Technical information
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features
AVT GigE Camera and Drivers Features V2.0.0
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This document is a master document for all AVT GigE camera models and is NOT camera specific   
GVCPCmdTimeout [Integer] R/W
Timeout waiting for an answer from the device.
GevHeartbeatInterval [Integer] R/W
For Vimba v1.3 or higher only The driver sends heartbeat packets to the camera every GevHeartbeatIn-
terval milliseconds.
GevHeartbeatTimeout [Integer] R/W
For Vimba v1.3 or higher only The driver sends heartbeat packets to the camera. If a heartbeat packet is not 
received within GevHeartbeatTimeout, the camera assumes the host has 
closed its controlling application or is dead, and closes its stream and control 
channel.
This parameter may need to be increased if stepping through code in a debug-
ger, as this prevents the driver from sending heartbeat packets.
GVCPHBInterval [Integer] R/W
For Vimba v1.2.1 or lower The driver sends a heartbeat request packet to the camera every GVCPHBIn-
terval milliseconds. If the camera fails to respond to the heartbeat request, 
a retry is sent “GVCPCmdTimeout” ms later. After “GVCPCmdRetries” 
retries with no response, a camera unplugged event is returned by the driver. 
GevSCPSPacketSize [Integer] R/W
This parameter determines the Ethernet packet size. Generally, this number 
should be set to as large as the network card (or other involved active network-
ing components) will allow. If this number is reduced, then CPU loading will 
increase. These large packet sizes (>1500) are called jumbo packets/frames in 
Ethernet terminology. If your Gigabit Ethernet network card does not support 
jumbo packets/frames of at least 8228 bytes (the camera default on power 
up), then you will need to reduce GevSCPSPacketSize parameter of the 
camera to match the maximum jumbo packet size supported by your Gigabit 
Ethernet interface. A GevSCPSPacketSize of 1500 is a safe setting which 
all GigE Ethernet network cards support.
Display name: Command Timeout 
Range:[100–1000] Default: 250 Units: ms
Display name: Heartbeat Interval 
Units: ms
Display name: Heartbeat Interval 
Range:[500–10000] Default: 3000 Units: ms
Display name: Heartbeat Interval
Units: ms
Note
This parameter can be increased significantly to 
bypass problems when debugging applications.
Range: [Camera dependent] Default: 
Camera dependent
Units: Byte










