Free: JAI SDK & Control Tool - v1.2.5.
New features for GigE users
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Considered to be
the one of the most user-friendly
industrial camera software packages in today's market.
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Time-efficient |
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Greater performance |
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Ease-of-use |
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Smarter working |
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Unsurpassed design flexibility |
Increase your time efficiency
and creativity by working smarter with Jai's SDK and
Control Tool.
Offering one of the most user-friendly GigE Vision and
GeniCam-compliant SDKs and camera control tools, the new
1.2.5 version has been updated and improved providing maximum efficiency
when integrating JAI cameras into vision applications.
Historically popular, Jai's latest iteration of its GigE Vision SDK and
Control Tool software is due to increase its appeal with
vision system designers and design teams because the software
not only supports JAI's own cameras but also cameras from a variety
of other manufacturers. This brand-independence provides
designers with unsurpassed flexibility whether they are
evaluating/prototyping new cameras or building their own custom applications.
Moreover, the inclusion of a wide range of new features have been
added enabling not only greater performance but also
greater ease-of-use.
The new 1.2.5 release includes updated documentation with numerous code
samples, a new getting started guide and more. Setting up, learning and
operating the software is made simple through the use of a comprehensive
and easy-to-follow set of wizards and guides rich with step-by-step illustrative
screen dumps.
About the software
The JAI SDK control tool provides
GigE Vision and GeniCam integration and functionality for all of JAI's
line of GE cameras. 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available
for Windows 7, Windows XP or Vista operating systems
and is also available in pre-release form for Linux 32-bit and
Linux 64-bit systems.
The
software package comprises three parts |
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SDK components required for easily integrating
JAI GigE Vision compliant cameras into vision applications. |
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Filter driver for fast and efficient streaming of GigE
Vision packets. |
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The JAI Control Tool. A generic application that can
be used for testing and evaluating all JAI GigE Vision
cameras, as well as non-JAI cameras that are GigE Vision and GenICam
compliant. The graphical user interface allows the user to see and
activate the available features and functions of the connected camera(s).
Streamed video can be viewed live or saved to memory. |
The
free-of-charge software is downloadable from the link at the end of this
article
What are some of the new features?
• New multicast support function, to divide image processing
load to many PCs
• Image recording into memory for “replay” and saving
of previously recorded images
• A “script” function to save and load complete camera
settings
• Wizards to improve work efficiency in setting up look up tables
and other features
• GigE Vision event logging in the JAI Control Tool
• Full GigE Vision event command support
• High Dynamic Range image fusion functions (see image below, right)
• Simplified “camera feature value” adjustment function
for more simplified coding
More about some of the new features |
The above image is
a screen dump of the JAI SDK. To the left are the two images captured
(with individual settings) by JAI's 2CCD monochrome camera AD-081CL.
To the right, the High Dynamic Range image. |
Full
GigE Vision event command support |
JAI’s SDK now
supports all GigE Vision event commands. Programs are notified about
selectable events in the camera and can act on them. |
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High Dynamic
Range Image Fusion Functions |
New
High Dynamic Range image fusion functions have been developed to
work with JAI’s 2-CCD monochrome camera (AD-081CL/GE) that
simultaneously takes two images of the same scene.
Core algorithms are able continuously
to convert bright and dark image
pairs into High Dynamic Range image data for machine vision processing
in “real time”. Additional routines are provided to
allow High Dynamic Range video to be properly displayed on standard
monitors with bit-depths below that of the HDR image.
The new HDR functionality can also be used with JAI’s standard
monochrome GigE Vision cameras and Bayer color GigE cameras when
using JAI’s Sequence Trigger Mode.
Simplified “camera feature value”
adjustment
The work associated with adjusting camera feature values has been
simplified considerably. This means that the user will experience
a reduced, and much simpler, coding process in connection with application
programming.
Multicast support in JAI Control Tool
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The
Multicast feature makes it possible to divide the image processing
load to a number of PCs connected in a network without increasing
the actual network load.
Additionally, Multicast support enables many users to work simultaneously
with the same image data. The
control tool can be configured with a multicast IP address and then
run as a multicast
master. Other PCs connected to the same network switch can then independently
start image acquisition and work as multicast slaves.
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Adept Electronic Solutions are 'The Machine Vision
and Imaging Specialists and distributor for JAI products in Australia
and New Zealand. To find out more about the new Jai SDK or any JAI
product, please email us at: adept@adept.net.au,
call us at Perth (08) 92425411 / Sydney (02) 99792599 / Melbourne
(03) 95555621 or use our online contact
us form. |
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