For a vision application in an industrial setting we are using USB3 cameras via CVB. This works as intended however because the PCs aren’t properly shut down by the larger machine (it just cuts the power) and the application has the cameras locked at that time they stay locked when the PCs start up. …

Hi @Bjorn , which CVB version are you using? This should be fixed in 13.02.004 and up. The lock file that you are deleting should be created in %CVBDATA%GenICam\CameraGUID when the USB camera is opened and be removed when it is closed. This should prevent multiple accidential opening of the same dev…

I have a logfile in .json format and zipped it for transport but the forum doesn’t allow me to attach it as i’m a new user. I can include the error in json format I’m getting in this post but the error itself is not unexpected (access denied while trying to open the device in exclusive mode): { …

Hi @Bjorn , you can send the log file to support@stemmer-imaging.com . We will get back to you next week after Christmas holiday. Have a Happy New Year!

I’m using version 13.02.002; i’ll get the latest version and see if that solves the issue.

I can confirm that upgrading to 13.03.001 solves the issue; it is no longer needed to delete the %CVBDATA%\Genicam folder after an uncontrolled shutdown, the camera can successfully be acquired after a power cycle.

Thank you for the confirmation!

Unblock camera after uncontrolled shutdown

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parsd December 28, 2020, 11:06am 2

Hi, sorry that you have the Problem. To find the problem a log of the error happening could help us:

https://forum.commonvisionblox.com/t/error-loading-genicam-vin-file-on-ubuntu-16-04-running-in-virtualbox/1076/4?u=parsd

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Unblock camera after uncontrolled shutdown

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