Setting the Link Topology for LAG

To run the LAG applets, you have to set up two link groups out of the four gigabit Ethernet ports of your frame grabber:

  1. Start microDisplay X.
    You find microDisplayX.exe in your Silicon Software runtime installation directory, sub-directory bin (for example: C:\Program Files\SiliconSoftware\Runtime5.7.0\bin\microDisplayX.exe).
  2. Select the GigE Vision frame grabber board you want to set the link topology for.
  3. Go to tab Hardware, subtab Link Configuration.
  4. Under Link Aggregation, click on the Edit button.

Now, you can edit the settings for link aggregation.

  1. Set the number of Link Groups to 2.
  2. Assign the individual camera links to link groups so that always 2 links belong to one link group.
    The primary camera port must always be assigned to the first link of the link group.
  3. Set the algorithm for both link groups to RoundRobin (GVCP Primary Only).
  4. Click Apply.

The four links of the frame grabber have now been grouped into two link groups using 2 links each.