Matrox GigE Vision driver

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This chapter discusses features of MIL that are particular to the Matrox GigE Vision driver, and ways that optimize its performance. Information regarding using this driver with specific functions is integrated into the functions' reference topics. Refer to the Matrox GigE Vision driver release notes for any additions/modifications to this chapter or the MIL Reference.

• Matrox GigE Vision driver overview
• Using GigE Vision with MIL
• • Working with more than one Gigabit Ethernet network adapter
  • Working with one or more GigE Vision-compliant cameras
  • Working without a Matrox board as your Gigabit Ethernet network adapter
• Matrox GigE Vision tools
• • Matrox Capture Assistant
  • Matrox GigE Vision discovery service
• Configuring your GigE Vision camera and Gigabit Ethernet network adapter
• • Automatic format switching
  • Gigabit Ethernet network adapter settings
  • Optimizing further
• Configuring IP addresses
• Link aggregation
• Using IP multicast
• • Configuring a multicast master
  • Configuring one or more multicast slaves
  • • Configuring one or more multicast monitors
• Ethernet switches, routers, IGMP, and IP multicast
• • Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
  • Ethernet switches and multicast
  • IGMP snooping and Ethernet switches
  • Using IP multicast without a router
• Using a Gbit Ethernet switch with GigE Vision-compliant cameras
• Troubleshooting acquisition reliability issues
• Triggering simultaneous actions in multiple GigE Vision cameras
• • Introducing action commands
  • Establish if your camera supports action commands
  • Acknowledgment of reception of an action command
  • Masking out one or more cameras
  • Scheduling time
  • Examples of action commands
  • • Example of sending a single action command
    • Example of sending multiple action commands
    • Example of using group masks to ignore an action command on one camera
  • Example distributed with MIL