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Capture More Than an Image
The pylon driver package is designed to operate with all Basler cameras that have an IEEE 1394a, IEEE 1394b, or the new GigE Vision interface. Along with the new scout and pioneer camera families, the current A102f, A31xf, and A6xxf Basler camera series are supported by pylon. You can select a camera with the interface type that best fits the needs of your application, or you can simultaneously use cameras with both the IEEE 1394 and GigE interface technologies.

The pylon driver offers reliable image data transport into the memory of your PC at a very low CPU load. The integration of both interface technologies into your application is a one time only process. The unified C++ camera API of the pylon driver package lets you control Basler’s IEEE 1394 and GigE Vision based cameras using the same commands. The internal architecture of the pylon package is based on GenICam, which offers you fast, easy access to the newest camera models and the latest features as soon as they are released. The Basler pylon driver package contains the following main software components:
The pylon GigE Vision Performance Driver quickly separates incoming packets carrying image data from other traffic on the network and needs only the lowest amount of CPU resources to make the data available for your vision applications. The performance driver can only be used with specific Intel network adapter cards.
The pylon GigE Vision Filter Driver supports many kinds of hardware, including all common GigE network adapter cards and the GigE ports on your mother board as well. An automatic switch in front of both the performance and filter drivers makes sure that your system will run at the highest level of performance at all times with no additional system configuration required.
The pylon IEEE 1394 driver package gives you easy access to one of the most well established interface technologies on the market. And the upgrade from IEEE 1394a to IEEE 1394b cameras provides you with double the bandwidth available on "a" cameras.
The pylon Viewer application provides a simple method for testing and evaluating Basler cameras. This application can be used to operate many cameras at the same time regardless of their interfaces. The new tree structure of the viewer's graphical user interface lets you easily find the best camera parameter setup, adjust image quality, and control even the most advanced camera features.


The pylon package will be distributed in two different ways:

The "pylon for download" version, which focuses on using pylon to test and evaluate Basler cameras.

The "pylon SDK", which includes all of the elements required for full-scale application development. For download please contact your local sales office.
 

 

 

              

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