====================================== Date: September, 7th, 2011 SDK version 3.90 for product: USB uEye camera family GigE uEye camera family ====================================== Content: ====================================== - Notes on hardware compatibility - Notes on this driver release - Notes on the additional interfaces - Notes on previous driver releases ====================================== ####################################################################### Notes on hardware compatibility Please note: All USB CMOS-cameras with USB board revision < 2.1 are not supported by driver versions > 3.10. How can you check whether your camera is affected? Check the serial number of your camera. If it is less than 400 26 27000, your camera will not be compatible with driver versions > 3.10. If your camera is not compatible with driver versions > 3.10, you can of course continue to use your present driver (up to version 2.40). Please note: The correct firmware of a GigE uEye SE camera is automatically uploaded with driver versions >= 3.40. This process is only available if the firmware version on the camera is also >= 3.40. If not, The camera can not be opened and is labeled respectively in the uEye Camera Manager. The firmware must be uploaded manually over the button 'Upload starter firmware'. The firmware file is located in the installation directory in the folder 'GigE Firmware'. Once updated with the new firmware, the automatic upload is available for future updates. Please note: We recommend not to change the DHCP configuration of the network adapter while operating the uEye cameras. If you encounter difficulties, you should reboot your computer system with the desired configuration. ########################################################################## Notes on this release 3.90 - Support of the long exposure of the camera models 214xSE, 228xSE, 614xSE, 628xSE - New operating mode „Boot-Boost“ for GigE cameras to open and close cameras more quickly - New AOI sequence mode for the 124x and 524x camera models - Pulse width modulation for GigE cameras - Additional image formats for CMOS and CCD cameras - New header file ueye_deprecated.h with all deprecated function definitions and constants. The old defines are no longer in the header ueye.h. If necessary an application can include both headers - The uEye Camera Manager was renamed to IDS Camera Manager and is now the main tool for the management of all IDS cameras - JPEG and PNG files can now be loaded with the function is_LoadImage() - New demo uEyeSequenceAoi to demonstrate the 124x/524x AOI sequence mode - New demo C#-Cockpit with extended features - New function is_Exposure(): This function replaces is_GetExposureRange() and is_SetExposureTime() - New function is_CaptureStatus(): This function replaces is_GetCaptureErrorInfo() and is_ResetCaptureErrorInfo() - New function is_BootBoost(): Management of the new "Boot-Boost" functionality of GigE cameras - New function is_IO(): This function replaces the flash- and IO-functions is_SetIO(), is_SetIOMask(), is_SetLED(), is_GetGlobalFlashDelays(), is_SetFlashDelay() and is_SetFlashStrobe() - Please note: is_IpConfig(): The byte order was changed for the GigE network configuration. An IP address must now be passed in the Big-Endian format ########################################################################## Notes on the additional interfaces 3.90 ActiveX (Interface version 1.14.0.0): - New function StartLiveVideoAndWait(int nTimeout): If no image was captured the function returns after the specified timeout - The dropdown box on the property page "Image" allows the selection of a RGB color model - New functions: SetAutoSkipframe(), GetAutoSkipframe(), GetAutoSkipframeMinRange(), GetAutoSkipframeMaxRange(), SetAutoHysteresis(), GetAutoHysteresis(), GetAutoHysteresisMinRange(), GetAutoHysteresisMaxRange(), GetTriggerStatus() DirectShow (Interface version 2.19.0.0) - The maximum possible number of cameras was increased from 8 to 24 - The DirectShow service is now installed and enabled by the uEye setup in case of a complete installation - New functions SetSensorScaler() and GetSensorScalerInfo() in the interface IuEyeScaler - New Function HotPixel() in the interface IuEyeCapture - New property page "Scaler" - Support of the automatic loading of a parameter set stored in the camera when opening the camera Halcon: Version 3.9.0.0 for Halcon 8.0 Version 4.6.0.0 for Halcon 9.0 / 10.0 - The changes are documented in the corresponding manuals LabVIEW: - No changes Cognex VisionPro (Interface version 1.0.17.0) - Internal improvements ########################################################################## Notes on this release 3.82 - Support of new features of the camera models 214x, 614x, 228x, 628x: - Fine exposure increment and extended exposure range - Additional test images - 12 bit pixel formats for USB cameras - Camera LUT for USB cameras - Optimization of the color conversion of the cameras raw data by using the graphics adapter - Optimization of the color conversion of the cameras raw data by using all available processor cores (OpenMP) - New parameters for the network bandwidth management: - Delay time for the first transfered image - Transmission frequency of the image packets - New trigger mode "Burst Trigger" for GigE-SE and GigE-HE cameras: For each trigger pulse n frames are transmitted by the camera - Automatically load a set of parameters stored in the camera when opening the camera - New function is_Configuration() to adjust global parameters - Setting of OpenMP - Setting of the CPU idle states - Parameter set when opening the camera - New function is_Exposure() to adjust the exposure fine increment - New Function is_Trigger() to adjust the Burst Trigger mode - Porting of all AVI components to 64 bit (IdsMjpeg.dll) - New demo uEyeSimpleLive_DynamicDll to demonstrate the dynamic loading of the uEye Dll - Support of the following languages in the uEye Camera Manager: English, German, Spanisch, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean - Support of the following languages in the uEye Cockpit: English, German, Spanisch, Portuguese, Italian, French, Polish, Czech, Chinese, Japanese, Korean ########################################################################## Notes on the additional interfaces 3.82 ActiveX (Interface version 1.13.1.3): - New function GetFDTResolution() to get the horizontal and vertical resolutions of the face detection of the UI-1008XS-C DirectShow (Interface version 2.18.2.4) - New interface IuEyeAOI to set any AOI - New interface IuEyeGain to use the hardware gains - The registry keys set by the 64 bit device manager are also used by the 32 bit version - The automatic 64 bit registration also changes the 32 bit camera list - PropertyPage WhiteBalancing: Manual white balancing with RGB gains, setting of the color temperature with a white balance mode combo box - The properties contrast and brightness have been reactivated in the standard interface - Setting the color temperature in the standard interface: Set(VideoProcAmp_WhiteBalance, 'value', VideoProcAmp_Flags_Manual); - Getting the color temperature in the standard interface: Get(VideoProcAmp_WhiteBalance, &Value, &Flags); - The functions SetWhiteBalanceMultipliers and GetWhiteBalanceMultipliers were reactivated and implemented with the gain factors. - The naming of gain and blacklevel was changed to contrast and brightness Halcon: Version 3.9.0.0 für Halcon 8.0 Version 4.6.0.0 für Halcon 9.0 / 10.0 - The changes are documented in the corresponding manuals LabVIEW: - No changes Cognex VisionPro (Interface version 1.0.16.0) - No changes ####################################################################### Notes on this release 3.80 - Support of the new camera models 228xSE-C, 228xSE-M, 628xSE-C, 628xSE-M, 628xHE-C, 628xHE-M - Support of the UI-124xLE-C and UI-124xLE-M - Support of new functions of the UI-124xSE, UI-124xLE, UI-524xSE and UI-524xHE camera models: Multi-AOI, linescan mode, rolling shutter mode - Full support of 12/16 bit pixel formats in the uEye Demo application - PNG images can be saved in the uEye Demo application - Over is_ImageFormat() a list with standard image resolutions can be read. These image formats can be set over the function (only CMOS cameras). - New tool to save a user defined hotpixel list in the camera (uEyeHotpixelEditor) - Support of the uEye AVI functionality (uEye_Tools_64.dll) - New SDK functions: - is_AOI() - is_HotPixel() - is_IpConfig() - is_DeviceFeature() - is_Transfer() ####################################################################### Notes on the additional interfaces 3.80 ActiveX (Interface version 1.13.1.2): - Support of the new UI-1008XS-C functions - New function to suppress disturbances in the trigger mode - New function to set a color temperature and color space - New functions for the DirectRenderer mode - Additional new functions: - GetHdrKneepoints() - GetHdrKneepointInfo() - GetDeviceID() - GetCameraHandle() - AddHDRKneepoint() - DeleteHDRKneepoint() - SetAtHDRKneepoint() - SetHDRKneepointsDefault() - Changes in the following function: - GetImageHistogram() DirectShow (Interface version 2.18.1.3) - New interfaces for the full support of the UI-1008XS-C - Triggered image capture of the UI-1008XS-C - New interface to suppress disturbances in the trigger mode - New interface to set a color temperature and color space - Interface to support the flash functionality - Interface to set the trigger signal (falling edge, rising edge, software trigger) - Interface to support binning/subsampling - Interface to enable the automatic framerate - Automatic registration of a camera that is beeing connected to the system - Registration of this camera with its designation and serial number - Automatic image mirroring Halcon: Support of 64 bit Halcon versions - Version 3.7.0.0 for Halcon 8.0 - Version 4.5.0.0 for Halcon 9.0 LabVIEW: - Support of 64 bit LabVIEW versions Cognex VisionPro (Interface version 1.0.16.0) - Support of 64 bit Cognex VisionPro versions ####################################################################### Notes on this release 3.70 - Support of the UI-124x and UI-524x camera models - Support of the new UI-1008XS-C functions: - is_ScenePreset() - is_Zoom() - is_Sharpness() - is_Saturation() - New API function to suppress disturbances in the trigger mode: - is_TriggerDebounce() - New API function to set a color temperature and color space: - is_ColorTemperature() - The uEyeCrosshair application is now also available as source code - The 64-Bit ActiveX control can now be integrated into Visual Studio projects (C++, C#, VB) ####################################################################### Notes on the additional interfaces 3.70 DirectShow (Interface version 1.10.1.1): - The function SetFormat() now generally accepts negative image heights. The registry flag 'UseAbsHeight' can be used to force positive image heights only. ####################################################################### Notes on this release 3.60 - Support of the UI-1008XS-C camera model - Support of the UI-214x and UI-614x camera models - Support of the UI-149x-M and UI-549x-M camera models ####################################################################### Notes on the additional interfaces 3.60 DirectShow (Interface version 1.8.0.0): - Support of the 64 bit windows operating systems - Support of the UI-1008XS functions - An AOI with a vertical and horizontal offset can now be set via the MediaType (see manual) - Internal improvements ActiveX (Interface version 1.12.2.0): - Support of the 64 bit windows operating systems - Support of the UI-1008XS functions TWAIN (Interface version 1.2.11.206): - No changes Halcon: Version 2.14.0.0 for Halcon 7.1 Version 3.7.0.0 for Halcon 8.0 Version 4.4.0.0 for Halcon 9.0 - Support of the 64 bit windows operating systems - Additional changes are documented in the corresponding manuals LabVIEW: - No changes NeuroCheck (Interface version 1.3.4.246): - No changes CVB (Interface version 1.5.4.0): - Changes in the software trigger interface - Global start shutter mode for some cameras added GENCAM (Interface version 1.0.0.9): - No changes Cognex VisionPro (Interface version 1.0.14.0) - No changes ####################################################################### Notes on this release 3.51.3.0 - Support of the UI-149xLE camera model - Support of the UI-112x and UI-512x camera models - The uEye Demo application now provides a normal- and expert mode - User defined camera profiles can be created in the uEye demo application Please note: This release is only approved for the following camera models: UI-149xLE, UI-112xSE, UI-112xME, UI-512xSE, UI-512xRE ####################################################################### Notes on the additional interfaces 3.51.3.0 - No changes ####################################################################### Notes on this release 3.50.10.0 - Support of Windows 7 (64-Bit) - Support of Windows Vista (64-Bit) - Support of Windows XP (64-Bit, only USB uEye cameras) - Optimization of the UI-149x and UI-549x camera models Please note: The Global Start function of the UI-149x and the UI-549x is not implemented yet in contrast to the description in the manual.