How Can I use my FLIR Spinnaker SDK USB3 Vision or GigE Vision Camera with MATLAB?

How Can I use my FLIR Spinnaker SDK USB3 Vision or GigE Vision Camera with MATLAB?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

FLIR GigE and USB3 cameras that are supported by the Spinnaker SDK are supported in MATLAB through the Image Acquisition Toolbox using the GenTL adapter. For more information, see

https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/gentl.html.

FLIR provides a GenTL producer for FLIR USB3 and GigE Vision cameras, which is included with the Spinnaker SDK. You can download the Spinnaker SDK from here:

https://www.flir.com/products/spinnaker-sdk/ 

You must select the x64 version.

• Before you install the Spinnaker SDK software suite, you might have to uninstall any existing versions of it from the Windows Control Panel.
• Reboot your computer after you have installed the Spinnaker SDK.
• Install the Image Acquisition Toolbox Support Package for GenICam Interface hardware support package in MATLAB.

To test if the camera is detected, run the following command in the MATLAB Command Window.

>> imaqhwinfo gentl

If the camera is not detected, confirm that the camera is detected in the vendor's utility (SpinView). If the camera is found in the vendor’s utility, try the troubleshooting steps in

https://www.mathworks.com/help/imaq/genicam-gentl-hardware.html

[Andrei]

Andrew, for cameras that work with FlyCapture SDK and pointgrey adaptor in MATLAB there is a workaround on how to embed metadata in the acquired images -- please contact MathWorks support.