Double-click the NI MAX icon on the desktop. You can use NI MAX to modify camera properties. Once you have saved these properties, they become the default settings for all NI-IMAQ applications.

Expand Devices and Interfaces and NI-IMAQ Devices to display a list of the image acquisition devices installed on your computer.

Click Have Disk.

In the Install from Disk dialog box, browse to the driver location. The legacy driver version is installed to <National Instruments>NI-IMAQdxStagingNI GigE Vision.

Click Next.

Click Close.

Install the NIC and any related drivers. Refer to the NIC device documentation for installation instructions.

Enable jumbo frames (frame packet size is greater than 1,500 bytes) on your NIC.

Disable the Windows Firewall or any additional third party firewalls on the port. Windows Firewall can be disabled on individual ports from the Advanced tab of the Windows Firewall applet.

Right-click the NIC in the Device Manager, and select Properties.

Click the Advanced tab, and Jumbo Frames will appear in the Property list if supported by your NIC.

Select the largest frame size available and click OK.

Connect the camera.

Run NI MAX.

Double-click the NI MAX icon on your desktop. You can use NI MAX to modify camera attributes. After you have saved these attributes, they become the default settings for all NI-IMAQdx or NI Vision applications.

Expand Devices and Interfaces»NI-IMAQdx in the configuration tree to display a list of the cameras installed on your computer.

For IEEE 1394 and USB3 Vision cameras, NI-IMAQdx may not be associated with the camera if a third-party driver is installed. If this is the case, change the associated driver by right-clicking the camera and selecting Driver»NI-IMAQdx.

Select the camera from the list. You then can view or modify the camera attributes on the Camera Attributes tab located below the image viewer.

Install NI-IMAQdx software on your Windows development machine.

Ensure that your RT target is connected to the same subnet as the Windows development machine.

Run NI MAX.

Install NI-IMAQdx on the Real-Time target, using one of the following options:

Connect your camera to your remote system.

Press <F5> to refresh the NI MAX configuration tree. Your camera should be listed in the Remote Systems list.

Expand Devices and Interfaces»NI-IMAQdx in the configuration tree to display a list of the cameras installed on your computer.

Select the camera from the list. You then can view or modify the camera attributes from the Camera Attributes panel located below the image viewer.

Double-click the NI MAX icon on your desktop.

Expand the Remote Systems list in the configuration tree.

Select your RT target in the list.

Configure your network settings. Refer to the Remote Systems Help in NI MAX (Help»Help Topics»Remote Systems) for instructions about configuring network settings.

Click the Software item below the RT target in the configuration tree.

Click Add/Remove Software on the NI MAX toolbar to launch the LabVIEW Real-Time Software Wizard.

If you are given a choice of Recommended Software Sets, choose custom software installation and click Next to proceed with a custom installation.

Select NI-IMAQdx, as well as any additional software you would like to install on the target machine.

Click Next. Review the list of software you selected to install.

Click Next to begin downloading the software to the target machine. When NI MAX has finished downloading the software, it restarts the remote device.

Click Finish.

Click the Software item below the RT target in the configuration tree.

Click Add/Remove Software on the NI MAX toolbar to launch the LabVIEW Real-Time Software Wizard.

Select Vision Software or NI CompactRIO under the version of the LabVIEW Real-Time Module you are using.

Click Next.

Select any additional add-ons you would like to install to the target machine. For some real-time targets, such as CompactRIO controllers, NI-IMAQdx or supported camera types will appear as an add-on.

Click Next. Review the list of software you selected to install.

Click Next to begin downloading the software to the target machine. When NI MAX has finished downloading the software, it restarts the remote device.

Click Finish.

Recommended Software Set on supported Smart Cameras, Embedded Vision Systems, Compact Vision Systems, and CompactRIO controllers

Custom installation

For more information on silent installations of individual NI products, refer to KB 4CJDP38M, Automating the Installation of a Single Installer.

For more information on silent installations of suited NI products, such as NI Developer Suite, refer to KB 4GGGDQH0, Automating the Installation of a Suited Installer.

To determine what version of NI Installers your product contains, refer to KB 4CJDR18M, How Can I Determine the Type and Version of My National Instruments Installer?.

Runtime installers are localized for deployment, but the development support installers are not. This could lead to a partially localized installation from a custom-built installer.

Changing the interface of an NI-IMAQ device in MAX requires a Refresh (F5) for the update to complete.

Windows 10 systems with Secure Boot enabled cannot load the default installed USB3 Vision drivers. Refer to the Configuring NI-IMAQdx section of this document for more information.

Volume License Manager attempts to check out available NI Vision Development Module licenses before trying NI Vision Acquisition Software licenses.

Attempts to extend the evaluation period for NI Vision Acquisition Software licenses from within LabVIEW or the LabVIEW Runtime are unsuccessful in connecting to the internet.

Renaming a camera on some real-time targets may take a long time to complete.

On real-time Compact Vision Systems, switching serial transceiver configuration between RS-485 and RS-232 is not available in MAX. The port can be switched between these modes in the BIOS.

Only one NI PCIe-1473R framegrabber can use the virtual serial port at a time.

LabVIEW projects targeting the DRAM banks on the PCIe-1473R may give a configuration error when attempting to compile bitstreams. In certain combinations of LabVIEW and NI FlexRIO 14.5 or older, the instructions to fix this issue may be incorrect.

You can access the Measurement & Automation Explorer Help for NI-IMAQ and the Measurement & Automation Explorer Help for NI-IMAQdx from the NI MAX Help menu by selecting Help»Help Topics»NI Vision. These documents are installed to <LabVIEW>examplesVision Acquisition, where niimaq.fp, imaqio.fp function panels are installed to C:UsersPublicDocumentsNational InstrumentsCVI<National Instruments>VisionHelp.

To view text-based example programs, select Start»All Programs»National Instruments»Vision»Examples, and then select the driver you want to see examples for. You can also navigate to <National Instruments>_Legal Information and <National Instruments>SharedMDFLegallicense directory.

Review <font face="" "="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><National Instruments>_Legal Information.txt for information on including legal information in installers built with NI products.

If only one driver is listed as NI-IMAQdx USB3 Vision Device, it is the default installed driver and must be overridden:
Installing the Universal GigE Vision Driver

Configuring NI-IMAQdx for Windows

Configuring NI-IMAQdx for the LabVIEW Real-Time Module

Automating the Installation of NI Products

Known IssuesNI-IMAQNI-IMAQdxNI-IMAQ I/ODocumentation and Examples

NI Vision Acquisition Software Documentation for NI MAX