About This Manual
NI 17xx Smart Camera User Manual x ni.com
Related Documentation
The following documents contain information that you may find helpful as
you read this manual:
Hardware Documents
• Getting Started with the NI 17xx Smart Camera—Contains important
safety information and information about installing and configuring
NI Smart Cameras and accessories. You can access this manual by
navigating to Start»All Programs»National Instruments»Vision»
Documentation»NI-IMAQ.
• NI Developer Zone—Contains example programs, tutorials, technical
presentations, the Instrument Driver Network, a measurement
glossary, an online magazine, a product advisor, and a community area
where you can share ideas, questions, and source code with developers
around the world. The NI Developer Zone is located on the National
Instruments Web site at
ni.com/zone. You can find the following
documents in the NI Developer Zone:
– Using the NI 17xx Smart Camera Direct Drive Lighting
Controller—Demonstrates how to utilize the Direct Drive lighting
controller feature on the NI 17xx Smart Camera with LabVIEW
or Vision Builder for Automated Inspection.
– A Practical Guide to Machine Vision Lighting—Explains
machine vision lighting concepts and theories.
NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection Documents
• NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection Tutorial—Describes
Vision Builder for Automated Inspection and provides step-by-step
instructions for solving common visual inspection tasks, such as
inspection, gauging, part presence, guidance, and counting.
• NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection: Configuration
Help—Contains information about using the Vision Builder for
Automated Inspection Configuration Interface to create a machine
vision application.
• NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection: Inspection
Help—Contains information about running applications created with
Vision Builder for Automated Inspection in the Vision Builder
Automated Inspection Interface.