Framegrabber board control with ActiveX through LabView

I have a framegrabber board that is not from National Instruments. It is
from a
company called Coreco. The name of the board is the Bandit board. I have
been
trying to determine how to control it through LabView. Several weeks ago
I found
the ActiveX control for the Bandit board on the Coreco website (www.coreco.com).
I installed the control so that LabView could control the board. However,
I have not
been able to get image acquisition. I have read the instructions for the
ActiveX control,
but everything I try still does not start image acquisition. Does anyone
have experience
with both LabView and the Coreco Bandit ActiveX control. I would also consider
some other approach to controlling
the Bandit board. Thank you for any help
that
you can give.
Sincerely,
Trinity Ellis

>
> I have a framegrabber board that is not from National Instruments. It
> is
> from a
> company called Coreco. The name of the board is the Bandit board. I
> have
> been
> trying to determine how to control it through LabView. Several weeks
> ago
> I found
> the ActiveX control for the Bandit board on the Coreco website
> (www.coreco.com).
> I installed the control so that LabView could control the board.
> However,
> I have not
> been able to get image acquisition. I have read the instructions for
> the
> ActiveX control,
> but everything I try still does not start image acquisition. Does
> anyone
> have experience
> with both LabView and the Coreco Bandit ActiveX control. I would also
> consider
> some other approach to controlling the Bandit
board. Thank you for any
> help
> that
> you can give.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Trinity Ellis
>
Try to use the Windows-DLL with is delivered with your board. I had used a
Matrox-Genesis board and had the same problems. The dll's worked. Gruß,
Tobi.

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