Release Notes for IDS Software Suite 3.82 (64-bit)

Notes on hardware compatibility   ⇑

Note on older USB cameras
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).

Note on updating a GigE uEye SE
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 IDS 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.

Note on DHCP configuration
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 3.82   ⇑

• Support of new features of the camera models UI-214x, UI-614x, UI-228x, UI-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 uEye SE and GigE uEye 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, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean
• Support of the following languages in the uEye Cockpit: English, German, Spanish, 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./li>
• The naming of gain and blacklevel was changed to contrast and brightness

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 1.0.16.0)

• No changes

Notes on this release 3.80   ⇑

• Support of the new camera models UI-228xSE-C, UI-228xSE-M, UI-628xSE-C, UI-628xSE-M, UI-628xHE-C, UI-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: Version 3.7.0.0 for HALCON 8.0 & Version 4.5.0.0 for HALCON 9.0

• Support of 64-bit HALCON versions

The changes are documented in the corresponding manuals

LabVIEW

• No changes

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 UI-1008XS functions

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

The changes are documented in the corresponding manuals

LabVIEW

• No changes

Cognex VisionPro (Interface version 1.0.14.0)

• No changes

Notes on this release 3.51.3   ⇑

• 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

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   ⇑

• No changes

Notes on this release 3.50.1   ⇑

• 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

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.

Contact   ⇑

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D-74182 Obersulm/Germany

T: +49 7134 96196-0
E: info@ids-imaging.com
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