Pleora Technologies iPort User manual
iPORT™
Quick Start Guide
Pleora Technologies Inc.
359 Terry Fox Drive
Suite 230
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
K2K 2E7
www.pleora.com
High-performance imaging data and video over Ethernet
Ver 2.2
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Contents
Getting Started
About your iPORT Development Kit ................ 5
Setting up your iPORT IP Engine..................... 9
Installation
Installing your software................................... 15
Cabling your camera to your PC.................... 17
Installing drivers.............................................. 25
Acquiring Images
Connecting to your iPORT IP Engine............. 37
Connecting to your camera ............................ 43
Developing Software
Controlling other machines with the PLC ..... 57
Using the SDK.................................................. 75
Technical support............................................ 77
Getting Started
5
About your iPORT
Development Kit
Thank you for buying an iPORT Development Kit!
This Quick Start Guide explains how to set up your iPORT
IP Engine and acquire your first images. It gives you a
solid understanding of the introductory concepts, but also
lets you set up your system right away, if you prefer. It is
intended as a supplement to the documentation included
on your iPORT Software CD.
NOTE! Want to set up your system right away? See
“Setting up your iPORT IP Engine” on page 9.
The workflow diagram above shows how the Quick Start
Guide is structured and suggests how you might use the
iPORT IP Engine for the first time.
As you become familiar with the basics of the iPORT
Development Kit, you can begin developing your own
programs that harness the remarkable power of the iPORT
IP Engine.
6 About your iPORT Development Kit
What your iPORT IP Engine offers
With the iPORT IP Engine, you get:
• Fully customizable operation at off-the-shelf cost;
• High-performance in a compact, energy-efficient
package;
• Extremely low CPU usage in the PC, even at the full
1 Gb/s transfer rate;
• A low-complexity, scalable, networkable system;
• The ability to locate your image processor great
distances from your camera;
• A full-featured SDK with sample applications for
creating your own programs quickly and easily;
• Versatile controls for triggering and reacting to
external machines with hard realtime latencies, even
using non-realtime operating systems;
• The proven reliability of Pleora’s GigE connectivity.
What’s included
Pleora offers a wide range of iPORT IP Engines to meet a
variety of needs. Thus, your iPORT IP Engine may differ
from the one pictured.
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