CHANGELOG

2.6.8 (2024-10-16)

• gc_stream: - split RawCombined like IntensityCombined - apply writable chunk parameters every time after attaching the buffer

• gc_file: - Fixed possible problem when reading file via gc_file

2.6.7 (2024-08-23)

• Added functions and parameters to command line tools for loading and storing streamable parameters

• Throw an exception if an image buffer does not contain any data

• Added methods and function with timeout parameters for device discovery

2.6.6 (2024-06-04)

• Added armhf jobs for jammy

2.6.5 (2024-03-12)

• Added method to get remote port of device to directly read and write register

• Added functions to read and write GenICam register parameters

• Fixed write error message of gc_file tool

• fix for gcc 13: use global stdint

2.6.4 (2023-11-09)

• Fixed loading nodemap from file system

• Return device display name, if device user defined name returns an error

2.6.3 (2023-10-06)

• gc_config: -Fixed calling data latch to properly show PTP status

• gc_info: - Added choice to either use local or remote nodemap of device - Added extended output that includes printing the local nodemaps of system, interface and device as well

2.6.2 (2023-05-17)

• If available, use user defined name of device as display name

• Moving function for printing (part of) nodemap from tools to library

• gc_info: - Added possibility to edit nodemap in curses gui

• gc_stream: - Storing ChunkRcLineRatio in properties, if available - Added option to print chunk data

• Fixed build_win.bat: Include cmake files and allow renaming of base directory

• Fixed allocating too much memory in Image class

2.6.1 (2023-01-09)

• Fixed resetting of systems so that setSystemsPath() can be called again

• Report reason if loading of producer fails

• Fixed compiling under Windows

• Fixed reading registers with size that is less than the requested size

• Added convenience functions for loading and storing data on the camera via GenICam file interface

2.6.0 (2022-11-09)

• Upgraded GenAPI to version 3.4

• Changed gc_file to read and write in blocks of 512 bytes and made FileSize parameter optional

2.5.17 (2022-10-13)

• Added building for Jammy

• Added possibility to specify GenICam parameters on the command line of gc_pointcloud tool

• README: change grep for newer netstat versions

2.5.16 (2022-05-29)

• Added CI build pipelines for ARM64

• net_perf_check.sh use first default interface

• Show enum options even if WriteOnly

2.5.14 (2022-02-02)

• Install licenses of included binaries

• Reporting interface id instead of display name in output of gc_info -s

2.5.13 (2022-01-31)

• Added parameter ‘-s’ to gc_info for getting a short list of discovered devices

• Fixed Windows build script

2.5.12 (2021-10-23)

• Imporved Windows build script for compiling with libpng

• Fixed some issues when compiling under Windows

2.5.11 (2021-10-05)

• Fixed getting buffers with chunk data from Basler ace2 USB cameras

2.5.10 (2021-10-01)

• Make system, interface, device and stream ignore closing already closed objects

2.5.9 (2021-10-01)

• Improved measuring of buffers per second in gc_stream

• Do not show latency in gc_stream -t if PTP is turned off

2.5.8 (2021-09-09)

• Added support for YUV422_8 and YCbCr422_8 pixel formats

2.5.7 (2021-09-01)

• Added possibility to specify the internal number of buffers to allocate

• gc_file tool: Exit with error if file cannot be loaded

2.5.6 (2021-08-02)

• Changed ImageList::find with tolerance > 0 to return the closest within tolerance

2.5.5 (2021-07-28)

• Fixed rounding when converting between color and monochrome images

• Reduce minimum number of buffers

• Do not attach chunk data handler to incomplete buffer

2.5.4 (2021-07-25)

• Fixed reporting of operation status of gc_file tool

2.5.3 (2021-07-17)

• Added build script for Visual Studio

• Added methods for getting region id and data purpose id from buffer

• On Windows, also try to find producers in sub directories of current library

• Fixed some compiler warnings

• Improved error message when writing on cport fails

• Fixed conversion from YCbCr411 format to Mono8 in convertImage() function

• Improved error message when setting invalid enum

• Added support for RGB8 color format in getColor() function

2.5.2 (2021-07-06)

• Added possibility for configuration of multiple Gev interfaces in gc_config

• Fixed printing of Mac address in gc_info

• Added method to stream object for checking the number of buffers available for grabbing

• Treating missing parameters in Buffer as 0

• Changed way how to define different path for locating producers

• Added possibility to discover producers in non-default locations and ignoring a specific producer

• Added possibility to store xml file with gc_info with original name

2.5.1 (2021-03-16)

• Fixed compile problems under Windows

• Fixed using wrong pointer in method Stream::getTLType()

• Readme: Add link to release page

• Removing redundent specification of namespace in some source files

2.5.0 (2021-02-26)

• Upgrading GenICam reference implementation to version 3.3

• Added support for storing images of format RGB8 and BayerXX8

• Increasing discover timeout from 100 ms to 1 s, which is necessary for some cameras

• Resetting chunk adapter in gc_stream if user explicitely disables chunk data

• Added tool gc_file for reading / writing user data from / to a GenICam device

• Integrated attaching buffers to nodemap into stream and buffer classes

• Added support for handling payload type chunk data for supporting Basler ace cameras

• Updated handling of PTP in gc_config tool using the new feature names

• Correct exception message if png can’t be stored

• Rename adaptive_out1_reduction to out1_reduction in stored parameter file

2.4.4 (2020-10-23)

• Trying to fix problem that interface handle becomes invalid

2.4.3 (2020-10-22)

• Improved reporting of exceptions

2.4.2 (2020-10-22)

• Added some optional Roboception specific information to the parameter files

• Fixed crashing of gc_info if getting nodemap from device fails

• Fixed getEnum crash if enum doesn’t contain a value

2.4.1 (2020-07-31)

• Enabled building for ROS focal on gitlab

2.4.0 (2020-07-27)

• gc_stream now puts status of GPIO out and in lines in two separate bit fields in file name

2.3.7 (2020-07-27)

• Improved finding devices, e.g. by IP if GenTL provider supports this

2.3.6 (2020-04-17)

• Fixed compile bug under Windows

2.3.5 (2020-04-06)

• ensure that downscale factor doesn’t lead to division by zero

• remove build_export_depend on catkin from package.xml

2.3.4 (2020-03-15)

• Workaround for Baumer GenTL GEV interface enumeration bug

2.3.3 (2020-03-06)

• fix version in package.xml

• fix Dockerfile

2.3.2 (2020-03-06)

• add libpng-dev dependency in package.xml

2.3.1 (2020-01-10)

• Reporting full name of stored images, including suffix

2.3.0 (2019-12-20)

• Tool gc_stream: * now also stores the exposure time and gain in parameter files * added storing 16 bit images * Added parameter ‘-f png’ for storing images in PNG format * Reporting all stored images (IntensityRight was missing)

• Tool gc_info: * print User defined name

• Refactoring: * Moved functions to store images from gc_stream tool into core library * Moved function to store point cloud from tool to library

• Fixed: * Do not return device if it can be found on different producers * reporting device name instead of test option when misspelling the device in ‘gc_stream -t <device> …’ call * net_perf_check.sh: fix getting mtu

2.2.3 (2019-07-25)

• Fixed Windows install issues

• Fixing segfault in Buffer::getTLType()

2.2.2 (2019-06-25)

• Set TLParamsLocked before requesting maximum buffer size

• Only free as many buffers as allocated to avoid errors off GenTL producer

• Request global buffer YPadding only for none multipart buffers to avoid errors of GenTL producer

2.2.1 (2019-06-11)

• Automatically splitting the stereo images in rc_visards special combined format into Intenstiy and IntensityRight images

• Using TLParamsLocked correctly in streaming class as some cameras require this

• gc_stream now disables component Intensity if IntensityCombined is enabled

• gc_stream now creates parameter file for each Intensity image as well

• Increased timeout for updating the device list to 100 ms as 10 ms can be too less for some cameras / producers

2.2.0 (2019-05-02)

• gc_info does not report not implemented parameters any more

• gc_info can now also only print specified nodes (which can be a category) by appending the node name with ‘?’ to the device id.

• gc_stream can now measure frequency and latency of incomming buffers

• Windows: look for transport layer in folder of rc_genicam_api.dll

• support modern cmake - A “meta target” for all Genicam targets is defined, rc_genicam_api::genicam, on which rc_genicam_api::rc_genicam_api depends publicly. - Compile options and definitions of rc_genicam_api are set to private, only /DGENICAM_NO_AUTO_IMPLIB is public - Install paths are defined using GNUInstallDirs

• update Baumer GenTL providers to 2.9.2.22969 - Support for payload type Multi-part added - The GigE Producer now find devices connected to virtual interfaces for Linux

2.1.2 (2019-03-13)

• Remove global include_directories in cmake build files

• Use full precision timestamp in name of images saved by gc_stream

• Append out1 and out2 state to name of images saved by gc_stream

2.1.1 (2019-02-21)

• Command line tools now exit with != 0 in case of an error

• Improved cmake project files

2.1.0 (2019-01-25)

• Made System, Interface, Device and Stream objects thread safe

2.0.4 (2019-01-24)

• A buffer that is labelled to contain chunk data may also contain an image

• Implemented fallback of open device access from readonly to control to exclusive

2.0.3 (2019-01-09)

• Improved description of some device methods

• Under Windows, do not check install path but only current directory as default location of GenTL producer

2.0.2 (2019-01-01)

• Fixed bug in rcg::getEnum() function that may lead to a seg fault

• Minor changes in cmake build files

2.0.1 (2018-12-21)

• Added test mode to gc_stream tool (i.e. disables saving for only testing the connection)

• Added printing of package size to gc_stream tool

• Added statistic to gc_stream tool

• Removed aborting gc_stream with ‘Enter’ from Linux version as it causes unwanted stops in some situations

• Minor fixes in build files.

2.0.0 (2018-10-08)

NOTE: Including multipart support required minor changes of the existing API. See readme for more information. Attention: The provided GenTL layer does not yet support multipart!

• Extended Buffer and Image classes as well as the examples for handling multi-part buffers as well (NOTE: The provided GenTL producer does not yet support multipart!)

• gc_stream: Using component name for storing individual images and ensuring that files are not overwritten

• gc_pointcloud: Using component name for identifying images and try enabling synchronization on device

• Add libs of GenICam reference implementation to external cmake dependencies of shared genicam_api library

• Upgrading GenICam reference implementation to v3.1

• Add libs of GenICam reference implementation to external dependencies of shared genicam_api library

1.3.15 (2018-09-27)

• Added parameter –iponly to gc_config tool

1.3.14 (2018-09-26)

• Added possibility to interrupt streaming with gc_stream by pressing ‘Enter’ key.

• Undefined min/max macros in gc_pointcloud.cc on Windows to avoid compile errors

1.3.13 (2018-08-23)

• Changed output of gc_config -l to emphasize using interface and serial number as unique identifier

• Added possibility to call a GenICam command from the command line with gc_info, gc_config and gc_stream

• Additionally printing the internal name and display name of the GenTL producer in the gc_info tool

• Update GEV GenTL provider from Baumer

• Revision of readme

1.3.12 (2018-07-18)

• Getting chunk data in gc_stream and storing disparity image with all parameters for reconstruction if possible

• Error handling in gc_stream changed by first checking for incomplete buffer and then for image present

1.3.11 (2018-07-02)

• don’t install bash completion by default (doesn’t work on ROS buildfarm)

• make sure installed net_perf_check.sh script is executable

1.3.10 (2018-06-28)

• Added possibility to set GenICam parameters in gc_info too

• Only show network summary in gc_config if called without parameters or with network related parameters

• Corrected spelling of visard in gc_pointcloud output file name

1.3.9 (2018-06-15)

• Bash completion for UNIX and ROS

• Relaxed synchronization in gc_pointcloud for special exposure alternate mode of rc_visard

• Added method in image list class to request the oldest timestamp

• Added triangulation to gc_pointcloud

• Added parameter for output file name to gc_pointcloud

• Fixed crashing of gc_info if enumeration does not have a value

1.3.8 (2018-04-18)

• show actually searched path instead of env var in exception if no transport layer found

• improved README

1.3.7 (2018-04-09)

• Devices can now be discovered by serial number as well

1.3.6 (2018-02-25)

• fix path to genicam arm64 libs

1.3.5 (2018-02-25)

• add libs for arm64

1.3.4 (2018-02-23)

• fix catkin dependency in package.xml

1.3.3 (2018-02-23)

• fix version in package.xml

1.3.2 (2018-02-23)

• fix installation of exported targets

• add package.xml for releaseing as ROS third-party package

• update Baumer GigE vision driver to v2.8.15736

• fix architecture detection (use compiler info instead of host kernel)

1.3.1 (2017-12-20)

• Improved readme

• Porting package to Windows 32 and 64. It can be compiled with Visual Studio.

1.3.0 (2017-12-05)

New tools / examples:

• Added tool gc_pointcloud that demonstrates synchroneous streaming and 3D reconstruction

Improvements of convenience layer:

• Accept true and false for boolean GenICam values additionally to 1 and 0

• Added option to ignore cache when reading parameter

• Added convenience function getColor()

• Added convience function checkFeature()

• Changing request for timestamp in gc_stream tool

• Fixed finding devices by user defined name

Improvement of help texts and messages:

• Improved help for command line tools

• Improved exception description

• Added printing components with enabled status in gc_stream tool

• Removed output of user name in gc_info as this is not the name that can be defined via gc_config -n

Changes of access mode to permit parallel read access:

• Open device in gc_info readonly so that it can be used in parallel to an open device

• Open device in gc_config readonly if no parameter changes are requested

• Opening device in gc_stream with access mode control

• Changed getDevice() function so that exclusively opened devices are discovered as well

Configuration and optimization:

• [baumer] increase NextResendWaitPackets to 200

• add net_perf_check.sh script

Changes in build configuration:

• Ensure that the install directory lib/rc_genicam_api is accessible for everybody

• option to disable building of tools

• option for building shared libs

• generate version info

• add option to disable doc target

• Switched off vectorization and looking for CUDA as it is not necessary

• add Baumer GenTL lib for armv7l

1.2.0 (2017-08-15)

• rename rcgcapi to rc_genicam_api

• getDevice() now accepts specification if interface as prefix

• Added possibility to clean all resources before exit to avoid crashes of GenTL

• add all GenICam files/libs instead of depending on external package

• rename pfnc.h to pixel_formats.h

• bundle GenTL lib from Baumer as fallback if GENICAM_GENTL64_PATH is not set

1.1.5 (2017-05-11)

• Enforced using IPv4 format for setting persistent IPs and improved output of gc_config

1.1.4 (2017-04-13)

• Check if device name is not empty before looking for the device

• Fixed formating of MAC addresses as string

1.1.3 (2017-04-11)

• Catching exceptions in destructors of Device and Stream

• Added changing of GenICam parameters through gc_config

1.1.2 (2017-04-10)

• Streaming with at least 8 buffers by default

• Additionally show display name when listing devices with gc_config -l

1.1.1 (2017-03-06)

• Fixed bug in YCbCr411 to RGB conversion

1.1.0 (2017-03-05)

• Check in gc_stream if buffer is incomplete

• Added optional storing of XML file via gc_info tool

• Added switching PTP on and off via gc_config tool

• Convertions GenApi exceptions to standard exceptions when requesting the node map

• Added helper functions for conversion from YCbCr411 to RGB

• Catching GenApi exception in gc_info tool

• gc_stream tool chooses name of saved images according to pixel format

• Added pfnc.h with custom image format Error8

• Added image and image list helper classes for time synchronization of images

• Open transport layer libraries with deep bind option to prefer local symbol resolution

• Wrapping GenApi Exceptions in get/set feature value helper functions

• Ensure that Buffer::getTimestampNS() always returns a valid value

• Added helper functions for setting and getting features via GenICam

• Fixed crash of gc_stream if device is unknown

• Implemented image streaming and an example for streaming images to file

1.0.1 (2017-02-16)

• Initial release