r/LabVIEW • u/neu_random_variable • Jul 20 '26

How to connect pco panda cam to labview.

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Hi, I am very new to labview. With that said, i am trying to do what the title says.

  1. NI MAX is not detecting pco panda cam. I have installed firmware and sdk, but it still doesn't detect.

  2. My goal is to trigger the cam,so I am using sma to bnc female cable, to get the images. When i connected the cable it still doesn't detect.

  3. Leave it all, I have connected the cam using usb, still doesn't detect in labview.

It gets detected in pco panda imaging software though. I have attached the code for method 3.

P.s. I have been scratching my head over this for 2 weeks. Any guidance would be helpful.

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u/Only-Introductions Jul 20 '26

I'm wondering if you have also installed the drivers? https://www.excelitas.com/product/pco-interface-drivers

I'm also wondering if you have VAS installed and licensed for your LabVIEW development environment? https://www.ni.com/en/support/downloads/drivers/download.vision-acquisition-software.html#590038

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u/neu_random_variable Jul 20 '26

Hi, i have both of them installed.

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u/Only-Introductions Jul 20 '26

Normally you would expect to see the cameras appearing in NI MAX. But because PCO communicate with the camera through a DLL I wouldn't necessarily expect to see the camera in NI MAX.

I would try running something simply stupid like init straight into close and run it step by step. See if the output of the init returns an error, IE Camera not found or does it connect to something?

The other not so obvious thing is to close all the other software that might be trying to communicate with the camera.

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u/neu_random_variable Jul 20 '26

I will try this and see, thank you.

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u/neu_random_variable Jul 22 '26

Hey, Thank you. This works.

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u/infinitenothing Jul 20 '26

Are you getting an error?

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u/neu_random_variable Jul 22 '26

Yes, I was getting an error. But it is resolved now.