User's Manual

Document MV0319P.N

MVN User Manual

14.2 Camera driver

The camera should be available to MVN Studio when connected. The camera driver is installed together

with the software. However, depending on your network card specification and the setup used, in some

cases MVN Studio does not find the camera, or the performance is not as expected, re-installing the

driver may solve this issue.

A dedicated driver (Prosilica GigE Filter Installer 1.20.exe) is available and can be found in folder

...\Program Files (x86)\Allied Vision Technologies\

14.3 Network Configuration

There are two main methods of connecting the camera to your PC/laptop. There is also a third method,

which is possible, but not recommended.

1. Connect the MVN Camera directly to the LAN-port on your PC/laptop.

2. The most advanced and recommended way of connecting the camera to your PC/laptop is to

equip it with a second Ethernet-card. This way you can keep a wired LAN connection with your

(corporate) network and receive the camera data directly on your PC/laptop without being routed

over the LAN.

3. Connect the MVN Camera to the same LAN your PC/laptop is connected to (in your building).

The data will then be routed via the LAN/switch to your PC/laptop.

The MVN camera is configured to obtain its IP-address by DHCP. In both cases the camera must be

able to obtain an IP-address via a DHCP service. In the case you connect the camera directly to your

PC the operating system must issue a (private) IP-address to the camera, this should happen

automatically in Windows. Most LAN networks are configured to provide a DHCP service, ask your

network administrator for details if you encounter any problems.

A direct connection (options 1 and 2) is faster, more robust and prone to less potential latency and

connection issues.

Note that in the case that your PC/laptop has another means of accessing the LAN/internet, such

as a WiFi link it is actually quite easy to opt for choice 1 or 2, with the advantages of a direct, fast

connection to the camera, while still being connected to the LAN/internet.

Option 3 is not recommended, since this way of connection will not support high frame rates. However,

a connection via the LAN has the advantage of having access to the services on the LAN (e.g. internet).

Additionally, depending on the (security) policies implemented on the LAN it might be difficult in getting

things to work without support from your network administrator. Technically, the DHCP service must

give the camera an IP-address and subnet in the same range as the PC/laptop.

14.4 Jumbo Frames

The MVN camera will work with any Gigabit Ethernet network card; however it is strongly recommended

that Gigabit Ethernet components that support Jumbo Frames are used.

A Jumbo Frame is loosely defined as a frame size greater than 1500 bytes however typical Jumbo

Frames are around 9000 bytes. Frame size is the number of bytes per packet and the larger the frame

size, the less the computer CPU will be loaded due to the processing of incoming packets. There are

many Gigabit Ethernet cards available which will support Jumbo Frames. The following examples have

been verified to work well with the camera:

 Intel PRO/1000

 D-Link DGE-550T

 SMC EZ Card 1000