Itala | INSTRUCTION MANUAL
4.3 System configuration
NOTE: the camera firmware is updated frequently to add new features and improve the existing
ones. Regularly check on Opto Engineering website for the availability of a new firmware version
and update the camera before installation.
4.3.1 System requirements
The Itala SDK can be installed in a system working with one of the following OS:
• Microsoft Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
• Ubuntu 18.04 / 20.04 / 22.04 (64-bit)
Proper functioning of the camera has not been tested with other operating systems.
Contact your Opto Engineering representative for further information.
Be careful to use a NIC (network interface card) which supports Gigabit Ethernet communication:
in particular, choose a NIC with jumbo frame packets capability.
The Itala camera is a high performance device which streams uncompressed images with high data
throughput. In order to guarantee optimal performances, the host system should be sufficiently
powerful to handle the large amount of data sent by the camera. Consider choosing a high perfor-
mance CPU and enough amount of RAM for the image acquisition and processing of your specific
application.
4.3.2 Driver installation
To better handle the image streaming high throughput, it’s recommended to use the Itala filter
driver. The filter driver intercepts GigE Vision streaming protocol packets, reassembles the whole
payload and sends it directly to the application image buffer. This allows to skip the standard net-
work protocol stack that would increase latency and CPU usage on the host machine (Fig.2). The
result is a low level packet handling offload which optimizes the host system resources consump-
tion.
The Itala SDK installer takes care of the necessary filter drivers which are automatically installed
on the host computer.
NOTE: a filter driver for Ubuntu operating system is currently under development and will be
released soon. Please check the changelog to verify if it’s present on your current SDK version.
You can check for successful installation of the filter driver on your Ethernet connection property
window. Go to Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter settings, right-click on
your Ethernet connection and select Properties. In the Networking tab you should see the filter driver
entry with a selected checkbox, as shown in Fig.3.
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