In the "camerainfo" dialog box, you can assign a unique ID to the selected camera and write to the user memory of the camera. The data you enter is retained in the camera memory even when the camera is disconnected from the PC or power supply.

You can only set the camera ID and write to the user memory if the camera is marked "free" and "available" in the IDS Camera Manager (see also camera list).

Fig. 166: IDS Camera Manager – camera information

The dialog box displays further fields that are for your information only and cannot be edited.

•Manufacturer (e. g. IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH)

•Date of QC (date of final camera quality test)

Camera ID

The camera ID identifies a camera in multi-camera operation. You can assign IDs in a range from 1 to 254. The default value for the camera ID is 1. The same ID can be assigned to multiple cameras. You do not have to assign sequential ID numbers to all connected cameras.

User EEPROM

Every uEye camera has a non-volatile user memory. Besides the hard-coded factory information, the user memory of the uEye camera can hold additional user data which is not to be stored cyclically but permanently.

FPN Calibration (UI-313x, UI-314x, UI-316x and UI-318x only)

The FPN calibration can be done for camera models that are not factory-calibrated. This function is disabled for factory-calibrated cameras. Depending on the hardware, the FPN calibration can take several minutes while the CPU-load increases accordingly. To calibrate a camera that is not factory-calibrated, read the Application Note "FPN calibration (UI-3130CP Rev. 2, UI-3140CP Rev. 2, UI-3160CP Rev. 2, and UI-3180CP Rev. 2)".

To open a calibrated camera takes longer because the FPN correction data has to be loaded. Via the "Enable FPN correction data loading" option, you can define for each camera if the FPN correction data is loaded and therefore, the FPN correction is activated.