Installation manual

AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1

Installing camera software

Install GigE Sample Viewer

First time users may want to install the GigE Sample Viewer which offers an

excellent introduction to using the camera. Advanced users wishing to develop

their own software should download PvAPI SDK. Source code for the GigE Sam-

ple Viewer is provided in the examples directory. A filter driver installation exe-

cutable is also provided with the SDK.

[Windows 7]

• Go to install directory.

•Click Allied_Vision_Technologies_GigE_Viewer_Installer.exe.

• A message appears indicating the publisher could not be verified, select

Run to continue.

• Follow the prompts as requested, when asked “Would you like to install

the Filter driver?” select Yes.

[Linux]

• Precompiled versions of GigE Sample Viewer are available in the AVT GigE

SDK/bin-pc directory.

• Run as root, e.g. “sudo ./SampleViewer”, allowing the OS to boost the pri-

ority of the AVT driver thread, the driver to bind directly to the NIC

adapter, and minimize dropped packets. Users who feel running as root

compromises their system security may find the following implementation

satisfactory:

– Set the executable owner as root.

– Set the “setuid” permission bit on the executable.

– In code, when application starts, use capset() to release all but these

privileges: CAP_SYS_NICE, CAP_NET_ADMIN, CAP_NET_BROADCAST,

CAP_NET_RAW.

The application starts with all root privileges, but it drops them immediately

after startup.

Note

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The AVT Filter miniport driver works alongside the

native Ethernet adapter driver to optimize CPU usage,

and minimize dropped packets. It is available only on

Windows.