Installation

Windows installation

On Windows platforms, the SDK can be installed together with the GCT software package. The SDK is not part of the default installation and must be selected during the installation phase of GCT. During the installation all required software will be placed in the installation folder.Please refer to the GCT documentation for a step by step installation of the full package.

Installer Contents

The default installation location of the SDK on Windows is C:\Program Files\Chromasens\GCT2

SDK The programming interface and library for customer applications

Locations: <installation root>\bin\csi.dll <installation root>\include\csi\csi.h (and others)

<installation root>\lib\csi.lib

CMake Config CMake configuration files

Locations: <installation root>\share\CsiGenICam\cmake

GCT The camera configuration and acquisition application with graphical interface

Locations: <installation root>\bin\gct.exe

SDK Examples Example source code (C++) that shows the basic usage of the SDK

Locations: C:\Users\Public\Documents\chromasens\GCT2\examples

Documentation Documentation of the SDK

Location: <installation root>\doc

GenTL Producers (Optional) GenTL producers for Windows systems, if available

Locations: <installation root>\GenTL

Linux installation

This chapter covers the installation procedure of Chromasens Gen<i>Cam SDK on Linux. The SDK is distributed in an installation package and can be installed using the package manager of your distribution.

Note: Please note the list of currently supported Linux distributions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Preparation

Download the software package from the Chromasens website chromasens.de. Please note that the installation requires administrative rights on the system.

Step by Step Installation Ubuntu 18.04

1.) Open a new terminal window

2.) Navigate to the directory where the SDK software package is located. In this example it will be in the Downloads folder: cd ~/Downloads

3.) Update the package manager: sudo apt update

4.) Install the package using the package manager, replace the <version> part by the version of the downloaded package. The package manager might ask to install

additional required dependencies if they are not yet present in the system: sudo apt install ./csgenicam-<version>.deb

5.) After the installation, a system reboot is required to apply changes to the system environment.

Installer Contents

The software package is grouped into the following components:

SDK The programming interface and library for customer applications

Locations: /usr/lib/libcsi.so /usr/include/csi/csi.h /usr/share/CSGenICam/cmake/*

GCT The camera configuration and acquisition application with graphical interface

Locations: /usr/bin/gct

SDK Examples Example source code (C++) that shows the basic usage of the SDK

Locations: /usr/share/CSGenICam/examples

Documentation Documentation of the SDK

Location: /usr/share/CSGenICam/doc

GenTL Producers (Optional) GenTL producers for Linux systems, if available

Locations: /usr/lib

CCU Argus driver The driver for communication with the CCU hardware.

Locations: /usr/share/argus/driver