GigE Cameras and Imaqreset

I am trying use 10 GigE cameras in a project to see 360 degrees around a vehicle. These cameras are assigned to specific variables, so that they can be displayed according to their physical location and assigned variable in the final output. After all the cameras are detected by the Image Acquisition Toolbox they are assigned to variables to be run through a function. However when I perform a imaqreset this changes the IP address of the cameras and requires a manual reassignment of each camera to a new variable to adjust for their IP addresses changing every time I perform an imaqreset.

What I am trying to do is develop a method that allows me to either fix the cameras to their variables, and be able to reset the system, or develop a method to auto detect where each camera belongs and have the MatLab assign the variables automatically without manual input. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Are the cameras possibly currently configured to use DHCP to assign their IP addresses? If so then you should change that to assign each one a static IP address.

If that is for some reason not possible on your cameras, then change the DHCP server so that it always assigns the same IP address based on the MAC address of each camera.