alliance vision
  DirectX Capture driver for
LabVIEW / IMAQ Vision 
version 3.0 (June 2006)


Windows 2000/XP
About the driver:

The “DirectX driver for LabVIEW” is a software tool for interfacing DirectX / WDM compatible devices, with the National Instruments LabVIEW environment. This software will allow you to build LabVIEW applications based on DirectX / WDM compatible devices (USB or IEEE-1394 webcams).

The "DirectX capture driver for LabVIEW" features the following functionnalities :
  • Enumerate the available devices.
  • Enumerate ths available video formats.
  • Modify the current video format programmatically or with a property page
  • Modfiy the device settings programmatically or with a property page.
  • Acquire images from a DirectX compatible device, into an IMAQ image or a LabVIEW 2D array.
  • Display a camcorder video stream into a floating window.
  • Save a camcorder video stream into an AVI file (up to 30 frames/second).
Hardware Requirements:
  • USB port, or IEEE-1394 OHCI board (depending of the device).
  • IBM PC or compatible computer with Pentium III class or later processor.

 

Software Requirements:
  • Microsoft DirectX version 9.0 runtime (supplied).
  • Microsoft Windows NT 2000/XP Operating system.
  • National Instruments LabVIEW 7.0 or later.
  • National Instruments Vision Development Module 7.0 or later, OR National Instruments NI-IMAQ 3.0 or later.