Set Camera IP Address and Connect to Camera

A camera can only be connected in Mech-Eye Viewer when the following IP addresses are in the same subnet.

  • The IP address of the camera

  • The IP address of the IPC Ethernet port connected to the camera

Please make sure that the above two IP addresses are in the same subnet and are both unique, and then connect to the camera.

After connecting to the camera, you can also set a custom camera name for easy recognition of different cameras.

Set Camera IP Address

You can set a static IP address for the camera, or set it to dynamic IP address, which is automatically assigned.

Set Static IP Address

Hint

Record the set camera IP address for future reference.

  1. Open Mech-Eye Viewer and select the camera for which you’d like to set the IP address. Click icon_setting to open the IP address configuration window.

  2. Select Set as Static IP, and select the IP Address Class according to your actual situation.

  3. Set the IP address and subnet mask for the camera and click Apply.

Hint

  • The IP address must be unique.

  • The Camera IP Configuration section displays the IP address and subnet mask of the IPC Ethernet port connected to the camera. You can set the IP address and subnet mask of the camera according to the information displayed here.

Set Dynamic IP Address

  1. Open Mech-Eye Viewer and select the camera for which you’d like to set the IP address. Click icon_setting to open the IP address configuration window.

  2. Select Set via DHCP and click Apply.

Hint

If you want to set the IP address of the IPC Ethernet port connected to the camera, please refer to Set IP Address on IPC.

Connect to the Camera

All the detected cameras are shown in the Camera List when you open Mech-Eye Viewer. Select a camera and click Connect to connect to the camera.

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Attention

  • For the camera to be connected in Mech-Eye Viewer, the camera firmware’s version must be consistent with Mech-Eye Viewer’s version. If not consistent, you will be prompted to upgrade the firmware with the Camera Firmware Upgrade tool.

  • For the very first time that the camera is connected to the IPC, it may take up to a few minutes for the camera to show up in Mech-Eye Viewer.

  • If Connected is displayed in the camera info card, the camera is already connected to a GenICam client. To connect the camera to Mech-Eye Viewer, please disconnect the camera from the GenICam client first.

Set a Custom Camera Name

After the camera is connected to Mech-Eye Viewer, you can set a custom camera name that is easy to recognize.

In the camera toolbar, click icon_edit or Set camera name to enter a name for the camera. The camera name will be displayed in the Camera List.

Note

  • The following characters cannot be used: \, /, :, *, ?, ", <, >, |.

  • This function is unavailable for a virtual camera.

Once you are connected to a camera in Mech-Eye Viewer, you can start capture images. The next topic introduces the actions for capturing images and viewing the obtained data.