[Rock-dev] AVT Prosilica SDK

[Matthias Goldhoorn]

Don't know from where they got the protocol got from.

Nevertheless it's working and seems really generic from inside.


Matthias

Am 07.02.2013 16:57, schrieb 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:
>>
>> https://gitorious.org/rock-drivers/orogen-camera_aravis
>>
>> In the past i tried successfully with an prosilica (i think GC-650).
>>
>> Maybe this driver could become an alternative to the closed-source AVT one.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Matthias
>>
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>> Am 07.02.2013 15:53, schrieb Leif Christensen:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Leif
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