User`s manual

Preliminary
100 • Technical Specifications Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera
Computer Requirements for Genie Series
Cameras
The following information is a guide to computer and networking equipment required to support the
Genie camera at maximum performance. The Genie camera series complies with the current IPv4
Internet Protocol, therefore current Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) equipment should provide trouble free
performance.
Host PC System
• Pentium 4 system (or AMD equivalent) with 512 MB system memory.
• System motherboard without an embedded graphic card. Avoid using onboard video cards as
they may compete with other components for shared memory.
• High performance video card as either an AGP bus or PCI Express bus.
• GigE network adapter (either PCI card or on motherboard). The Intel PRO/1000 MT adapter
is an example of a high performance NIC. Typically a system will need an Ethernet GigE PCI
adapter to supplement the single NIC on the motherboard.
• Operating System: Windows 2000 SP1 and Windows XP are supported.
Ethernet Switch Requirements
When there is more than one device on the same network or a camera-to-PC separation greater than
100 meters, an Ethernet switch is required. Since the Genie GigE camera complies with the Internet
Protocol, it should work with all standard Ethernet switches. However, switches offer a range of
functions and performance grades, so care must be taken to choose the right switch for a particular
application. The following switches are expected to work with the camera:
• SMC (
http://www.smc.com/) TigerSwitch 86xxT family
Features: Layer 2 with IGMP v2.0 that supports jumbo frames and multicast.
• 3COM (
http://www.3com.com/) 3C1740x (3800 Family):
Features: Layer 2 with IGMP v2.0 that supports multicast.
• Dlink (
http://www.dlink.com/) DGS-10xxTx 10/100/1000 family:
Features: Layer 2 unmanaged switch that converts multicast into a broadcast.
• 3COM (
http://www.3com.com/) 3C1770x (4900 Family):
Features: Layer 2 non-blocking switch that converts multicast into a broadcast.
• Dlink (
http://www.dlink.com/) DGS-3308FG & DGS-3308-TG
Features: Layer 3 non-blocking switch that supports multicast.
• Cisco (
http://www.cisco.com/) WS-C3750G-12S-S:
Features: Layer 3 switch that supports multicast.