MATRIX VISION - mvBlueCOUGAR-X/-XD Technical Documentation
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ADC | Analog-to-digital converter (A/D converter). |
API | Application programming interface (API). The standard API for MATRIX VISION products is called mvIMPACT_Acquire. |
BusyBox | Configurable monolithic application including shell and other useful command line tools - often called the "swiss army knife" for embedded systems. Even desktop distributions are sometimes relying on BusyBox due to its robustness. Please see http://www.busybox.net for details. |
CIFS | Common Internet file system (CIFS) replaced Samba in 2006. It gets rid of NetBIOS packets an introduced Unix features like soft/hard links and allows larger files. |
CPU | Central processing unit aka processor. |
DAC | Digital to analog converter (D/A converter). |
Defaults | Standard system settings. |
DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). DHCP is a protocol used by networked devices (clients) to obtain various parameters necessary for the clients to operate in an Internet Protocol (IP) network. |
Digital I/O | Digital inputs and outputs. |
GDB | GDB, the GNU Project debugger. |
GenICam | GenICam stands for GENeric programming Interface for CAMeras. ![]() Excerpt of a GenICam description file (in XML) For further information on this topic please have a look at
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GenTL | GenTL is the transport layer interface for cameras, acquiring images from the camera, and moving them to the user application. |
Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) | The term Gigabit Ethernet (defined by the IEEE 802.3-2008 standard) represents various technologies for transmitting Ethernet frames at a rate of a gigabit per second (1,000,000,000 bits per second). |
GigE Vision | GigE Vision is a network protocol designed for the
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High Dynamic Range (HDR) | The HDR (High Dynamic Range) mode increases the usable contrast range. This is achieved by dividing the integration time in two or three phases. The exposure time proportion of the three phases can be set independently. Furthermore, it can be set, how many signal of each phase is charged. |
HRTC | With a Hardware Real-Time Controller (HRTC) built inside the FPGA users can define a PLC like sequence of operating steps to control basic time critical functions like exposure time, image trigger and I/O ports. Timing is hard real-time with sub microsecond high resolution. |
IDE | a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development. An IDE normally consists of a source code editor, a compiler and/or interpreter, build automation tools, and (usually) a debugger. |
IPKG | Itsy package management system originally designed for embedded systems. Please have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipkg or a more sophisticated documentation at http://buffalo.nas-central.org/index.php "Overview_of_the_ipkg_package_management_system" MATRIX VISION distributes all non-firmware, i.e. optional software as ipk packages. |
JFFS2 | JFFS2 is a file system which supports wear leveling.
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Link Aggregation (LAG) | Dual-GigE cameras need a network interface card with |
LLA | Logical link address (LLA) is a type of mechanism to With Linux you have to add LLA as an additional interface. ![]() In Wired, you can add interfaces via Add: ![]() |
In the tab "IPv4 Setting" you have to set "Link-Local Only": ![]() After saving, you will find both connections in the summary: ![]() Now, you can select the wished connection using the left mouse button in the "Network Manager" menu. In the LLA case it is just the new created connection: ![]() | |
MAC address | Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a quasi-unique identifier attached to most network adapters (NICs) in computer networking. |
MTU | Maximum transmission unit (MTU) refers to the size (in bytes) of the largest packet that a given layer of a communications protocol can pass onwards. The default MTU for Ethernet is 1500. The optimum for Gigabit Ethernet is 8000 - 12000. Different MTU settings in the same subnet can cause package losses, i.e. never ever change the MTU unless you know what you're doing. Changing the MTU to other values than 1500 when using file or web services from other computers are almost always a bug. It's save to increase MTU when working in peer-to-peer mode with both devices sharing the same MTU. Please not that few network cards support 16K, most Gigabit Ethernet cards are limited to 9k, some don't support Jumbo Frames (MTU > 1500) at all. |
mvIMPACT Acquire | This driver supplied with MATRIX VISION products represents The developer interface description of the mvIMPACT Acquire is called
and can be downloaded from our website. |
Netboot | With netboot you can boot mvBlueCOUGAR over network. This is especially useful when several devices share the same pieces of software, i.e. same root file system, which might be subject to change frequently. |
NFS | Network File System (NFS) is a network file system protocol, allowing clients to access files over LAN. Given that you need a NFS server are uncommon on Windows, this protocol best fits for Linux-Linux connections. |
NIC | Network interface card - synonym for network controller. Recommended network interface cards: https://www.matrix-vision.com/files/mv11/support/Manuals/mvBlueCOUGAR-X_-_Recommended_NICs_en.pdf |
Overlapped / pipelined transfer | By default, the steps exposure and readout out of an image sensor are done one after the other.
Please check the sensor summary. In overlapping mode, the exposure starts the exposure time earlier during readout. ![]()
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PoE | Power over Ethernet. You can power the mvBlueCOUGAR over network cable (IEEE 802.3af (IEEE 802.3at Type 1)
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PSE | Power sourcing equipment. The network PoE element that inserts power onto an Ethernet cable. |
SDK | Sofware development kit (SDK). The standard image processing software library from MARTIX VISION is mvIMPACT. |
SFNC | Standard Feature Naming Convention of GenICam.
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Shell | In computing, a shell is a piece of software that provides an interface for users. Command-line shells provide a command-line interface (CLI) to the operating system. The primary purpose of the shell is to invoke or "launch" another program; however, shells frequently have additional capabilities such as viewing the contents of directories. |
USB3 Vision | A closed source framework, defined and administered by the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), for transmitting video and related control data over USB 3. Sometimes U3V is used as an acronym. |
UDP | The User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is an Internet protocol. It is used by applications to send messages to other hosts on an Internet Protocol (IP) network. |
Virtual Network Computing (VNC) | Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a To access the camera's desktop from a PC via VNC,
You won't need a password. Of course, you won't get a very |
wxWidgets | wxWidgets is a cross-platform GUI library. It can be used from languages such as C++, Python, Perl, and C#/.NET.
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