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In the tabs below, select your interferometer camera interface type. In the Filter Options at left, mark checkboxes to select only those expansion slots and/or ports that are open and available on your computer. For help in identifying a slot or port, click on its checkbox label.

CMU 1394 Drivers. The free CMU 1394 drivers from Carnegie Mellon University are supported by Durango and are compatible with a wide range of digital cameras under Windows XP. We look forward to these drivers being someday available for Windows 7. Imaging Source IC Capture. Testing Your Device for Compatibility - To test your FireWire camera for compatibility with the toolbox, download the CMU 1394 Digital Camera driver from the CMU Web site and run their demo application (1394CameraDemo.exe).

At the bottom of this page is additional information about device drivers.

SYBA PCI 32-bit FireWire 1394b Controller Card

SYBA Model SD-FWB-32B card adds 2 FireWire 1394b and 1 FireWire 1394a ports to your computer. Uses embedded Windows or Unibrain.com drivers.

StarTech PCI Express 1394 FireWire Adapter Card

The StarTech PEX1394B3 adds two IEEE 1394b FireWire 800 ports and one IEEE 1394a FireWire 400 port. Works without any additional drivers.

FireWire 800 to FireWire 800

To connect a FireWire 800 (1394B) camera to a FireWire 800 port, you will need a 9-pin FireWire cable.

You will also need camera device driver software. Durango supports the National Instruments Vision Acquisition Software and the Carnegie Mellon University CMU 1394 drivers.

FireWire 800 to ExpressCard/54

The SIIG FireWire 800 ExpressCard (Model NN-EC2812-S2) includes one 9-pin port and one 6-pin port. The card is powered by the bus.

Powering a camera over FireWire requires plugging Power Adapter (Model NN-ADA011-S1) into the card:

• DC plug: 1.3mm x 3.5 mm x 9 mm
• Input: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz @ 450A
• Output: 12V DC, 1A

LaCie FireWire 800 ExpressCard 34

Adds two FireWire 800 ports to your laptop. Transfer rates up to 800Mb/s. Plug & play, driver free, hot-pluggable. Fits ExpressCard 34 and ExpressCard 54 slots. Powering a camera over FireWire requires that you attach a power adapter to the external 3.5 mm socket.

Device Drivers

National Instruments Vision Acquisition Software

For many camera interface options, Durango requires National Instruments Vision Acquisition Software (NI-VAS). NI-VAS may be downloaded for a trial evaluation.

CMU 1394 Drivers

The free CMU 1394 drivers from Carnegie Mellon University are supported by Durango and are compatible with a wide range of digital cameras under Windows XP. We look forward to these drivers being someday available for Windows 7.

Imaging Source IC Capture

This software is included free of charge with all cameras, converters and grabbers manufactured by The Imaging Source.

Basler Pylon Driver / SDK

Operates with all Basler cameras that have an IEEE 1394a, IEEE 1994b or GigE Vision interface. Internal architecture is based on GenICam. Durango does not yet support the Pylon drivers.

Download Carnegie Mellon University 1394 Driver

Troubleshooting DCAM IEEE 1394 Hardware on Windows

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If you are having trouble using the Image Acquisition Toolbox™ software with an IEEE^® 1394 (FireWire) camera using the toolbox's dcam adaptor, try the following:

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1. Install the Image Acquisition Toolbox Support Package for DCAM Hardware.

   Starting with version R2014a, each adaptor is available separately through MATLAB^® Add-Ons. See Image Acquisition Support Packages for Hardware Adaptors for information about installing the adaptors.

2. When installing the CMU 1394 Digital Camera Driver Setup, on the first page of the installation wizard, under Select components to install, select these three items in the installation list, and click .

   • Program Group and Desktop Shortcuts

   • Disable Default Windows Driver

   • Update Driver for Attached Devices

3. Verify that your IEEE 1394 (FireWire) camera is plugged into the IEEE 1394 (FireWire) port on your computer and is powered up.

4. Confirm that another imaging application is not connected to the camera.

5. Confirm that the camera is detected by '1394Camera Demo 64-bit' installed with the CMU DCAM driver. See Running the CMU Camera Demo Application on Windows.

   Verify that your IEEE 1394 (FireWire) camera can be accessed through the dcam adaptor.

   • Make sure the camera is compliant with the IIDC 1394-based Digital Camera (DCAM) specification. Vendors typically include this information in documentation that comes with the camera. If your digital camera is not DCAM compliant, you might be able to use the winvideo adaptor. See Windows Video Hardware for information.

   • Make sure the camera outputs data in uncompressed format. Cameras that output data in Digital Video (DV) format, such as digital camcorders, cannot use the dcam adaptor. To access these devices, use the winvideo adaptor. See Windows Video Hardware for information.

   • Make sure you specified the dcam adaptor when you created the video input object. Some IEEE 1394 (FireWire) cameras can be accessed through either the dcam or winvideo adaptors. If you can connect to your camera from the toolbox but cannot access some camera features, such as hardware triggering, you might be accessing the camera through a DirectX^® driver. See Creating a Video Input Object for more information about specifying adaptors.

   • If the demo application does not recognize the camera, install the CMU DCAM driver. See Manually Installing the CMU DCAM Driver on Windows for instructions.

6. Verify that your CMU 1394 Digital Camera driver is version 6.4.6. The 'CMU 1394 Digital Camera Driver' installed version can be found from Windows Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features.

7. Confirm that the IEEE 1394 (FireWire) card is detected and drivers are correctly installed in Windows Device Manager.