AVT PvAPI SDK for GigE Vision® cameras

Supported cameras: Manta, Prosilica GC, GX, GT, GE, GS and GB

The AVT PvAPI SDK supports all GigE Vision® cameras from AVT.  PvAPI offers support for Windows, Linux, QNX, and OS X, allowing the same code base to be deployed across all major operating systems. 

First time users, and those evaluating an AVT GigE camera are encouraged to download the GigE Sample Viewer for Windows.  This allows users to operate AVT GigE Vision® cameras and explore camera features right out of the box.  For Linux, OSX or QNX, download the appropriate AVT PvAPI SDK. Precompiled versions of SampleViewer are included in the bin-pc directory.

Highlights

• Reliable, high-bandwidth data transfer at a very low CPU load
• Outstanding packet resend mechanism to ensure a secure image acquisition
• Link Aggregated Group (LAG) support to enable data rates up to 240Mbps (GX cameras only)
• GenICam-like feature control options. Camera features are made accessible via camera-internal XML file
• User-friendly package and driver install tools
• Comprehensive example collection including the source code of the GigE Sample Viewer
• Extensive application programming interface (API) and documentation allowing programmers an easy integration of AVT GigE Vision cameras into their Windows-based applications

 Operating systems

• Windows 2000 (32 bit only), Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7.
• Linux Distributions – Ubuntu (primary support), Suse, MontaVista Linux, Redhat, Fedora Core, etc.
• QNX 6.3, QNX 6.4.
• OSX 10.4.x, OSX 10.5.x, OSX 10.6.x, OSX 10.7.x.

CPU architectures

• 32 bit
• 64 bit 

Current version

Version 1.26 (10-Oct-2011)