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areaDetector / ADGenICam

areaDetector base class for GenICam cameras.
https://areadetector.github.io/master/ADGenICam/ADGenICam.html
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New cameras #10

Closed LeeHudsonDLS closed 4 years ago

LeeHudsonDLS commented 4 years ago

New camera XMLs added

MarkRivers commented 4 years ago

What camera model did Prosilica_GC.xml come from? Are all models the same?

I updated a GC1380H to the latest firmware yesterday and extracted into AVT_GC1380H.xml. Can you compare that to your file?

MarkRivers commented 4 years ago

I have compared the start of the xml files for your new Prosilica_GC.xml and the AVT_GC1380.xml I created yesterday.

Prosilica_GC.xml (blank lines removed)

corvette:areaDetector/ADGenICam/xml>head -30 Prosilica_GC.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RegisterDescription
 ModelName="GECCDSTD"
 VendorName="Prosilica"
 StandardNameSpace="None"
 SchemaMajorVersion="1"
 SchemaMinorVersion="0"
 SchemaSubMinorVersion="1"
 MajorVersion="298"
 MinorVersion="2"
 SubMinorVersion="0"

AVT_GC1380H.xml

corvette:areaDetector/ADGenICam/xml>head -30 AVT_GC1380H.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RegisterDescription
    ModelName="GECCDSTD"
    VendorName="Allied_Vision_Technologies"
    StandardNameSpace="None"
    SchemaMajorVersion="1"
    SchemaMinorVersion="0"
    SchemaSubMinorVersion="1"
    MajorVersion="306"
    MinorVersion="1"
    SubMinorVersion="0"

Note that Prosilica_GC.xml is MajorVersion=298 while AVT_GC1380H.xml is 306. I believe this is because I installed the latest firmware version from AVT (1.50.1).

We need to decide how to handle firmware versions. I think the policy should be that the versions in ADGenICam should be for the most recent firmware version for that camera, because it is easy to update firmware versions.

@LeeHudsonDLS can you update your camera to the latest firmware version and see if the xml file is then the same as mine?

LeeHudsonDLS commented 4 years ago

@MarkRivers , It was a colleague that added that specific camera so i will check the exact model today. I suspect we won't be able to update the firmware until the next shutdown though. I will see if I can get access today.

LeeHudsonDLS commented 4 years ago

@MarkRivers , The camera in question was an AVT Prosilica GE1050C. I'll see about getting the firmware updated and check the new xml.

MarkRivers commented 4 years ago

According to AVT's Website the most recent firmware for that camera is 1.43.05 from June 2011. https://cdn.alliedvision.com/fileadmin/content/documents/products/software/firmware/Allied_Vision_GigE_Firmware_Release_Notes_00.01.54.20339.pdf

I don't think that xml file should be called Prosilica_GC.xml since it is for a GE, not, GC, and is for very old firmware. There are many GC cameras with much newer firmware.

LeeHudsonDLS commented 4 years ago

I agree, i'll rename it. The current name doesn't make allot of sense.