3rd Party Software
Automation Manager
I-cite
Image-Pro
IO Industries
LabVIEW
MATLAB
NeuroCheck
StreamPix
VisionGauge
V++
WAY-2C
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The PIXCI®
series imaging boards are supported by a wide range of software solutions. These include:
- Ready-to-run application programs designed and supported by
EPIX, Inc.
- Ready-to-run third party application programs for which EPIX,
Inc. has designed and verified specific drivers.
- Ready-to-run third party application programs from companies which have designed
and verified their own drivers, either based upon C/C++ libraries
provided by EPIX, Inc. or by direct programming of the PIXCI®
imaging board.
- Program developer's third party development environments.
- Program developer's C/C++ libraries designed and supported
by EPIX, Inc. - The brief software descriptions in this Directory
are intended to assist in the selection of software, but are not
complete product specifications. Please contact the appropriate
software manufacturer for complete and up-to-date specifications.
This Directory does not include custom or special purpose programs
written by EPIX, Inc. or third party developers for specific customers
or niche applications, but which are not marketed as off-the-shelf
products for use with PIXCI® imaging boards.
EPIX® Imaging Software
The XCAP-Std ready-to-run image
analysis application is a scientific and engineering package providing
hundreds of qualitative and quantitative imaging operations. XCAP-Std
is engineered to provide solutions across diverse imaging technologies.
Quality control, medical imaging, microscopy, machine vision, research
& development, and varied applications requiring motion capture,
image enhancement, calibrated measurement, particle analysis, multi-camera
imaging, or image archival, are all easily accomplished.
XCAP-Std combines an easy-to-use Java-based graphical user interface
with highly efficient "C" and assembler image processing
routines. Multi-threading allows virtually unlimited views, graphs,
and analyses of one or multiple images. XCAP-Std includes a scripting
language, user-defined tool bars, and non-procedural "spread
sheet" programming for automating image analysis and inspection
tasks. Other applications, in virtually any programming language,
can remotely control XCAP-Std through scripts.
XCAP supports all PIXCI® imaging boards under Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista and under Linux.
EPIX® Imaging Libraries
The XCLIB Library empowers C/C++
and Windows programmers to control the PIXCI® series of imaging
boards. XCLIB provides high level services, allowing programmers
to concentrate on the imaging application, rather than focusing
on board level programming. Up to eight PIXCI® imaging boards,
of the same version, can be operated selectively or simultaneously;
allowing parallel control for multi-camera vision of a single event
or object, or selective control for capturing multiple, independent,
events or objects. XCLIB automatically detects and manages different
versions of the PIXCI® imaging boards and their intended cameras.
Fundamental services, such as setting resolution, capturing, and
accessing image data, are the same regardless of camera or version
of imaging board.
The PXIPL Library empowers
C/C++ and Windows programmers to process and analyze images in conjunction
with XCLIB. PXIPL provides a wide selection of imaging routines.
The major categories include: processing, enhancements, graphic
lines and shapes, text overlay, printing, morphology, filters and
edge detectors, transforms, convolutions, sequence integration and
averaging, image printing, image copy and resizing, single image
and image pair normalizations, blob analysis, histograms and moments,
image load and save, calibration, correlation, subpixel accuracy
measurements, and particle tracking.
XCLIB and PXIPL support all PIXCI® imaging boards under
Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista; Linux; and 32 bit DOS.
TWAIN Compatible Applications
Applications such as PhotoShop, Image-Pro Plus, and NIH Image, can
take advantage of the TWAIN
drivers available from EPIX, Inc., allowing any TWAIN compliant
application to capture images via any PIXCI® imaging board.
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"Software
for machine vision and motion control. User configurable, multi-threading,
controllable from VB or VC. Example applications include 3-D
positional control for laser welding, high speed inspection
of electronic components, print inspection, and dimensional
tolerancing of parts."
Automation Manager utilizes a driver provided by Soft Automation,
built upon the EPIX® XCLIB library. Contact: Soft Automation
Inc., 248.685.8179, www.soft-automation.com.
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"Each configurable Vision Chip module performs several high-level functions, such as waiting for a part-in-place signal, finding the location of an object, or inspecting defects.
Each Vision Chip has a configuration panel with built in graphical and statistical displays that allow you to see exactly what is happening at every step of the imaging processing operation...down to the pixel level, if desired!"
Contact: Coherix, 734.761.8989, www.coherix.com.
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"Image-Pro
Plus provides an easy way to acquire, process, and analyze images
on a single machine or across an entire network. Image-Pro Plus
comes complete with point-and-click simplicity, intuitive interface,
and the ability to integrate text, data, and graphics into one
package. A Visual Basic compatible macro language allows for
easy customization of Image-Pro Plus to meet your specific imaging
needs."
Contact: Media Cybernetics, 301.495.3305, www.mediacy.com.
An Image-Pro Plus driver available from EPIX, Inc. allows Image-Pro
Plus to use any PIXCI® imaging board.
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"LabVIEW
is a revolutionary graphical programming development environment
based on the G programming language for data acquisition and
control, data analysis, and data presentation."
LabVIEW programs can call most functions in the XCLIB and/or
PXIPL Windows .DLL's. Contact: National Instruments, 512.794.0100, www.ni.com.
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"MATLAB is a high-level language and interactive environment
that enables you to perform computationally intensive tasks
faster than with traditional programming languages."
MATLAB programs can call most functions in the XCLIB and/or
PXIPL Windows .DLL's. Contact: The MathWorks, 508.647.7000, www.mathworks.com.
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"NeuroCheck
is a general purpose image processing system for industrial
quality control, designed to meet the requirements an up-to-date
quality management system makes on the visual inspection of
every item. Using NeuroCheck, you can check completeness of
assembly groups, surface quality and measurements of work pieces,
correctness of inscriptions and precise positioning."
NeuroCheck utilizes a driver provided by FSI and EPIX, Inc.,
built upon the EPIX® XCLIB library. Contact: FSI, 800.468.6009,
www.fsinet.com. Contact:
DS GmbH, +49(0)7146 8956-0, www.neurocheck.com.
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"StreamPix is a software package for digital video recording
direct to disk or ram memory, in uncompressed or compressed
formats. StreamPix runs on a variety of cameras and supports
both the analog and digital PIXCI® imaging boards. StreamPix
provides a full GUI with VCR type controls, the ability to playback
captured sequences, and the ability to export images in TIFF,
BMP, JPEG, and other formats."
StreamPix utilizes a driver provided by NorPix, built upon the
EPIX® XCLIB library. Contact: NorPix, Inc., 514.846.0009
ext. 22, www.norpix.com.
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"Video
Savant is the best solution for acquiring, viewing, and processing
real-time frame sequences from all types of video cameras. Each
layer of this second generation software has been designed to
deliver the best possible performance with today's high performance
PC's and frame grabbers." "Image Savant is an ideal
solution for acquiring, viewing and processing digital images."
"Video Taker provides real-time digital video recording
(DVR) to system memory or hard disk from standard video sources."
Video Savant, Image Savant, and Video Taker utilize a driver
provided by IO Industries, built upon the EPIX® XCLIB library.
Contact: IO Industries, 519.663.9570, www.ioindustries.com.
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"VisionGauge®
is a powerful and easy to use software package that lets you
capture, manipulate, analyze, store and output images and data.
You can also use it to carry out reliable and repeatable high
precision measurements, to compute measurement statistics and
for counting and sizing operations. VisionGauge has an integrated
report builder that lets you easily produce illustrated inspection
reports containing measured data, and collect images and data
into a database."
VisionGauge utilizes a driver provided by VISIONx, built upon
the EPIX® XCLIB library. Contact: VISIONx Inc, 514.694.9290,
www.visionxinc.com.
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"VisionGauge® OnLine is a powerful machine vision software for automated inspection,
verification and data collection. VisionGauge® OnLine is extremely easy to setup and use.
VisionGauge® OnLine can be used for both in-process and sampling / off-line applications."
VisionGauge utilizes a driver provided by VISIONx, built upon
the EPIX® XCLIB library. Contact: VISIONx Inc, 514.694.9290,
www.visionxinc.com.
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"The
award-winning V++ Precision Digital Imaging software makes advanced
imaging easy. Sophistication, speed, power, and Windows compatibility
all come together in one seamless package. The intuitive user
interface adheres to all of the accepted conventions for a Windows
product so you probably already know how to use it!"
V++ utilizes a driver provided by Digital Optics, built upon
the EPIX® XCLIB library. Contact: Digital Optics Limited,
+64(9)478 5779, www.digitaloptics.co.nz.
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WAY-2C is a powerful machine vision software system designed as a reliable cost-effective alternative to human labor in such tedious
color-based tasks as inspection, process control, image interpretation, measurement, sorting and bar-coding.
WAY-2C utilizes a driver provided by RMA Electronics, built upon
the EPIX® XCLIB library.
Contact: RMA Electronics, 781.749.9700, www.way2c.com.
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