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This document describes:

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Installing Vimba under Linux

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Changing the IP configuration if your GigE camera is in a foreign subnet

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Finding and running Vimba’s code examples

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Compiling the C++ API

To install Vimba, you need tar and the C runtime library glibc6 (PC: version 2.11 or higher, ARM:

In this directory, Vimba will be installed in its own folder. In this document, we refer to this path as

[InstallDir].

GigE camera users: Go to [InstallDir]/Vimba_x_x/VimbaGigETL.

USB camera users: Go to [InstallDir]/Vimba_x_x/VimbaUSBTL.

CSI-2 camera users: Go to [InstallDir]/Vimba_x_x/VimbaCSITL.

Execute the shell script Install.sh with root privileges (for example, sudo ./Install.sh or

su -c.Install.sh). If you use GigE and USB cameras, perform this step for both TLs (transport layers).

In most cases, Install.sh automatically registers the GENICAM_GENTL32_PATH and

GENICAM_GENTL64_PATH environment variables in /etc/profile.d, so that every GenICam GenTL consumer

can access the Vimba transport layers.

If the transport layers are not found:

If multiple users work with the system, make sure all users can access /etc/profile.d

If your display manager doesn’t support the install script (for example, lightdm and wdm):

Please add the required environment variables to the /etc/environment file.

If login shell support is not supported, Install.sh in /etc/profile.d will not be loaded for X-Session. In this

With Vimba Viewer, you can control Allied Vision cameras and capture images.

Vimba Viewer can be found in, for example, [InstallDir]/Vimba_x_x/Tools/Viewer/Bin/x86_64bit/.

To build Vimba viewer, you need (if not already installed):

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sudo apt-get install pkg-config

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libqt4-dev:

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In some cases, libpng12 is missing. Please find detailed instructions in the document:

appnote/libpng-installation.pdf

To change the IP configuration of a GigE camera in a foreign subnet, run Vimba Viewer with root privileges

(for example, sudo -E [InstallDir]/Vimba_2_1/Tools/Viewer/Bin/x86_32bit/VimbaViewer). Note that

running it as root instead of using sudo -E requires that GENICAM_GENTL32_PATH and/or

GENICAM_GENTL64_PATH are set for the root as well.

Vimba for ARM comes with compiled code examples. To compile the precompiled code examples on a PC or

to compile the open source Vimba C++ API, you additionally need the packages listed below. Very likely,

most of them are already part of your system:

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make

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ffmpeg

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g++ (PC: Version 4.4.5 or higher / ARM: Version 4.7.3 or higher)

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Qt (PC: Version 4.8.4 / ARM: 4.8.5)

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TinyXML (Version 2.5.3 or higher)

Vimba provides all necessary runtime libraries for executing the examples including the Vimba Viewer

To compile the examples (not required on ARM systems), go to Build/Make in the VimbaC and VimbaCPP

example folders and type make in your shell.