Ensuring Correct Location Of Camera Link Dll Files - Pleora Technologies iPORT CL-GigE User Manual

Ensuring Correct Location of Camera Link DLL Files

According to the Camera Link standard, Camera Link DLL files are to be placed in specific computer
directory folders during the installation of all Camera Link configuration software. This enables
communication between various Camera Link configuration software applications.
In some cases, the Camera Link DLL files may have to be located and then copied to the correct location
on your computer.
Before locating and copying the Camera Link DLL files, create a folder that you name Serial in the
following location, if it does not already exist.
C:\CameraLink\Serial
To ensure that Pleora's eBUS Player is able to communicate with the configuration software provided by
the camera manufacturer, take the following steps using the instructions provided in the following
sections.
1. Copy Pleora's eBUS SDK Camera Link DLL files to the following location on your computer:
C:\CameraLink\Serial
For information, see
on page 86.
2. Adjust your computer's registry settings for the Camera Link DLL. For information, see
your computer's registry settings for the Camera Link DLL"
3.
Set up serial communications in eBUS Player so that eBUS Player can communicate with the
camera and camera configuration software using the Camera Link DLL. For information, see
set up the serial communications bridge in eBUS Player to operate with the Camera Link DLL"
page 87.
4.
Start the configuration software provided with your camera to discover the camera's image settings.
5.
Configure matching image settings on the external frame grabber. For information, see
"Configuring External Frame Grabber Image Settings using eBUS Player"
To copy the eBUS SDK Camera Link DLL files into the correct directories
1. Browse to locate the DLL files, clserpte.dll and clserpte_w64.dll in C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Pleora\eBUS SDK.
2.
Copy the clserpte.dll and clserpte_w64.dll files, and paste them into C:\CameraLink\Serial and
into C:\windows\system32 directory.
To adjust your computer's registry settings for the Camera Link DLL
1.
Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)on your computer.
2. Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, right-click SOFTWARE, and select New > Key and name
the new key CameraLink.
3.
Right click the CameraLink key, and select New > String Value, and name the new value
CLSERIALPATH.
4. Right-click the name CLSERIALPATH, and select Modify, and in the Value data box, enter
C:\CameraLink\Serial.
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