User`s manual

Preliminary
Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera Installing the Genie Camera • 17
Installing the Genie Camera
Warning! (Grounding Instructions)
Static electricity can damage electronic components. Please discharge any static electrical charge by
touching a grounded surface, such as the metal computer chassis, before performing any hardware
installation.
If you do not feel comfortable performing the installation, please consult a qualified technician.
GigE Network Adapter Guideline
If the computer to be used with the Genie camera does not have a Gigabit network adapter or second
built in Gigabit NIC, a PCI bus Gigabit NIC needs to be installed. Typically under Windows XP the
PCI Gigabit NIC is recognized automatically when Windows boots. An example of a high
performance NIC is the Intel PRO/1000 MT adapter.
Review the NIC documentation concerning any special driver required for Windows 2000 or
Windows XP. Install the PCI bus Gigabit NIC as described by the NIC manufacture's documentation.
The Genie camera has been tested with a variety of Gigabit network adapters, both built into the
system motherboard and as third party PCI adapters.
Using Genie with Ethernet Switches
Examples where a Gigabit Ethernet switch would be used are:
• Multiple Genie cameras are controlled by one computer and a single NIC (running multiple
instances of CamExpert as an example of the control program).
• Multiple Genie cameras are individually controlled by multiple computers, all located on the same
subnet.
In these cases the Ethernet switch is a transparent device. The device discovery process finds all Genie
cameras, and presents them as ready to be controlled by an application such as CamExpert.