Multicast Settings

By enabling Multicast, a GigE Vision camera can be accessed through multiple Softwares. This is especially useful when a camera needs to be accessed by different end users. Before that, you need to configure roles for the Softwares to specify different permission for them to access different cameras.

Note:

  • Multicast configuration is only available for GigE Vision cameras.

  • Multicast configuration should be supported by the GigE Vision camera.

For different cameras, a Software can be configured with different roles to access them. In other words, the end user of a Software can have different permissions to access different cameras. The following roles are available:

Table 1 Role Description

Role

Description

Controller and Data Receiver

The camera's features are editable, and the Software can receive camera data to display live image.

Controller

The camera's features are editable, but the Software cannot receive camera data to display live images.

Data Receiver

The camera's features are NOT editable, but the Software can receive camera data to display live images.

Note:

  • You cannot set the role of a Software as Data Receiver manually.

  • Multiple Softwares can be Data Receiver of the same camera.
Note:

  • For one camera, only one Software can be the role of "Controller and Data Receiver" or "Controller".

  • You can configure Multicast for a camera only when the role is set to "Controller and Data Receiver" or "Controller".

  • For the Softwares running on the same PC, one of them can only be configured as "Controller" and the others as "Data Receiver".