User`s manual

16 • Genie Color Series Overview Genie Color Series-GigE Vision Camera
Application Development Overview
Sapera LT Library with optional Processing
Sapera LT is a powerful development library for image acquisition and control. Sapera LT provides a single API
across current and future DALSA hardware. Sapera LT delivers a comprehensive feature set including program
portability, versatile camera controls, flexible display functionality and management, plus easy to use application
development wizards.
Sapera Processing is a comprehensive set of C++ classes for image processing and analysis. Sapera Processing
offers highly optimized tools for image processing, blob analysis, search (pattern recognition), OCR and barcode
decoding.
The following is a Sapera application functional block diagram.
Sapera
Application
Sapera LT SDK
Genie Driver
GigE Server
GigE DLL
Sapera Network
Imaging Driver
CamExpert
NIC
Network
Configuration Tool
Images
Control
GVSP – GigE Vision Stream Protocol
GVCP - GigE Vision Control Protocol
Genie
Sapera LT
Genie
Framework
Ethernet
cable
GigE Vision Compliant Environment
The GigE Vision XML device description file is embedded within Genie firmware allowing GigE Vision compliant
applications to know Genie capabilities immediately after connection.