Thorlabs DCx (UC480) Cameras - Instrumental

(Since these cameras are rebranded IDS cameras, you may instead install the IDS uEye software); Make sure the path to the shared library ( uc480.dll ... Instrumental stable Instrumental Installation PackageOverview WorkingwithInstruments FAQs Contributing WritingDrivers Facets APIDocumentation Drivers Cameras PCOCameras PCOPixelflyCameras ThorlabsTSICameras ThorlabsDCx(UC480)Cameras PhotometricsCameras GenericCameraInterface DAQs FunctionGenerators Lasers Lock-inAmplifiers MotionControl Multimeters PowerMeters Scopes Spectrometers Wavemeters Functions DriverUtils Fitting Plotting Tools Developer’sGuide Instrumental Docs» PackageOverview» Drivers» Cameras» ThorlabsDCx(UC480)Cameras EditonGitHub ThorlabsDCx(UC480)Cameras¶ Installation Summary Details ModuleReference Changelog Unreleased Version0.4.1 Version0.4 Version0.3 Version0.2 Installation¶ Summary¶ Installtheuc480APIprovidedbyThorlabs. AddtheDLLtoyourPATHenvironmentvariable. Runpipinstallpywin32nicelib. Calllist_instruments(),whichwillauto-buildtheAPIbindings. Details¶ DownloadandinstallThorCamfromtheThorlabswebsite,whichcomeswiththeuc480APIlibraries.(SincethesecamerasarerebrandedIDScameras,youmayinsteadinstalltheIDSuEyesoftware) Makesurethepathtothesharedlibrary(uc480.dll,uc480_64.dll,ueye_api.dll,orueye_api_64.dll)isaddedtoyourPATH.ThelibrarywillusuallybelocatedintheThorlabsorIDSfolderinsideyourProgramFilesfolder.OnmysystemtheyarelocatedwithinC:\ProgramFiles\Thorlabs\ScientificImaging\DCxCameraSupport\Develop\Lib. Runpipinstallpywin32nicelibonthecommandlinetoinstallthepywin32andnicelibpackages. Uselist_instruments()toseeifyourcamerashowsup.ThiswillautomaticallybuildthebindingstotheDLL.Ifthisdoesn’twork(andyourcameraispluggedinanworkswiththeThorCamsoftware),trytoimportthedrivermoduledirectly:frominstrumental.drivers.camerasimportuc480.Ifthisfails,theerrorshouldgiveyouinformationaboutwhatwentwrong.BesuretocheckouttheFAQspageformoreinformation,andyoucanusethemailinglistorGitHubifyouneedadditionalhelp. ModuleReference¶ Changelog¶ Unreleased¶ Addedgain_boost,master_gain,gamma,blacklevel,andmanyauto-xFacets/properties Madesureframerateissetbeforeexposuretime Version0.4.1¶ FixedAOI-relatederroroncallingstart_live_video() Version0.4¶ Convertedtousenew-styleInstrumentinitialization AddederrorcodetoUC480errors Convertedtousenew-styleParams Version0.3¶ Removeddeprecatedusageof‘is_SetImageSize’ PorteddrivertouseNiceLibinsteadofctypes Addedsubsamplingsupport Addedgainsetting Addedtriggeringsupport AddedsupportforusingIDSlibrary Version0.2¶ Initialdriverrelease ReadtheDocs v:stable Versions latest stable 0.6 0.5 0.4.2 0.4.1 0.4 0.3.1 0.3 0.2.1 0.2 newparams Downloads html OnReadtheDocs ProjectHome Builds FreedocumenthostingprovidedbyReadtheDocs.