Quick Installation Guide
Basler ace 1
1 Introduction
The installation procedures in this guide assume that you want to get your camera operational and
begin capturing images as quickly and as simply as possible. Accordingly, this procedure makes
the following assumptions:
That you will be doing a desktop installation of a single ace camera for testing purposes.
That you will be using a PC equipped with one of the following operating systems:
That you will be connecting the ace camera directly to a single port GigE network card in the
PC and that the PC has only one network card.
That the chipset on the network card in the PC is compatible with the Basler performance
driver included in the pylon package. To see a current list of the compatible chipsets, go to:
www.baslerweb.com/beitraege/faq_en_74662.html
That you will be using a GigE power injector or a 12 VDC camera power supply obtained from
Basler (or the equivalent) to power the camera.
That you will be installing the Basler pylon software package on your computer and that pylon
software is being installed for the first time. You can download the pylon package here:
www.baslerweb.com/beitraege/maildownload_formular_en_59126.html
Be sure to download the pylon version that is appropriate for your operating system.
This procedure assumes that you will be installing pylon version 2.2 (the most current version
on the date this document was written). If you install an earlier version, the camera’s
functionality may be limited.
That you will be using the pylon Viewer to set the parameters on your camera and to view
captured images.
1.1 General Preparations
Make sure that the following items are available before starting installation:
A Basler ace camera.
A suitable power supply for the camera.
A Cat 6E or better network cable (two cables if you are using a power injector).
An appropriate lens.
If you already know what lens you will be using in your application, use this lens. Otherwise, we
suggest that you use a zoom lens for your initial testing and setup.
32 bit Windows 2000 SP4 64 bit Windows XP x64 SP2
32 bit Windows XP SP2/SP3 64 bit Windows Vista x64
32 bit Windows Vista