Camera Functions

Supported Cameras

The user can select the following camera sources: API, Basler, Datalogic, Toshiba Teli, and Universal.

PEKAT VISION has native support for Basler / Datalogic, and Toshiba Teli cameras. The only requirement is an installed camera driver provided by the manufacturer.

Other cameras are supported through a Universal Camera Driver. In some cases, it is necessary to provide PEKAT with the camera .cti file.

API

When selecting API, PEKAT VISION processes images sent through REST API - For more information access the following article: REST API - Send Images to PEKAT

Script Supported Cameras

For the following camera manufacturers, the camera connection is done by a script:

Photoneo

Script Unsupported Cameras

Analyse images

When “Analyze incoming images“ function is enabled, PEKAT VISION processes images from the camera feed, through the software flow (modules).

Capture images

Image capturing is handled in the highlighted portion of the Camera view. When an image is captured, it is stored into the project’s database.

The image capture can be either MANUAL or AUTOMATIC.

When the image capture is set to MANUAL, the images will be captured only when you press the “CAPTURE” button.

When it is set to AUTOMATIC the capture will be continuous and each images obtained by PEKAT will be captured. To activate the capturing the “ACTIVE” button needs to be activated.

Finally, if you have any Tags set up, you can automatically have a chosen tag assigned to the images captured in this way. This applies to both AUTOMATIC and MANUAL image capturing.

Native Camera Connection

CTI Files

CTI Files are needed to be able to use cameras connected through ethernet. PEKAT automatically searches paths stored in “GENICAM_GENTL64_PATH“ environment variable and loads all of the CTI files that it founds. You can then manage which CTI files are active or add another CTI file stored on the computer from the CTI Manager window.

CTI Manager

To open the CTI manager window:

In Select provider click on Universal
Click on CTI FILES

Here you can manage which CTI file is active. You can even have multiple CTI files active at once, but they can occasionally clash together, so it’s recommended that you have only one CTI file active at a time.

To add a new CTI file, you have to press the “ADD“ button, which will open a file explorer where you can locate the CTI file you want and add it.

Features

After selecting and connecting a camera, it is possible to set various features.

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