AW00132007000 Basler Application Note
How to Use the Basler pylon USB 3.0 AIK Adapter with Cognex VisionPro 2
1 Introduction
The Basler pylon USB 3.0 AIK Adapter enables you to operate Basler USB 3.0 cameras with
Cognex VisionPro. After a few configuration steps, Basler USB 3.0 cameras are displayed in
VisionPro where you can configure them as desired.
The Basler pylon USB 3.0 AIK Adapter is available in a .zip file containing the .msi files for 32-bit
and 64-bit operating systems (pylonAIK_Setup_x86.msi and pylonAIK_Setup_x64.msi) as well
as the pylon 5 Runtime, which contains support for USB 3.0 cameras on 32- and 64-bit operating
systems. You can download it here:
https://www.baslerweb.com/en/support/downloads/software-
downloads/.
1.1 Supported Pixel Formats
The current version of the AIK adapter supports a subset of pixel formats of Basler USB 3.0
cameras. Following is a list of supported formats:
Mono 8
Mono 12
Mono 12p
Mono 12 Packed
Bayer BG 8
Bayer GB 8
Bayer RG 8
Bayer RG 12
Bayer RG 12p
RGB 8
BGR 8
YCbCr422_8
More formats will be added in future releases
.
1.2 Connecting and Disconnecting Cameras
The adapter lists the cameras available when VisionPro starts. Cameras that are connected to the
computer when VisionPro is already running will not be displayed.
If cameras are disconnected during runtime, they will not be removed from the device list in the
Image Source dialog of VisionPro. Trying to perform any actions on them will result in an error
message.
It is also not possible to reconnect disconnected cameras while VisionPro is running. VisionPro
has to be restarted for these cameras to be available again in VisionPro.