Problem connecting to teledyne dalsa linea line scan camera

Programming Questions
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I have a linea camera, model# LA_HM_16K07A_00_R, with a frame grabber card Xtium-CLHS PX8 board, model number OR-Y8S0-XPX70. Using sapera CamExpert version 8.73.00.2253.

I can acquire an image from cam expert so I know the hardware is working.

However I want to programmatically trigger acquisition using a python script and CVBpy. I installed cvb 14 but can’t figure out how to use the camera with the cvb driver. I tried opening cvb viewer and trying to load the driver .vin file but it fails to load. see image. I think this is a similar issue causing my python script to fail to acquire an image.

Script here:
import os
import cvb
import datetime

def main(filename):
with cvb.DeviceFactory.open(
os.path.join(cvb.install_path(), “drivers”, “CVXtiumCLHSPX8.vin”),
cvb.AcquisitionStack.Vin) as device:
stream = device.stream()
stream.start()

    image, status = stream.wait()

    if status == cvb.WaitStatus.Ok:
        image.save(filename)
        
    stream.abort()

main(‘image.jpg’)

Error message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “…\streaming_simple.py”, line 26, in
main(‘image.jpg’)
File “…\streaming_simple.py”, line 13, in main
with cvb.DeviceFactory.open(
RuntimeError: no specific message

From cvb viewer:

image
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Hi JDP,

did you setup the drivers INI file correctly. It is located in ProgramData\STEMMER IMAGING\Common Vision Blox\Drivers. Please also take a look at the information in the “CVB User Guide for Dalsa Framegrabber CVB Driver” in Doc\Hardware\Dalsa. There you can find information on the correct values for this INI file.

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Thank you for the response, I went back and checked over everything again, reinstalled appropriate drivers. I must have not had a valid ccf file called out in the .INI file. I am able to capture in cvb viewer now

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Hi JDP,

great to hear that it works now.