3.Installation Guidelines
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3. Installation Guidelines
3.1. Host Preparation
3.1.1. Software Package
The Software package of DAHENG IMAGING's MARS series is used to control the MARS series camera
to provide stable, real-time image transmission, and provides a free SDK and abundant development
sample source code. The package is composed of the following modules:
1) Driver Package (Driver): This package provides the MARS series camera driver program, such as:
the GigE Vision cameras' Filter Driver Program.
2) Interface Library (API): This package provides the camera control interface library and the image
processing interface library, supports the user for secondary development.
3) Demonstration Program (GalaxyView.exe): This demonstration program is used to display the camera
control, image acquisition and image processing functions, the user can control the camera directly
by the demonstration program, and the user can develop their own control program based on the
camera interface library.
4) IP configurator (GxGigeIPConfig.exe): The tool is used to configure the camera IP address and to set
the IP mode when the camera is powered on.
5) Sample: These samples demonstrate cameras' functions, the user can easily use these samples to
control cameras, or refer to the samples to develop their own control programs.
6) Programmer's Manual: This manual is the users programming guide that instructs the users how to
configure the programming environment and how to control cameras and acquisition images through
the camera interface library.
You can download the latest software package from the website:
www.daheng-imaging.com/en/Downloads
3.1.2. User Software Interface
After installing the MARS series camera software package, the user can use the demonstration program
and the samples to control the camera, also the user can control the camera by the program which is
written by the user themselves. The software package provides three kinds of program interface, the user
can select the suitable one for use according to their own requirements:
1) API Interface
In order to simplify the users' programming complexity, the package provides the general C programming
interface GxIAPI.dll and image processing algorithm interface DxImageProc.dll for the user to control the
camera, and provides the samples and software development manual which are based on these interfaces.
The API interface supports C/C++/C#/Python, etc.
2) GenTL Interface
This interface is developed according to the standard of general transport layer in Gen<i>Cam standard,
DAHENG IMAGING follows the Gen<i>Cam standard and provides the GenTL interface for the user, and
the user can use the GenTL interface directly to develop their own control program. The definition and
usage of GenTL interfaces can be downloaded from the website of EMVA.
