Connect And Configure Camera Nodes For Image Capture

This tutorial explains how to use camera nodes effectively. You will learn to connect, configure, and trigger cameras to capture images.

1. Introduce Camera Nodes Usage

In this tutorial, we will learn how to use the camera nodes.

2. Explain Camera Brand Compatibility

In this case, we'll be using Omron cameras, but it will be exactly the same for other brands like iRayple.

The only thing is that the node names will be different. Instead of, Omron collector, for example, it will be iRayple collector. In any case we will have just these 3 nodes.

3. View Connected Cameras

Let's start with trigger node. In all 3 nodes we will have the same camera menu where we can see all the cameras connected to our network.

4. Press Start To Control Camera

if we want to work with one we will just press start and get camera control. The camera connecting process is a little bit slow, it can take up to 10 seconds so just be patient.

5. Select Camera For Trigger

And we now select this camera. So we will send trigger to this camera.

6. Confirm Camera Selection

Click "Done"

7. Match Trigger And Collector Cameras

Now in Omron collector we also select the camera we want to recive images from, in this case, the same one as we will be sending triggers to.

8. Confirm Collector Camera Selection

Click "Done"

9. Overview

Now, if we try we can see that we are receiving an image. Perfect!

10. Config Node

The config node is to change the camera configuration. The menu is the same but we also have the parameter section.

11. Parameters

Here, you can see all the available parameters that we can change.

12. Adjust Exposure Time

In this case, we will change the exposure time. We will set it down. To just 1 millisecond to see how it affects the image. Should be shown all black.

13. Click "Done"

Click "Done"

14. Trigger Camera Again

Click here to trigger

15. Complete Camera Node Tutorial

Now we can see that the image is black. It worked.