Acquiring frames from camera connected through PCIe frame grabber

I am trying to strip frames from a video feed from a camera made by Stanford Photonics Inc. I am connecting the camera to the computer through a BNC connection through a PCIe adaptor sold by Epix. I tried using the Image Acquisition toolbox since it says it is compatible with any hardware that uses DirectShow which the frame grabber does. If anyone has any advice on how I can get the Image Acquisition Toolbox to recognize my device or point me in the direction of another way to do this I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,

Keir

Answer 1

[Milan Bansal]

Hi Keir Hunter,

I understand that you want to know how you can use the Image Acquisition Toolbox to recognize your hardware device.

Follow the steps given below to recognize your hardware in the Image Acquisation Toolbox:

• Check Device Drivers: Ensure that the PCIe adaptor and camera drivers are properly installed on your computer. The drivers should be compatible with DirectShow.
• Verify DirectShow Compatibility: Confirm that the frame grabber is recognized by DirectShow. You can do this by checking if the device is listed in other DirectShow-compatible video capture software on your computer.
• Access the Toolbox: In MATLAB, access the Image Acquisition Toolbox by typing "imageAcquisitionExplorer" in the command window and press Enter. This opens the Image Acquisition Explorer. Install the dependent Add-ons if required.
• List Available Devices: List all the available devices recognized by the toolbox by using the command imaqhwinfo. Your frame grabber should be listed under one of the available adaptors if it is recognized as a DirectShow device.
• Custom adapters can also be created using the Adopter Kit.

Please refer to the following documentation link to learn more about the Image Acquisition Toolbox.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/imaq/

Please refer to the following documentation link to learn more about creating custom adapters.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/imaq/creating-custom-adaptors.html

Hope this helps!