Basler's pylon 2.1 driver package provides support for Microsoft's 64-bit Windows operating system
The latest version of Basler Vision Technologies' 'pylon' driver package - release 2.1 - focuses on system support for Microsoft's 64-bit Windows operating system.
Standard 32-bit PC systems can directly address up to 4 GB of random access memory (RAM) and leave slightly more than half of the memory available for applications. This limitation can cause stability problems, especially in multi-camera applications that involve complex processing requirements, says Basler.
"The memory swapping schemes forced on a 32-bit system by the 4-GB memory limit can cause images to be dropped and this is unacceptable for vision systems," explained Werner Borchert, Product Manager, Basler Components.
"In a 64-bit Windows system, this kind of RAM limitation no longer exists. And since the cost of a gigabyte of memory has dropped tremendously, the investment needed to move to a 64-bit system is small."
Release 2.1 offers additional improvements, including a DirectShow64 module, multi-cast support and reworked installation scripts, even for 64-bit Windows Vista.
This latest version contains a full 64-bit version of the IEEE 1394-b interface, GigE Vision filter and GigE Vision performance drivers. In order to address the full installed memory, pylon's C++ application programming interface (API) is now available in a 64-bit version. Because the API itself has not changed, customer applications can be easily converted to the 64-bit architecture.
The new DirectShow64 module also offers full memory access to applications that work with DirectShow technology. The support for extended memory enables the use of a long, uninterrupted recording time as well as recording at high-definition television resolution.
An additional highlight of pylon 2.1 is 'multi-cast' support, which make the camera-image data available on more than one PC. This capability can be used, for example, to display images on several PCs or for shared image processing. This feature opens a range of possibilities for creating distributed inspection systems that use many GigE Vision cameras connected to a number of PCs. When this multi-cast capability is combined with pylon's 64-bit support, a new class of inspection system performance can be reached on standard PCs, says Basler.
All of the new features and improvements are listed in the software's release notes, which can be downloaded from Basler's Web-site. Pylon 2.1, including a software development kit (SDK), also can be downloaded free of charge from the site.
Contact:
Basler AG
An der Strusbek 60-62
22926 Ahrensburg
Germany
Phone: +49-4102-463-0
Fax: +49-4102-463-109
Web: http://www.baslerweb.com
Standard 32-bit PC systems can directly address up to 4 GB of random access memory (RAM) and leave slightly more than half of the memory available for applications. This limitation can cause stability problems, especially in multi-camera applications that involve complex processing requirements, says Basler.
"The memory swapping schemes forced on a 32-bit system by the 4-GB memory limit can cause images to be dropped and this is unacceptable for vision systems," explained Werner Borchert, Product Manager, Basler Components.
"In a 64-bit Windows system, this kind of RAM limitation no longer exists. And since the cost of a gigabyte of memory has dropped tremendously, the investment needed to move to a 64-bit system is small."
Release 2.1 offers additional improvements, including a DirectShow64 module, multi-cast support and reworked installation scripts, even for 64-bit Windows Vista.
This latest version contains a full 64-bit version of the IEEE 1394-b interface, GigE Vision filter and GigE Vision performance drivers. In order to address the full installed memory, pylon's C++ application programming interface (API) is now available in a 64-bit version. Because the API itself has not changed, customer applications can be easily converted to the 64-bit architecture.
The new DirectShow64 module also offers full memory access to applications that work with DirectShow technology. The support for extended memory enables the use of a long, uninterrupted recording time as well as recording at high-definition television resolution.
An additional highlight of pylon 2.1 is 'multi-cast' support, which make the camera-image data available on more than one PC. This capability can be used, for example, to display images on several PCs or for shared image processing. This feature opens a range of possibilities for creating distributed inspection systems that use many GigE Vision cameras connected to a number of PCs. When this multi-cast capability is combined with pylon's 64-bit support, a new class of inspection system performance can be reached on standard PCs, says Basler.
All of the new features and improvements are listed in the software's release notes, which can be downloaded from Basler's Web-site. Pylon 2.1, including a software development kit (SDK), also can be downloaded free of charge from the site.
Contact:
Basler AG
An der Strusbek 60-62
22926 Ahrensburg
Germany
Phone: +49-4102-463-0
Fax: +49-4102-463-109
Web: http://www.baslerweb.com
