Vision Components VC Smart Camera Manual de usuario

Getting Started VC Smart Cameras I

Vision

Components

The Smart Camera People

Getting Started VC Smart Cameras

Software Installation, Hardware Setup and Communication

for VC Smart Cameras with Texas Instruments DSP

Revision 3.1 May 2011

Document name: Getting_Started_VC.pdf

Vision Components GmbH Ettlingen,

Germany

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Foreword and Disclaimer

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This documentation has been prepared with most possible care. However Vision Components GmbH

does not take any liability for possible errors. In the interest of progress, Vision Components GmbH

reserves the right to perform technical changes without further notice.

Please notify support@vision-components.com if you become aware of any errors in this manual or

if a certain topic requires more detailed documentation.

This manual is intended for information of Vision Component’s customers only. Any publication of this

document or parts thereof requires written permission by Vision Components GmbH.

Trademarks

Code Composer Studio and TMS320C6000, Windows XP, Total Commander, Tera Term, Motorola

are registered Trademarks. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

References under “Support + Download” on www.vision-components.com:

„Tech News“– for up to date information on VC Software and Documentation.

„Knowledge Base / FAQ“ - searchable Database with latest software developments, frequently asked

questions and demo programs.

“Download Center” for all documentation and Software downloads – refer to the following table:

Description Title on Website Download Center

Introduction to VC Smart Camera

programming

Programming Tutorial for

VC20XX and VC40XX Cameras

Service & Support Download Center

Documentation Getting Started VC

Demo programs and sample code

used in the Programming Tutorial

Tutorial_Code Service & Support Download Center

Documentation Getting Started VC

VC4XXX Hardware Manual VC4XXX Smart Cameras

Hardware Documentation

Service & Support Download Center

Documentation Hardware

VCRT Operation System Functions

Manual

VCRT 5.0 Software Manual Service & Support Download Center

Documentation Software

VCRT Operation System TCP/IP

Functions Manual

VCRT 5.0 TCP/IP Manual Service & Support Download Center

Documentation Software

VCLIB 3.0 Image Processing Library

Manual

VCLIB 3.0 Software Manual Service & Support Download Center

Documentation Software

The Light bulb highlights hints and ideas that may be helpful for a development.

This warning sign alerts of possible pitfalls to avoid. Please pay careful attention to sections

marked with this sign.

Author: VC Support, mailto:[email protected]

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Table of Contents

1How to use this manual 1

2Software Overview 2

3Code Composer Studio 4

3.1 Use of the correct Code Composer Studio Version 4

3.2 Downloading CCS 5

3.2.1 Customers with full VCRT/VCLIB licence 5

3.2.2 Customers with loan licence 5

4Installation with Code Composer Studio 3.1 and 3.3 6

4.1 Installation of Code Composer Studio 3.1 and 3.3 6

4.2 Setup of Code Composer Studio 3.1 and 3.3 7

4.3 Installation of VCRT and VCLIB PC Libraries 8

4.3.1 Download and Installation of VC Special Libraries 9

4.3.2 VC’s new licensing System 9

4.3.3 Initialization of VC Library Functions within the Camera Program 10

4.4 Generated File Structure on PC 11

4.5 Creating a CCS project 12

4.6 Adjusting Compiler and Linker Settings 13

4.6.1 The default settings of the “General” tab (final build steps) are: 14

4.6.2 Changing the name of the compiled program 14

4.6.3 The default Compiler settings are: 15

4.6.4 The default linker settings are: 15

4.6.5 Summary of adjustments required with Software Updates 16

4.7 Compiling C Programs 17

5Installation with Code Composer Studio 4.x 19

5.1 Installation of Code Composer Studio 4.x 19

5.2 Installation of VCRT and VCLIB PC libraries 20

5.2.1 Download and Installation of VC Special Libraries 21

5.2.2 VC’s new licensing System 21

5.2.3 Initialization of VC Library Functions within the Camera Program 22

5.3 Generated file structure on PC 23

5.4 Creating the first CCS4 project 24

5.5 Adjusting compiler and linker settings 26

5.5.1 General settings 26

5.5.2 Changing the name of the compiled program 27

5.5.3 Compiler settings 27

5.5.4 Linker settings 28

5.5.5 Final build steps 28

5.6 Compiling a C program 30

5.6.1 Compiling “Hello World” 30

5.6.2 Compiling other source files 31

5.6.3 Creating new projects 31

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6PC TCP/IP Configuration for VC’s Ethernet Cameras 32

7Cabling of VC Smart Cameras 33

8Communicating with the Camera 34

8.1 The Camera Shell 34

8.2 Camera Directory Structure and supported File Types 35

8.3 Camera Shell access via Terminal Program (TeraTerm) 36

8.3.1 Converting “*.out” Files into “*.msf” Files for Serial and Telnet upload 37

8.3.2 Program uploading using TeraTerm 38

8.4 FTP Communication with “Total Commander” 39

8.5 Changing the IP address on Ethernet cameras 40

8.5.1 Resetting the IP address to the default address 41

8.6 Starting Camera Programs with an Autoexec 44

8.6.1 Preventing the execution of an autoexec file for Serial cameras 44

8.6.2 Preventing the Execution of an Autoexec file for Ethernet cameras 44

Appendix A: Download of VCRT and VCLib PC- Updates A

Appendix B: Registration on the VC Website B

Appendix C: Communication Troubleshooting C

Appendix D: Shipping Cameras for Repair D

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1 How to use this manual

This manual represents a step by step guide that is designed to minimize the set up and installation

time of your entire VC Smart Camera development environment.

This guide is valid only for VC Smart Cameras with Texas Instruments DSP – not for cameras with

ADSP DSP (VCMXX, VCSBC11- 50, VCXX).

This guide has been kept as detailed as necessary to accommodate first time users and as brief as

possible to explain every step from software installation to uploading first programs to the camera.

Additional information about software compatibility, communication trouble shooting, registration of the

VC software in order to access the customer support section and more has been provided in the

appendix.

We advise all users to carefully read at least the regular sections of this manual.

Working through the “Programming Tutorial” as a second step completes the introduction to

programming VC Smart Cameras and allows the creation of first applications with minimal training

time.

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2 Software Overview

The following software tools are required for programming and operating Vision Components Smart

Cameras with Texas Instruments processor:

On the PC (VC SDK-TI)1On the Camera

Ti Code Composer Studio C cross compiler

Vision Components VCRT operation system function

libraries

Vision Components VCRT operation system

Vision Components VCLIB image processing Libraries

Ti Code Composer Studio C cross compiler

Code Composer Studio (CCS) is a comfortable graphical development platform for programming

Vision Component Smart cameras. Following these installation instructions allows quick creation of

camera programs based on the predefined project files that already include all settings necessary.

This documentation describes the main CCS functions required for creating camera programs. Refer

to the extensive help and documentation resources available under the CCS help menu.

Note that currently only the Code Composer Studio Versions 3.1, 3.3 and 4.x are approved for

programming VC cameras, versions 2.x are not supported anymore.

Attention must be paid to the compiler (Code Generation Tools, CGT) version – refer to the next

section for details. For an up to date list of approved CCS and CGT versions, please refer to the

“Support News” section in the “Support + Download” area of the VC website.

Also refer to section 4.6 for adjusting the compiler settings to match the different CCS versions.

VCRT operation system function libraries for PC

The VCRT PC library includes all main camera functions that are not image processing functions:

- Image acquisition functions

- Video Control Functions

- Memory allocation functions

- DRAM access and flash functions

- IO functions

- RS232 / Telnet functions

- TCP/IP functions

- System variables

1The Software Development Kit required to program VC Smart Cameras with TI DSP is now called

“VC SDK-Ti”, order number: VK000096.

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Included further are a range of utility functions. Refer to the VCRT5 documentation for further

reference. This document also details the shell functions available for controlling VC cameras.

Vision Components VCRT Smart Camera operation system

VCRT is a purpose developed real- time, multi- tasking operating system that fully utilizes the

calculation performance of the latest Texas Instrument DSP’s.

The main features are:

- Interrupt driven, jitter free background image acquisition (hardware or software triggered)

- Image acquisition, transfer and processing possible in parallel.

- Handling of all camera communication and IOs

- Programmable input and output lookup table

- Memory management for flash, DRAM and MMC / SD

- Shell environment for controlling the main camera functions

Refer to the VCRT5 documentation for further reference on the VCRT operation system functions.

While the VCLIB functions are independent form the camera programmed, some cameras feature

special VCRT functions depending on the particular hardware. Refer to the programming section

included in the corresponding camera documentations in this case (for instance information on

programming the additional serial interface of the VC4XXX cameras is included in the VC4XXX

product manual).

VCLIB image processing Libraries for PC

The VCLIB includes the extensive range of image processing functions available for VC cameras – for

instance:

- Macros simplifying the processing and display of captured images

- Functions for processing grey scale images

- Functions for processing and evaluating binary images

- Graphics functions for adding graphics and text to image or overlay

To ensure compatibility and to ease the installation process the VCLIB setup is combined with the

VCRT setup in one installation. Two different setup files are available for download, depending

on the version of Code Composer Studio: 3.x or 4.x.

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3 Code Composer Studio

3.1 Use of the correct Code Composer Studio Version

Please only install and use CCS versions approved by Vision Components, as we have to adjust

to changes of the TI compiler.

At the time of printing of this manual, only the following CCS versions are approved for

programming VC cameras:

Current development platforms: CCS v. 4.x and CCS v 3.3

→Code Composer Studio v. 4.x (“Platinum”) with Code Generation Tools 6.0.28 (refer to the

next section for details)

→Code Composer Studio v. 3.3 (“Platinum”) with Code Generation Tools 6.0.28 or 5.1.13 (refer

to the next section for details)

For C++ programmers it is advised to use Code Generation Tools version 6.1.x (6.1.19 at the time of

printing), because of its support of the STL C++ library.

Alternative CCS Versions:

→Code Composer Studio v. 3.1. with Code Generation Tools 5.1.13

Check the “Tech News” section on our website for an updated list of approved SW configurations!

Note the compiler and linker adjustments or different project files required in order to accommodate

different CCS versions (refer to section 4.4 and 4.6).

For new users, it is advised to use the newer version CCS v4.x! Please follow the steps in the

next chapter.

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3.2 Downloading CCS

3.2.1 Customers with full VCRT/VCLIB licence

For paying customers, Vision Components ships a CD of Code Composer Studio 3.3. However it is

advised to install the newer version CCS v4.

This version is only available for download here (registration on the TI website is necessary):

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Download_CCS (first download link)

This version is a complete version but limited to 30 days (extension to 120 possible). To get a full

licence, please send your CCS 3 Service Code to TI (this code is inside the CD cover of CCS 3.3), at

the following email address, and ask for a CCS v4 activation ID:

[email protected]

You will get a full licence in return, and instructions on how to activate it.

It is not necessary to install CCS 3 from the CD if you want to install CCS v4!

3.2.2 Customers with loan licence

Customers who have a camera on loan can work with the time-limited (30 days) version:

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Download_CCS (first download link)

and extend the licence to 120 days on the TI website (this can be managed online after registration,

on this page:

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/CCSv4_Getting_Started_Guide#Extending_the_license

_for_90_days).

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4 Installation with Code Composer Studio 3.1 and 3.3

This chapter describes the installation with Code Composer Studio 3.x. If you have Code

Composer Studio 4.x, go directly to the next chapter, Installation with Code Composer

Studio 4.x.

4.1 Installation of Code Composer Studio 3.1 and 3.3

Please follow the installation steps below:

1. Log in to your PC with administrator rights.

2. In case of updating an existing installation take a backup copy of your projects saved in the TI

directory.

3. CCS 3.1 and CCS3.3 (Full and Eval. Versions): Select “Custom Install” or “Typical Install”.

4. CCS 3.1 and CCS3.3 (Full and Eval. Versions): Change the installation directory to C:\ti as

VC Libraries require this working directory. The installation path needs to be changed prior to

selecting program features.

5. CCS 3.1 and CCS3.3 (Full and Eval. Versions): Select Program features to install:

TMS320C6000 Platform Support (also install TMS320C6400 Platform Support if available).

6. Select “Next”

7. Select “Next” – the installation process begins. This may take several minutes.

8. Acknowledge following message: ”Setup has generated the file <DosRun.bat> in C:\ti…”

9. Use the “Update Advisor” in the help menu of the CCS program to download available updates.

For registration please use the CCS Service Code printed on the “Registration and

Subscription Service Card” in your “CCS Development Tools” folder (Full CCS license only).

10. Note that currently only CCS v. 3.1 and v.3.3 are approved for programming of VC Cameras.

We have to adjust our SW and project files due to often undocumented changes between CCS

versions. As this is a time consuming process, it may not always be possible to use the latest

CCS or CGTools versions. Check in the “Support” News for an up to date list of approved

development tools!

11. If using CCS 3.3, download and install this version of the compiler : “Code Generation Tools

6.0.28” from the TI site. Use the Menu Help -> Update Advisor -> Check for updates in Code

Composer, then log in on the webpage that appears, and look for Code Generation Tools

Updates. Look for the 6.0.28 for windows and download it. Choose C:\ti\c6000\cgtools as

destination folder and acknowledge when the installation program asks about replacing files

(“yes to all”)

12. Tick “Yes, I want to restart my computer now” and click the “Finish” button to restart the

computer.

13. Re- boot your PC after completion of each installation or update.

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