Contacts cs-relay to control cameras.

• CSCamera

Global:

• Module_Name - String:Set this to CSCameraDriver to load this page's module.
• Warner - String:The ID of the Warner that will be used to alert of failers.The keyword 'default' will use the systems default warner (defined in the .ChamberConfig).
• Timeout - TimeType:How long to wait for this SensorDriver before giving up.

Advanced:

• csRelayAddress - String: The IP address of the cs-relay server.
• csRelayPort - Integer: The Port that the cs-relay server is using.
• csRelayDrive - String: Path to the shared drive where cs-relay will dump images.

1. Set up the hardware

   • Connect each camera to the trigger/power lines on the FPGAbox as normal.
   • Connect ethernet on each camera to a router/DHCP enabled switch. Connect that to the computer.

2. Set up CS and CS-Relay

   • Windows

     Basically we're going to run cs (and cs-relay) in a virtualbox. You can get one of the pre-existing ones or build one yourself. You need to build cs on the box you are using. Once you've built it, you can run cs-relay.

     1. Get a debian image

        You can do one of two things:

        • If you want to make your own virtualbox:

          • Create a new Debian image. Upgrade it to sid.
          • Build CS from source on the image.
          • Clone CS-Relay on the image.
          • To get the IP address (csRelayAddress) run ip addr show in the terminal on your vmware box.

        • Clone an existing image

          Find a working image. Zip it, move it to the new computer, unzip it.

     2. Connect it to the cameras

        Make sure the virtualbox only has one network interface; a bridge to the cameras router. You may have to bridge the interfaces in windows network settings.

     3. Set up a shared drive to transfer images.

        Make a folder somewhere on windows. Set up the virtualbox to use it as a shared folder. You have to configure both CS-Relay and WILLIAM to know about the shared folder. It's in the configuration for CSCameraDriver.

     4. Configure cameras

        First, make sure the cameras are actually attached. Navigate to the cs-relay project and run ./bin/cs-1.0.0 0 0 0. It should report the correct number of cameras.

        If switching from an old hitachi system, you need to to do the following:

        • Cycle power to the cameras.
        • Turn on the GigE viewer and for each camera:
          • Set the Gain manually.
          • Set ExposureMode to Timed

     5. Launch cs-relay

        Make sure you do it as root. Read the README.md for the cs-relay project too.

        You need to make sure it's launched whenever WILLIAM is operating. It can shut down and start up again during WILLIAM operation; it will reconnect.

   • Linux

     You'll have to set up some firewalls and stuff. We haven't actually made it work on pure linux.

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  #####################
  #   Basic Settings  #
  #####################
  
  # The name of the actual module to load. Examples might be HitachiCameraDriver or AVTCameraDriver.
  Module_Name=CSCameraDriver
  
  # The ID of the Warner that will be used to alert of failers.
  # The keyword 'default' will use the systems default warner (defined in the .ChamberConfig).
  Warner=default
  
  # How long to wait for this SensorDriver before giving up.
  Timeout=2min
  
  
  #####################
  # Advanced Settings #
  #####################
  
  # The IP address of the cs-relay server.
  csRelayAddress=STRING
  
  # The Port that the cs-relay server is using.
  csRelayPort=10632
  
  # Path to the shared drive where cs-relay will dump images.
  csRelayDrive=STRING

These other modules are related to this one.

• CSCameraGroup
• CSCamera