Linux operating systems are not supported in driver version 3.80.
Minimum memory (RAM): 2048 MByte (2 GB)
We recommend to use the Direct3D display mode. The CPU load is lower when the Direct3D mode is used.

Direct3D graphics functions

The uEye driver can use Direct3D to display the camera image with overlay information. On Windows systems, you can use the supplied DXDiag diagnostic tool to check whether your graphics card supports Direct3D functions. To start the diagnostic tool, click Run… on the Windows Start menu (shortcut: Windows+R) and enter "DXDiag" in the input box.

On the Display page of the diagnostic tool, click the button for testing the Direct3D functions.

 


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