MATLAB: Is there an adaptor available to use a FireWire camera from Allied Vision Technologies (AVT) with Image Acquisition Toolbox 3.3 (R2009a)

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I am using a FireWire camera from the vendor Allied Vision Technologies (AVT) with the Image Acquisition Toolbox 3.3 (R2009a). Currently I am using the IEEE 1394 CMU DCAM driver version 6.4.4 to communicate with it.

I would like to know if there is an adaptor available to use these cameras which would provide access to more camera features.

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Allied Vision Technologies (AVT) has created an adaptor to interface with their range of FireWire cameras. The adaptor can be downloaded from the following location:

 <http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/avt-products/software/3rd-party-solutions/mathworks.html>

In order to use this adaptor you would have to install AVT FirePackage v2.10 and the corresponding 1394 bus driver.

Once you have copied the adaptor DLL onto your system, please register it with the Image Acquisition Toolbox using the IMAQREGISTER function as shown below:

imaqregister(<dllNameIncludingFullPath>)

For more information, refer to the README.txt file provided by AVT as part of the adaptor.

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MATLAB: Does the Image Acquisition Toolbox support the USB or FireWire (IEEE-1394) camera

The Image Acquisition Toolbox supports a broad range of imaging hardware including frame grabbers and Windows video capture devices. For a complete list of hardware supported by the Image Acquisition Toolbox, visit the supported hardware page, found by navigating to:

http://www.mathworks.com/products/imaq/

and clicking on "Supported Hardware".

In addition to supporting various frame grabber manufacturers, the toolbox supports FireWire digital cameras that support the IIDC 1394-based Digital Camera Specification (DCAM), as well as generic Windows video hardware like USB cameras.

1) The toolbox supports connections to IEEE 1394 (FireWire) DCAM-compliant devices using the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) DCAM driver.

To test your FireWire camera for compatibility with the toolbox, download the CMU 1394 Digital Camera driver from the CMU Web site

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~iwan/1394

and run their demo application (1394CameraDemo.exe).

For additional information on DCAM support, visit the Image Acquisition Toolbox supported hardware page listed above.

2) Generic Windows video capture devices are required to be DirectX (DirectShow) compatible for them to work with the Image Acquisition Toolbox. In order for a device to be DirectX compatible, it must provide a WDM (Windows Driver Model) or VFW (Video For Windows) driver.

You can determine if your device is DirectX compatible by running Microsoft's NetMeeting application, or by running the Microsoft image capture application, AMCap.exe.

If you are able to successfully operate your device with NetMeeting or the above utility without encountering any errors, the video capture device is expected to work with the toolbox.

For additional information on generic Windows video hardware support, visit the Image Acquisition Toolbox supported hardware page listed above.

MATLAB: Do I receive an error that I am unable to write to DCAM registers using the CMU DCAM adaptor and Image Acquisition Toolbox

This is an issue with the firewire interface hardware and how the CMU DCAM driver interfaces it. Choose a FireWire card that is known to be compatible with the AVT camera and that works more reliably with it.

AVT has tested and qualified the FireWire cards at the top of the list on:

 <http://www.goavt.com/accessories.asp>

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