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Unread 01-02-2007, 20:17
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Originally Posted by Slick View Post
Need help… We are having a serious problem it seems in calibrating our camera. We are using LABview and putting the target(green light) about 12 feet away. The camera seems to only see a bright white light. We run the program (Bells and Whistles version) and the camera pans and tilts correctly (it seems), but never acquires the target. Can anyone tell me how to calibrate the camera…. And what code needs to change to acquire the target. Shouldn’t the camera stop when the target is found? What are we missing?
Try using a bright light. And also set the white balancing on the camera. May I sugest the briliant program by Kevin for focusing and tweaking you camera. It uses java and I believe the second tab from the left will answer alot of your questions!