afishman / dalsa-grabber

Simple app built with the Dalsa GigE-V framework to make recording and display easy

dalsa-grabber

A simple frame grabbing app using the Dalsa GigE-V framework for Linux to make recording and display easy. Defaults were tested to be appropriate for the Teledyne Dalsa Genie TS-C2500 camera.

Installation

1. Install Dependencies

• GigE-V framework for linux (tested on v2.01.0.0120)
• ffmpeg (tested on v3.1.3)
• Opencv (tested on v2.4.9.1) - on Ubuntu install with sudo apt-get install libopencv-dev
• Boost libraries (tested on v1.58) - on Ubuntu install with sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev

2. Compile

• cd /PATH_TO_REPO/

• make

Usage

dalsaGrabber is the console app produced from the makefile that let's you write videos and monitor. Run $ ./dalsaGrabber --help for options (such as sepcifying framerate / resolution etc...)

Note: strongly reccomended running the GigE-V network config script to improve network performance:

• sudo /PATH_TO_GIGE-V_FRAMEWORK/DALSA/GigeV/bin/gev_nettweak ETHERNET_DEVICE_NAME

(Hint: Available network devices can be listed with ifconfig)

Examples

Record a video for 10s

$ ./dalsaGrabber record 10 ~/test.mp4

Heads-up display

$ ./dalsaGrabber monitor

Take an image

$ ./dalsaGrabber snapshot ~/test.jpg