User`s guide

11 Using the GigE Vision Interface
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GigE Vision Acquisition: gigecam Object vs. videoinput Object
The Image Acquisition Toolbox includes a separate interface for use with GigE Vision
Compliant cameras. This interface is designed for GigE Vision cameras and supports
more GigE-specific functionality.
You can continue to use the GigE Vision adaptor (gige) with the videoinput object, or
you can use the gigecam object, which takes advantage of GigE properties and features
and is more consistent with GigE Vision conventions for displaying properties and
managing selector properties.
Note: The GigE Vision support, using either object, requires that you download and
install the necessary files via the Support Package Installer. The GigE Vision Hardware
support package installs the files for both the gige adaptor for the videoinput object
and the gigecam object. For more information, see “Installing the Support Packages for
Image Acquisition Toolbox Adaptors”.
Advantages of gigecam Object
• Designed for GigE Vision cameras
• Allows use of GigE camera commands
• Better handling of GigE Vision camera properties
• Uses GigE Vision advanced property features
Advantages of videoinput Object
• Uses advanced toolbox features such as buffering and callbacks
• Supports code generation
• Supported in the Image Acquisition Tool (imaqtool), the VideoDevice System Object,
and Simulink
If you do not need to use any advanced toolbox features and you do not need to use the
Image Acquisition Tool, the VideoDevice System Object, or Simulink, use the gigecam
object to take advantage of the advanced GigE Vision Standard feature support it offers.