Camera 2D

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Function

This Step can be used to capture images with a third-party 2D camera. The supported third-party 2D cameras are listed in the table below.

Item	Camera type	Related Step	Recommended client version	Notes
Hikvision	2D camera	Camera 2D	MVS 3.3.1	Relevant driver should be installed. The camera2d_h plugin should be installed in Mech-Vision.
DAHENG	2D camera	Camera 2D	2.7.2305.8081	The camera2d_plugin plugin should be installed in Mech-Vision.
iRayple	2D camera	Camera 2D	2.3.0_Build20210730	The camera2d_plugin plugin should be installed in Mech-Vision.
Cameras supporting eBUS	2D camera	Camera 2D	eBUS Player 6.2.8	The camera2d_plugin plugin should be installed in Mech-Vision. The images captured by the camera have a "Pleora" watermark, which does not affect normal functionality. To remove it, you would need to purchase the runtime license for cameras supporting eBUS. If the camera uses the GigE protocol, you need to purchase a gev-rx license. If the camera uses the USB protocol, you need to purchase a u3v-rx license. If you do not want to purchase the runtime license for cameras supporting eBUS, you can try to use the Calc Results by Python Step to capture images by calling the Python interface of third-party cameras.

Item

Camera type

Related Step

Recommended client version

Notes

Hikvision

2D camera

Camera 2D

MVS 3.3.1

DAHENG

2D camera

Camera 2D

2.7.2305.8081

The camera2d_plugin plugin should be installed in Mech-Vision.

iRayple

2D camera

Camera 2D

2.3.0_Build20210730

The camera2d_plugin plugin should be installed in Mech-Vision.

Cameras supporting eBUS

2D camera

Camera 2D

eBUS Player 6.2.8

The camera2d_plugin plugin should be installed in Mech-Vision.
The images captured by the camera have a "Pleora" watermark, which does not affect normal functionality. To remove it, you would need to purchase the runtime license for cameras supporting eBUS.
- If the camera uses the GigE protocol, you need to purchase a gev-rx license.
- If the camera uses the USB protocol, you need to purchase a u3v-rx license.
- If you do not want to purchase the runtime license for cameras supporting eBUS, you can try to use the Calc Results by Python Step to capture images by calling the Python interface of third-party cameras.

This Step is generally used with the 2D camera.

Input： none.
Output：
1. Color image captured by the camera.
2. Timestamp string corresponding to the color image acquired by the camera, which can be used as the naming prefix to save the image.