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Updated revisions of two frame grabber
interfaces
New revision 2.1 of the 1394IIDC (FireWire) interface released which supports the RAW8 and RAW16 formats and includes several bugfixes. This interface is based on the new FirePackage driver 2v14; new revision 2.1 of the mEnable3 interface released which is based on the SDK version 3.1 and supports several new parameters for adjusting image trigger and shaft encoder in case of line scan cameras (Registered customers can download both the updated interfaces as well as the new FirePackage driver here). | |||
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First official release of the LuCam interface
First official release of the LuCam interface which supports the USB 2.0 cameras from Lumenera Corporation (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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First official release of the dPict interface
First official release of the dPict interface which supports the Aexeon and Nexeon frame grabber boards from dPict Imaging (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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Updated revisions of several frame grabber
interfaces
New revision 2.6 of the uEye interface released which is based on uEye driver 2.20.0000 and supports several new parameters for auto exposure, auto framerate, auto gain, auto whitebalance, and storing the complete parameter set in a ini file; new revision 2.1 of the eXcite interface released which supports also 12 bpp cameras and includes several bugfixes; new revision 2.2 of the SonyXCI interface released which is adapted to the latest Sony driver version and supports also external triggering (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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ActivVisionTools interfaces all IIDC 1394 cameras for free
First official release of the universal ActivVisionTools 1394IIDC interface which supports all IIDC 1394 (FireWire) compliant cameras. This new interface comes with a specific high-performance driver which can be used free of charge. The driver supports the full set of features covered by the IIDC 1394 standard. The interface and driver can also be used with the free tools of ActivVisionTools. Registered customers can download the interface and driver here. | |||
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Updated revisions of several frame grabber
interfaces
New revision 2.1 of the MilLite interface released which supports now multiple independent digitizers and fixes a bug in setting the grab timeout; new revision 2.3 of the MeteorII interface released which fixes a bug in setting the grab timeout; new revision 2.1 of the SonyXCI interface released which is adapted to the latest Sony driver version; new revision 2.5 of TWAIN interface released which fixes a bug in opening the source manager's dialog box (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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ActivVisionTools supports DALSA Coreco and Matrox
frame grabber boards
ActivVisionTools 3.1 now includes interfaces to frame grabber boards of DALSA Coreco and Matrox: The SaperaLT interface supports the Bandit-II, PC2-CamLink, PC2-Vision, Viper, X64-CL, and X64-AN frame grabber boards from DALSA Coreco via the Sapera LT library. The MilLite interface supports the Meteor-II, Helios, Solios, and Odyssey frame grabber boards from Matrox based on MIL-Lite 8.0. Registered customers can download the latest revisions of the interfaces here. | |||
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ActivVisionTools runs on smart cameras
Profit from the ease of use of ActivVisionTools on compact and robust hardware. ActivVisionTools 3.1 can also be used on smart cameras and embedded systems, such as Sony® XCI-SX1 or Leutron LVmPC®. For further information, see the specific hints for installing ActivVisionTools on cameras. | |||
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First official release of the MatrixVisionAcquire interface
First official release of the MatrixVisionAcquire interface which supports the mvBlueFOX USB 2.0 camera series from MATRIX VISION (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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Release of ActivVisionTools Version 3.1
The new version 3.1 now can be downloaded. Outstanding new features are the new tool ActivDataCode, and improved overlays, .NET integration, and image handling. Besides, ActivVisionTools now also supports Simplified Chinese as GUI language, and includes several further improvements. See all highlights of the new version, or read the detailed release notes. | |||
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Preview of forthcoming version 3.1
See a preview of ActivVisionTools 3.1. This version will contain several new features, such as the new tool ActivDataCode and a further improved .NET integration. Version 3.1 of your favorite machine vision tool will be released in February 2006. | |||
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First official release of the frame grabber interface for
Tattile TAG cameras
First official release of the TAG interface which supports the TAG ethernet cameras from Tattile (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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Updated revisions of several frame grabber
interfaces
New revision 2.6 of the IDS frame grabber interface released which now supports also the digital input lines of the FALCONplus boards; new revision 2.6 of the DFG-LC frame grabber interface released which now supports also the digital input lines of the DFG/LC4 boards; new revision 2.4 of the FirePackage interface released which now supports new parameters for multi shots, provides improvements in partial scan mode and RGB image acquisition, and fixes a timeout bug; new revision 2.3 of the uEye interface released which now supports configuring the strobe signal of the uEye cameras and provides faster RGB image acquisition; New revision 2.8 of the DirectShow interface released which now requires no longer a manual registration; new revision 2.1 of the DirectFile interface released which now requires no longer a manual registration; (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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First official release of the frame grabber interface for
Silicon Software microEnable III boards
First official release of the mEnable3 interface which supports the microEnable III CameraLink boards from Silicon Software (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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Updated revisions of several frame grabber interfaces
New revision 2.14 of the MultiCam frame grabber interface released which which now supports also the new DOMINO Delta/Melody/Harmony, GRABLINK Avenue, and QUICKPACK ColorScan boards; new revision 2.2 of the uEye interface released which now supports additional uEye camera models; new revision 2.3 of the FirePackage interface released which now supports partial scan (video format 7), simultaneous acquisition, grabbing of 16 bpp gray-scale images, and the usage of pre-licensed AVT cameras; new revision 2.4 of the TWAIN interface released which now supports the acquisition of 16/48 bpp images, the usage of file and memory transfer modes, and transmitted light scanning; new revision 2.3 of the BARRACUDA frame grabber interface released which fixes a bug concerning the flash delay setting (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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New maintenance release 3.0.1 for
ActivVisionTools 3.0
The newest maintenance release 3.0.1 of ActivVisionTools 3.0 is available. It includes fixes of all currently known bugs. Have a look on the release notes for a detailed description of ActivVisionTools 3.0.1. Registered customers can download the new release or a package to update an older release of ActivVisionTools 3.0.1. | |||
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Release of ActivVisionTools Version 3.0
The new version 3.0 can now be downloaded. Outstanding new features are the new tool ActivOCR, and the support of instantly processing images from multiple cameras and frame grabbers. Besides, the new release includes several further improvements, such as additional languages of the GUI. See all highlights of the new version, or read the detailed release notes. | |||
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New revision of the BitFlow frame grabber interface
New revision 2.8 of the BitFlow frame grabber interface released which now supports the usage of up to 1000 frame buffers and allows to read and write NUL characters during serial communication with CameraLink cameras (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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New revision of the MatrixVision frame grabber interface
New revision 2.9 of the MatrixVision frame grabber interface released which includes a new parameter to select the sync channel in case of RGB image acquisition and offers querying the list of all available camera configurations (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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New revision of the Opteon frame grabber interface
New revision 2.6 of the Opteon frame grabber interface released which now also supports image acquisition from 3-chip and Bayer cameras, and includes several bugfixes and other minor improvements (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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New revision of the MatrixVision frame grabber interface
New revision 2.7 of the MatrixVision frame grabber interface released which includes new parameters to ensure lossless image acquisition and to query the current status of the digital input lines (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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New revision of the BaumerFCAM interface
New revision 2.2 of the BaumerFCAM frame grabber interface released which supports software triggering and includes two bugfixes regarding the repeatedly initialization of multiple cameras and the setting of the parameters 'start_row' and 'start_column' (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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New revision of the BaumerFCAM interface
New revision 2.1 of the BaumerFCAM frame grabber interface released which includes new parameters for controlling the flash ability for the Baumer Optronic IEEE 1394 cameras (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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First official release of the frame grabber interface for
IDS uEye USB 2.0 cameras
First official release of the uEye interface which supports the uEye USB 2.0 cameras from IDS Imaging Development Systems (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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First official release of the frame grabber interface for
Baumer Optronic IEEE 1394 cameras
First official release of the BaumerFCAM interface which supports the IEEE 1394 cameras from Baumer Optronic (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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First official release of the frame grabber interface for
Matrox Meteor-II boards
First official release of the Meteor-II frame grabber interface which supports the Meteor-II board family from Matrox (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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Updated revisions of several frame grabber interfaces
New revision 2.6 of the DirectShow interface released which allows top-down bitmaps for several RGB video subtypes and fixes a bug concerning the reference counter; new revision 2.11 of the MultiCam frame grabber interface released which includes minor improvements for Domino Alpha/Gamma boards (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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Updated revisions of several frame grabber interfaces
New revision 2.6 of the INSPECTA frame grabber interface released which now supports a new parameter to control the used trigger mode; new revision 2.5 of the MatrixVision frame grabber interface released which now supports additional parameters for adjusting image acquisition parameters during runtime and controlling the digital I/O masks; new revision 2.1 of the Bcam1394 interface released which runs with the latest Basler BCAM 1394 driver version 1.7; new revision 2.1 of the BARRACUDA frame grabber interface released; new revision 2.4 of the DirectShow interface released which fixes a bug in setting device-specific parameters during runtime; new revision 2.2 of the TWAIN interface released (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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First official release of the frame grabber interface for
ELTEC p3i2 and p3i4 boards
First official release of the p3i2 and p3i4 frame grabber interfaces which support the two frame grabber board families p3i2 and p3i4 from ELTEC Elektronik AG (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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First official release of the frame grabber interface for
Data Translation DT3162 boards
First official release of the DT3162 frame grabber interface which supports the DT3162 boards from Data Translation (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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First official release of the frame grabber interface for
IDS BARRACUDA boards
First official release of the Barracuda frame grabber interface which supports the BARRACUDA-A1, BARRACUDA-CL, and BARRACUDA-CL1 boards from IDS Imaging GmbH (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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New revision of the MatrixVision frame grabber interface
New revision 2.3 of the MatrixVision frame grabber interface released which now supports a new parameter to control the used trigger mode (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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New revision of the BitFlow frame grabber interface
New revision 2.6 of the BitFlow frame grabber interface released which now also supports the new R64 boards (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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New revision of the MultiCam frame grabber interface
New revision 2.9 of the MultiCam frame grabber interface released which is based on the latest Euresys MultiCam driver version 2.9.2 and includes two bugfixes regarding the initialization of Multi boards and time-out problems (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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New revision of the DirectShow interface
New revision 2.2 of the DirectShow interface released which allows enabling the external trigger while opening the capture device (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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New revision of the Ginga++ frame grabber interface
New revision 2.2 of the Ginga++ frame grabber interface released which includes a bugfix regarding the auto-detect mechanism (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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New revision of the File interface
New revision 2.6 of the File interface released which includes a bugfix while accessing the same file simultaneously (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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Release of ActivVisionTools Version 2.2
The new version 2.2 can now be downloaded. Outstanding new features are the support of further programming environments, such as Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, and Microsoft C# .NET. Moreover, measurements are processed significantly faster. The bar code reader now uses a more robust decoding algorithm and can decode two further types, namely PharmaCode and Code 93. See all highlights of the new version. | |||
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First official release of the BCAM 1394 interface
First official release of the interface for the Basler BCAM 1394 driver which supports all video modes and formats of Basler IEEE 1394 cameras (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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New revision of the MultiCam frame grabber interface
New revision 2.7 of the MultiCam frame grabber interface released which now also supports the new Iota and Alpha2 boards (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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New revision of the Opteon frame grabber interface
New revision 2.5 of the Opteon frame grabber interface released which includes a bugfix in accessing classic and ethernet camera systems (registered customers can download it here). | |||
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Release of ActivVisionTools Version 2.1
The new version 2.1 can now be downloaded. Outstanding new features are the possibility to integrate ActivVisionTools via digital boards into the automation process, the generation of customized GUIs, and the implementation of new, user-defined ActivVisionTools. Beside this, version 2.1 comes with further improvements, such as a feature histogram, an intuitive result data visualization, additional GUI languages, and an extended documentation. See here for a detailed description of all highlights of the new version. | |||
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Release of ActivVisionTools Version 2.0
The new version 2.0 is now available. Outstanding features of version 2.0 are the new ActivVisionTool ActivHistogram, the improved functionality of ActivDecision, 18 new gray value features supported by ActivFeatureCalc, and the possibility to access specific frame grabber parameters via ActivView. Of course, all the manuals have been updated, too. Amongst others, they have been extended by new manuals for ActivFeatureCalc and ActivDecision. | |||
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Release of ActivVisionTools Version 1.3
Outstanding features of version 1.3 are the new ActivVisionTool ActivAlignment, and the programming interface which can be used to directly access the results of the tools (more details about the programming interface can be found in the manuals of the single tools). | |||
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Update of ActivVisionTools Manuals
With the release of ActivVisionTools 1.2 now the following manuals have been updated: Getting Started, ActivBlobFinder, and ActivView. Moreover, ActivGeoCalib now has also got its own manual. All manuals can be downloaded for free from the documentation page. | |||
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Release of ActivVisionTools Version 1.2
Outstanding features of version 1.2 are a further improved support of several frame grabbers and a faster installation. | |||
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Release of ActivVisionTools Version 1.1
One outstanding feature of version 1.1 is an improved support of frame grabbers. | |||
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Release of ActivVisionTools Version 1.0
The ActivVisionTools - MVTec's new product line - are now available in their first version (1.0). | |||
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First Presentation of ActivVisionTools Beta Version
A preview on the ActivVisionTools is given at the VISION 2000 (Stuttgart, Germany), The Vision Show West 2000 (San Jose, USA), and at a press conference in Japan. | |||
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Presentation of ActivVisionTools Prototype
MVTec Software GmbH shows a first prototype of the ActivVisionTools at the HMI 2000 (Hannover, Germany). | |||
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