Enabling PoCL Support

You need to enable PoCL support on the frame grabber if you want to use the following components together: 

PoCL Disabled per Default (marathon and LightBridge)

 

PoCL support is disabled per default for marathon and LightBridge frame grabbers if you are running applets out of applet set version 2.0 (or higher) or an individual applet created with VisualApplets 3.0.6 (or higher).

   

 

Runtime Version 5.5.1 or higher Required

 

You enable PoCL support in microDiagnostics. MicroDiagnostics comes as part of the Silicon Software runtime software installation. To enable PoCL support, you need to install runtime version 5.5.1 or higher.

   

To enable PoCL support for using a PoCL camera with a marathon or LightBridge frame grabber

  1. Open the tool microDiagnostics, which comes as part of the runtime installation (installation directory, subdirectory bin). For activating PoCL support, you need to use runtime version 5.5.1 or higher.
  2. In the Frame Grabber pane of microDiagnostics, select the board you want to enable the PoCL support for.
  3. From the Tools menu, select Board Settings.
  4. In the dialog, select Enable PoCL Detection.

  1. Re-configure the FPGA on the frame grabber. To do so, you can either
    • activate/load another applet, or
    • cold-boot your host PC.

Now, PoCL support on the frame grabber is enabled.

 

microEnable IV and ironman Frame Grabbers

 

You do not need to enable PoCL support for microEnable IV or ironman Frame grabbers:

  • microEnable IV: All microEnable IV Camera Link frame grabbers are available in two flavors, as "CL" (without PoCL support) and as "PoCL" (with PoCL support). Enabling PoCL via microDiagnostics is not necessary.
  • mE 5 ironman: On mE 5 AD8-PoCL and mE 5 VD8-PoCLframe grabbers, enabling PoCL via microDiagnostics is not necessary.
   

 

Disabling PoCL Support

 

For disabling PoCL support, refer to section Disabling PoCL Support.