Vimba CSI TL Release Notes#

Version: 2.2.1

Components and Version Reference#

Component

Version

CSI-2 Transport Layer (VimbaCSITL.cti)

2.2.1

Supported hardware and driver#

Vimba X was tested with NVIDIA JetPack 6.2 (Jetson Linux 36.4.3) on the following Jetson SOMs:

  • AGX Orin Developer Kit

  • Orin Nano 8GB Developer Kit

  • Orin NX 16GB + forecr carrier board

  • Orin Nano 4GB + forecr carrier board

All SOMs were tested with the driver for Allied Vision Alvium cameras.

See Getting Started with GenICam for CSI-2 for supported camera models, the latest known issues, and other useful information.

Installation#

Prerequisites: NVIDIA JetPack 6.2 (Jetson Linux 36.4.3) and driver for Allied Vision Alvium cameras

Correlations with other Allied Vision Software Packages#

You can install and use Vimba and Vimba X on the same host.

Known issues#

  • For the latest known issues, see Getting Started with GenICam for CSI-2

  • If your application causes dropped frames, try to increase the number of frame buffers to approximately 7.

  • Switching the camera from GenICam for CSI-2 to V4L2 or vice versa requires rebooting the board.

  • Exposure times greater than approx. 1 second: Stopping acquisition may cause an error. Please close and open the camera to start streaming again.

Changes and release history#

Changes in version 2.2.1#

  • Fixed: First frame invalid with Alvium GM2 cameras

Changes in version 2.2.0#

  • Added ALECS / SmartCam support

Changes in version 2.1.0#

  • Bug fixes

  • JetPack 6 support

Changes in version 2.0.0#

  • Added support for streaming on boards with i.MX 8M Plus EVK and Xilinx ZCU106 in our Yocto project, see alliedvision

Changes in version 1.2.0#

  • Display name: AVT CSI TL (instead of Vimba CSI TL)

  • Fixed: Does not reset allocated buffers to Null

Changes in version 1.0.1#

Support of new streaming format (better performance in Announce mode), latest camera firmware required.

Changes in version 1.0.0#

Vimba CSITL new release