Supported hardware platforms

From left to right:

VisionBox AGE-X1, standard and with PCIe option
VisionBox AGE-X2 "Tiger" and "Leopard" (not shown: "Wildcat", "Cheetah", "Panther"...)
VisionBox AGE-X3 "Tigrillo"
Machine Vision Controller (PCIe card)
VisionBox AGE-X4 "Serval+"
PCIe Camera Link card
VisionBox AGE-X5
Machine Vision Manager (external USB device)

Overview

The VisionBox .NET Library gives the user access to interfaces and special features of the IMAGO VisionBox, VisionBoards and Machine Vision Manager. The library is based on the underlying VisionBox Interface Library for C++.

Real-Time Communication Controller

The Real-Time Communication Controller (RTCC) is the central device controlling the different interfaces. The major part of the controller is implemented by a FPGA. It provides user-programmable logic and internal units operating independent from the operating system. Many time-critital applications can be realized without using a real-time operating system.

The Library

All classes and functions for this library reside in the namespace VIB_NET.

Please take a look at the Devices and Examples pages on how to use the API.

Hardware support

The following table list the supported devices / classes for the different hardware platforms. Please note that the actual presence of devices depends on the actual hardware configuration and installed options:

Supported device classes for different hardware platforms
Platform	Hardware component	Supported device classes (hover for description)
Platform	Hardware component	Service This class contains functions associated with the hardware component or the whole system	Strobe This class represents the LED Strobe Controller.	CameraTrigger This class controls the digital camera trigger output.	Led This class controls the status LEDs.	DigitalInput This class represents a group of optically coupled input signals.	DigitalOutput This class controls the optically isolated output signals.	RS422 This class controls the RS-422 interface.	TriggerGenerator This module controls the FPGA Trigger Unit.	Multiplexer This class controls the Multiplexer unit which connects signal sources and sinks with each other.	IOScheduler This class controls the I/O Scheduler which allows to store and emit output signals in hard real-time.	PowerOverEthernet This class represents the PowerOverEthernet (PoE) module, which allows gathering information about the current state of attached PoE devices.	TriggerOverEthernet This class represents the TriggerOverEthernet (ToE) module which allows the generation of GigE Action Commands.	CameraLinkIn This class represents the Camera Link grabber module.	RS232 This class represents the RS232 which allows sending and receiving data over a RS232 port.	LCD This class controls the status display of the Machine Vision Controller.
VisionBox AGE-X1	Mainboard with RTCC	yes	yes		yes	yes		yes	yes	no		no		no		no
VisionBox AGE-X2	Mainboard with RTCC	yes	yes		yes	yes		no	yes	yes		no		no		no
	Smart NIC	yes	no		no	no		no	no	no		yes		no		no
	Camera Link	yes	no		no	no		yes	no	no		no		yes		no
VisionBox AGE-X3	I/O board with RTCC	yes	yes		yes	yes		no	yes	yes		no		no		no
VisionBox AGE-X4^[1]	Mainboard without RTCC	yes	no		no	no		no	no	no		no		no		no
VisionBox AGE-X5	Mainboard with RTCC	yes	yes		yes	yes		no	yes	yes		no		no		no
	Smart NIC	yes	no		no	no		no	no	no		yes		no		no
	Camera Link	yes	no		no	no		yes	no	no		no		yes		no
VisionBoards (PCIe cards)	Machine Vision Controller (RTCC)	yes	yes		no	yes		yes	yes	yes		no		no		yes
	Smart NIC	yes	no		no	no		no	no	no		yes		no		no
	Camera Link card	yes	no		no	no		yes	no	no		no		yes		no
Machine Vision Manager	USB device with RTCC	yes	yes		yes	yes		yes	yes	yes		no	yes	no		no

The VisionBox AGE-X4 additionally uses VisionBoards. It generally includes the PCIe Machine Vision Controller card, because the RTCC is not present on the mainboard.

Please note that each factory can provide multiple devices of the same type and each device can have multiple I/O channels.
For example, the VisionBox AGE-X1 has a single VIB_NET::CameraTrigger devices which controls two output channels.
The VisionBox AGE-X2 "Tiger" has four devices, each controlling one output.
The number of channels can be read with VIB_NET::CameraTrigger::NumberOfOutputs or similar properties for other devices.