How to Unbox

When you receive the package, refer to the Item List inside to check if all items and accessories are present and undamaged. In case of any missing or damaged items, contact Percipio’s technical support promptly.

Note

The following list is for reference only. Please refer to the actual Item List in the package.

Name

Image

3D Camera

User Manual

Gigabit Ethernet Cable

DC Power Supply and Trigger Cable

Connect Cables

As shown in the figure below, connect the camera to the power supply and the industrial PC.

quick connection

Connect to Power Supply

The figure above utilizes a DC power supply to provide power to the camera. Connect the Power Positive Wire and Power Ground Wire from the open end of the Power & Trigger cable to an external DC power supply, and connect the other end to the camera’s DC power connector. For descriptions of the wire sequence in the DC power cable, refer to the Product Specifications of the corresponding camera model .

For more power supply methods, refer to Hardware Connections .

Connect to Network

The above figure shows a direct connection between the camera and the industrial host computer. Connect the RJ45 end of the Gigabit Ethernet cable to the network port of the industrial host computer, and connect the other end to the camera’s LAN network interface.

For more network connection methods, refer to Hardware Connections .

Set IP Address

The camera can only be opened by the host host computer when both the camera and the host computer are set to the same network segment.

Configure Host Computer Network

It is recommended to configure the host computer’s network port to use a dynamic IP address.

Open the Control Panel on the host computer, select Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Ethernet > Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and in the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties dialog box that appears, select Obtain an IP address automatically.

Local Network Configuration

Configure Host Computer Network

Set Camera IP Address

The camera is factory-configured to use a dynamic IP address. When the host computer’s network port is configured to use a dynamic IP address, the host computer can open the camera normally.

If you need to set a fixed IP address for the camera, refer to Application Example: Set Camera IP.

Download Software and Capture Images

You can choose any of the following methods to preview the images output by the camera:

Download Percipio Viewer and Capture Images

Percipio Viewer is an image processing software developed by Percipio. You can use it to preview real-time images, configure camera parameter settings, perform depth map post-processing, and import and export image data.

Percipio Viewer is available in both Windows and Linux versions. The following instructions use Percipio Viewer (Windows version) as an example to illustrate how to use Percipio Viewer and capture images:

  1. Download Percipio Viewer from the Percipio Official Website Download Center.

  2. Unzip and double-click to run percipio-viewer.x.x.x.exe.

  3. When the power indicator light of the camera blinks at a frequency of 1 Hz, click Preferences, and then click Refresh Source in the drop-down menu to refresh the device list.

  4. Select the target camera’s serial number from the device list. The following figure uses the camera with the serial number 207000128018 as an example.

    Select camera

    Note

    If the camera status code and firmware error code (e.g., -1005, 0x00000000 as shown in the image above) are displayed next to the serial number in the device list, it indicates that the camera cannot be opened normally. Please refer to Error Codes for problem troubleshooting.

  5. Turn on the data stream to preview the images in real-time.

    select camera

For more operations of Percipio Viewer, please refer to Percipio Viewer User Manual.

Download SDK Samples and Capture Images

Percipio provides various precompiled SDK samples that support C++, Python, and C# languages.

Before running the precompiled C++ SDK samples to capture images, ensure that the local environment is Windows X64 or Windows X86. Otherwise, you need to compile the samples yourself according to the SDK Download and Compilation.

Steps to run:

  1. Download the precompiled C++ SDK samples: - https://github.com/percipioxyz/camport3.git

  2. Navigate to the lib\win\hostapp\x64 directory.

  3. Open the terminal and run the following command. The Serial Number(SN) can be found on the camera body label:

    .\SimpleView_FetchFrame.exe -id <Serial Number(SN)>