User`s manual

Software and Hardware Installation
22 Basler pioneer
2.2.1.1 What Happens When Installing a Basler GigE Vision
Network Driver
During installation of the Basler pylon Software Development Kit or the Basler pylon Viewer, Basler
network drivers are bound to all network adapters installed in your computer. This applies not only
to all network adapters used to connect to cameras, but also to all other network adapters installed
in your PC. Often, your PC will have two network adapters installed, with one used to connect to
cameras and the other used to connect to a local area network.
Fig. 14: Network Adapter for the Camera(s)
Two drivers are available for use with your GigE cameras:
 The Basler filter driver - is a basic GigE Vision network driver that is compatible with all
network adapters. The advantage of the filter driver is its extensive compatibility.
 The Basler performance driver - is a hardware specific GigE Vision network driver. The
performance driver is only compatible with network adapters that use specific Intel chipsets
("compatible chipsets"). The advantage of the performance driver is that it significantly lowers
the CPU load needed to service the network traffic between the PC and the camera(s). It also
has a more robust packet resend mechanism.
Network
Adapter
Network
Adapter
GigE
Camera
GigE
Camera
LAN
GigE
Network
Switch
PC
This will be a compatible GigE
adapter, a non-compatible GigE
adapter, or a Fast Ethernet adapter