Labwiew Driver for CCD

[fpf...@my-dejanews.com]

I would like to control my CCD camera, SensiCam from PCO Computer, with
Labview and since there is no driver, I wonder how difficult it is to write
one. The company provides DLLs, so it should be possible to write a
call-library function.vi, but I never did that before. I would appreciate
comments, hints, tips etc. Anyone interested in writing one (fully paid) may
contact me!

Thanks

Frank Pfrieger

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[Dirk Macke]

Hi Frank,

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>I would like to control my CCD camera, SensiCam from PCO Computer, with
>Labview and since there is no driver, I wonder how difficult it is to write
>one. The company provides DLLs, so it should be possible to write a
>call-library function.vi, but I never did that before.

if you have the functions' descriptions (function and argument types) for
the DLLs available, it's easy. Otherwise there is probably no way to do the
job by simply calling the DLLs.

Dirk

[Roger A. Coffmon]

Having the DLL's is great, more importantly is having the documentation for the
DLL's and how well they are documented. I have used the call libaray functions
in working with DLL's and it is quite easy as long as the documentation is there

fpf...@my-dejanews.com wrote:

> I would like to control my CCD camera, SensiCam from PCO Computer, with
> Labview and since there is no driver, I wonder how difficult it is to write
> one. The company provides DLLs, so it should be possible to write a

[Robinson, Joe]

Frank,
It is a simple process. For LabVIEW 3.1 see page 10-3 of the Functional
Reference Manual.
For LabVIEW 5.0, see page 13-3 of the Functional and VI Reference
Manual.

You will need to get the appropriate DLL for your system, ie... 16bit
DLL or 32bit DLL.
You will also need details of the DLL, such as a listing of all
parameters needed and
data types.
Depending on the number of functions in the DLL, you should be able
knock this out in
an hour.

Joe