Use Epic Eye to Control Camera Data Acquisition

This tutorial uses the Pixel Pro camera as an example to guide you through the following tasks, demonstrating the basic process of using Epic Eye to control camera data acquisition on Ubuntu. If you need installation tutorials for other camera models, please refer to Camera Hardware Manual.

Camera Installation

Please refer to Epic Eye Pixel Pro for installation steps.

Configure Camera IP Address and IPC IP Address

  1. Use How to Get and Set the Camera IP to query and modify the camera IP address.

  2. Configure the IPC IP address to be in the same subnet as the camera IP according to How to Set Industrial PC IP.

Log in to Epic Eye

Follow the steps below to log in to Epic Eye.

  1. Open a browser (Chrome recommended) and enter the current camera IP address and port number (e.g., 192.168.33.66:5000).

  2. The first time you log in to Epic Eye, you need to set a login password. After setting, enter the login password on the login page and click Login.

Data Acquisition

Click the Capture button at the bottom right of the software interface to control the camera for a single data acquisition.

For more information on data acquisition, please refer to How to Capture and View Data.

Adjust Parameters

If the acquired data is not satisfactory, you can adjust the parameters to improve data quality.

  • The 2D image should not be too bright or too dark, and the surface features of the target object should be clearly visible.

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    Too Dark

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    Too Bright

    If the 2D image is too dark, increase the exposure time in the 2D parameter panel; if it is too bright, decrease the exposure time. By continuously adjusting the exposure time, you can observe the trend of changes in the 2D image and find the optimal parameter value for the current scenario.

  • In the depth map and point cloud, the data of the target object should be complete.

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    Incomplete Point Cloud

    Complete Point Cloud

    If the target object is a dark or non-reflective object, increase the exposure time in the 3D parameter panel; if the object is light-colored or reflective, decrease the exposure time. By continuously adjusting the exposure time, you can observe the trend of changes in the depth map and point cloud, and find the optimal parameter value for the current scenario. For more details on parameter adjustments, please refer to How to Adjust Parameters.