System requirements

For operating the uEye cameras, the following system requirements must be met:

	Minimum*1	Recommended
CPU speed	600 MHz	2 x 2.4 GHz
Memory (RAM)	256 MB	2048 MByte
For USB uEye cameras: USB host controller	USB 2.0 high speed (480 Mbps)	USB 2.0 high speed (480 Mbps) Intel® or NVIDIA® nForce mainboard chipset
For GigE uEye cameras Network bandwidth Network card type	100 Mbps ---	1000 Mbps Intel Pro/1000 GT (PCI) Intel Pro/1000 PT (PCIe)
Graphics card	Onboard graphics chip	AGP/PCIe graphics card Latest version of Microsoft DirectX Runtime 9.0c
Operating system	Windows XP 32 bit (Service Pack 2) Windows 7 32 or 64 bit3 Linux (Kernel 2.6)2	Windows 7 32 or 64 bit Windows Vista 32 or 64 bit (Service Pack 1) Windows XP 32 bit (Service Pack 3) Linux (Kernel 2.6)*2

*1 Camera performance may be limited.

*2 More information for Linux can be found in the README.txt on http://www.ids-imaging.com or after the installation below /usr/share/doc/ids.

*3 USB 3 uEye cameras

Drivers for network cards

To ensure optimum performance of the network connection, you need to install the latest drivers for your network card. We recommend using the drivers of the following versions:

•Intel® chipsets: version 8.8 or higher

•Realtek chipsets: version 5.7 or higher

USB interface

•Onboard USB 2.0 ports usually provide significantly better performance than PCI and PCMCIA USB adapters.

•Current generation CPUs with energy saving technologies can cause bandwidth problems on the USB bus. IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH provides an application note on this issue which is available through uEye support or this link on our website.

Large multi camera systems

Connecting a large number of cameras to a single PC may require a large working memory (RAM). This is especially the case when many cameras with high sensor resolution are used.

If you want to set up such a system we recommend to use PCs with 64 bit operating systems and more than 4 GB of RAM.

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Note on color cameras with high frame rates

For uEye color cameras, the color conversion is done by software in the PC (except GigE uEye HE). When you use a color camera with a high frame rate, the conversion might lead to a high CPU load. Depending on the PC hardware used you might not be able to reach the camera's maximum frame rate.

Direct3D graphics functions

The uEye driver can use Direct3D to display the camera image with overlay information (Microsoft DirectX Runtime had to be installed). On Windows systems, you can use the supplied "DXDiag" diagnostic tool to check whether your graphics card supports Direct3D functions. To start the diagnostic tool, click "Run…" on the Windows start menu (shortcut: Windows+R) and enter "DXDiag" in the input box.

On the "Display" page of the diagnostic tool, click the button for testing the Direct3D functions.

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