Alkeria

Installing Drivers for High-Speed Industrial Cameras

  1. Here's an example with Alkeria high-speed industrial cameras: To use these cameras, you need to install the camera drivers. Open the driver installation package and double-click "SDK-MaestroUSB3_Windows-v2.8.0.exe" to install the drivers (16.3.2.1). During the installation, choose the default installation path, click "Next, " select "I agree, " and click "Install." Wait for the installation to complete.

  2. After the drivers have been successfully installed, a "MaestroUSB3" tool will appear on the computer desktop (16.3.2.2). Double-click "MaestroUSB3, " navigate to the Bin— .NET x64 path in the pop-up folder (16.3.2.3), plug the high-speed industrial camera's USB cable into the computer's USB 3.0 port, and double-click "AlkeriaPlayer64.exe" to open the camera player interface (16.3.2.4).


Connecting and Configuring High-Speed Industrial Cameras

  1. After connecting the Alkeria high-speed industrial camera to the computer, open the industrial camera player, and click the play button (16.3.2.5). The player window will display the camera's image. If an error pop-up appears after clicking the play button, click the "Init Camera" button to initialize the camera (16.3.2.6). After initialization, clicking play will display the camera's image.

  2. Once the camera image is displayed in the player, users can configure various camera parameters according to their needs. Click the "Settings" button to open the settings menu (16.3.2.7), where you can adjust the camera's brightness, exposure, and other parameters (16.3.2.8) to suit your needs. If you configure the camera parameters and then unplug and reinsert the USB cable of the high-speed industrial camera, the settings will reset to default values. You will need to reconfigure the camera parameters in "Settings."


Synchronization of Alkeria High-Speed Industrial Camera with Motion Capture

  1. Install version 3.1.1.X of XINGYING and run it as an administrator to ensure proper calibration.

  2. After calibration, perform a reference video calibration for the Alkeria high-speed industrial camera. Once complete, synchronization can be achieved (for detailed steps, please refer to section "16, Third-party Adaptation (7) Industrial Cameras").

  3. Important Notes: When using the Alkeria high-speed industrial camera, the camera player and XINGYING's reference video can only play one at a time, not simultaneously. When using the reference video view in XINGYING software to play the high-speed industrial camera image, please disconnect the player (see section 16.3.2.9).


Recording Reference Video

  1. After successful reference video calibration of the industrial camera, you can record data synchronized with the 3D view. Switch the interface to the dual view of 3D and reference video, enter the recording file name, check the "Reference Video" option, and then click the record button to start recording.

  2. After recording is completed, switch the interface to the dual view of 3D and reference video in Edit Mode. Load the recorded data and click play to observe the synchronization between the reference video and the 3D view.