Hardware and Software Requirements

The following components are needed to use eCapture Pro in a basic vision system consisting of a single Emergent camera directly connected to a computer or server.

• Emergent camera: Any Emergent camera
• Camera power: Only use an Emergent-supplied or approved power supply to avoid potential damage
• Camera lens: Any lens compatible with the camera (a lens mount adapter might be required)
• Supported operating systems:
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Pro, 11 Pro
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 2019
  • Linux distributions:
    • eCapture Pro supports Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
    • The eSDK supports Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS; CentOS Stream 8.4, 9.5; and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4, 9.5
• Emergent software: The newest version of the Emergent SDK (eSDK) and eCapture Pro (check their release notes to confirm that their versions are mutually compatible).
  
• Computer/Server:
  • 64 GB RAM recommended
  • The NIC requires a PCIe slot that mechanically and electrically supports at least eight lanes (x8). It can also use an x16 slot wired for at least x8 lanes. However, some slots may appear to be x16 or x8 but are electrically configured with only x4 lanes, which would limit performance.
  • For optimal performance, the motherboard should support the NIC's maximum speed and lane width. For example, if the NIC supports Gen 5 speed and x8 lanes, the motherboard should match these specifications to prevent performance bottlenecks. Use a tool like HWInfo64 to check the motherboard's current link width and speed.
• Network Interface Card (NIC): A supported NIC from Emergent, NVIDIA, Broadcom, AMD, Intel*, or AMD/Xilinx* installed in the PCIe slot
  * NICs with RDMA/RoCEv2
• Data interface cables and connectors: Compatible with the camera and NIC ports