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Open camera tooling

Camera tooling allows you to configure cameras directly from your browser using Pylon Viewer and IP Configurator. This feature is available for on-premises installations with the camera tooling feature flag enabled.

  • Pylon Viewer: Adjust camera settings and download PFS (Pylon Feature Stream) files for use in Robovision AI.
  • IP Configurator: Configure IP addresses on your cameras.

To access camera tooling

  1. On the Camera management page, go to the Cameras tab.

  2. Click Open camera tooling.

    A noVNC page opens in your browser, allowing you to run Pylon Viewer and IP Configurator from your browser.

  3. Click Connect, and then enter your credentials.

To save camera settings as a PFS file

  1. In the camera tooling menu, enter '1' and press Enter.

    Open Pylon Viewer

  2. In Pylon Viewer, on the left, select the camera you want to configure.

    Camera selected

  3. (Optional) To preview the camera output, on the toolbar, click the preview button.

    Camera button

  4. Adjust the camera settings as needed.

  5. On the menu, select Camera > Save features.

    Save features

  6. Navigate to the cameraadmin/pfs folder.

  7. Click Save.

    Save PFS

    The PFS file is saved and becomes available when adding cameras in Robovision AI.

To return to the terminal, close the Pylon Viewer window.

To download a PFS file to your computer

  1. In your browser address bar, remove /vnc from the URL.
  2. Navigate to the cameraadmin/pfs folder.
  3. Download the PFS file you need.

To configure IP addresses

  1. In the camera tooling menu, enter '2' and press Enter.

    Open IP Configurator

    The pylon IP Configurator opens in a new window.

  2. In the top pane of the IP Configurator, select the camera whose IP configuration you want to change.

  3. In the lower left pane of the IP Configurator, change the necessary settings:

    • Static IP: Assign a permanent IP address to the camera. You may also need to specify a subnet mask and a gateway. Make sure that the camera is in the same subnet as the adapter and has a unique IP address.
    • DHCP: Allow a DHCP server to assign an IP address to the camera.
    • Auto IP (LLA): Let the camera assign itself an IP address automatically.

  4. Click Save.