[Rock-dev] AVT Prosilica SDK

[Chris Mueller]

This is wondering myself a little. I thought the protocol standard for 
GigE camera systems
is currently closed source and only opened for members of the Automated 
Imaging Association (AIA).

Did they reverse engineered the protocol?

Would be really great to have an OpenSource Version.


Am 07.02.2013 16:48, schrieb Matthias Goldhoorn:
> I would remark that there is an really OpenSource version for GigE cameras.
> The project is called aravis.
> I started an really rough example implementation as an orogen component
> which needs to be rewritten and extended:
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> https://gitorious.org/rock-drivers/orogen-camera_aravis
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> In the past i tried successfully with an prosilica (i think GC-650).
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> Maybe this driver could become an alternative to the closed-source AVT one.
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> Greetings,
> Matthias
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> Am 07.02.2013 15:53, schrieb Leif Christensen:
>> Hi,
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>> it happend as expected: after buying Prosilica, AVT dropped further
>> development of their PvAPI GiGE SDK. Their new SDK is called "vimba" and
>> perhaps will support linux in the next version...but not in the current
>> one.
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>> So, if you want to buy a newer version of Prosilica cams from them, make
>> sure that the firmware supports the legacy PvAPI SDK 1.26 or reserve
>> some time for driver programming.
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>> Leif
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