FlyCapture2 SDK Release Notes

The following list enumerates all of the enhancements and resolved issues.
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FlyCapture2 SDK 2.13.3-31

Enhancements:

• Add support for new chameleon flash
• FlyCapture2 support for 18.04LTS
• Separate Flycapture2 and FFmpeg dependencies

Resolved Issues:

• FlyCapture2 2.12.3.31 PyCapture2: StatisticsEx.py example missing a print parameter and SaveImageToAVIEx.py missing closing parenthesis
• FlyCap2 viewer display improperly on 4K monitor on Windows 10
• FlyCapture 2.12.3.2 vs 2.10.3.266 H.264 recording produces drastically different file size
• Update FC2 with new PGRUSBCAM/3 2.7.3.235 driver

FlyCapture2 SDK 2.12.3-31

Enhancements:

• Provide PyCapture2 package for Python 3.6 (Windows)
• Include a debug statement to prevent heartbeat timeout on GigE cameras for FC2 examples
• Update Spinnaker and FC2 projects to use latest production drivers
• Remove VS2005, VS2008, VS2012 from FC2 installer

Resolved Issues:

• FlyCapture 2.11.3.164 for Linux saves .avi instead of .mp4
• setStrobe() does not work in PyCapture2
• getData() returns empty list instead of Numpy array
• Newer FlyCapture2 no longer splits up files at 2GB when saving videos
• Write register access denied issues while running specific BFLY-PGE cameras
• Exceptions are thrown when GigE camera nodes are being read by other threads while camera is streaming

FlyCapture2 SDK 2.11.3-425

Enhancements:

• Add additional documentation for GetUsbLinkInfo() and GetUsbPortStatus()
• Update FC2 Rescanbus documentation to reflect latest behavior
• Add RescanBus() method to FlyCapture2 ActiveX interface

Resolved Issues:

• EventsEx does not work properly with BFLY-PGE-23S2C
• fc2StartCaptureCallback not working
• parameters missing from FlyCapture2 Documentation.chm
• Unable to continuously stream after power cycling GEV camera
• New FL2G cameras do not show sensor string/resolution in Flycapture2
• mutex error when start() or connect() called for 2 cameras at the same time
• One GigE camera dropping off affect other GigE camera on Flycapture 2.11
• UpdatorConsole3 waits ~55s after firmware update is finished
• Change ForceAllIPAddressesAutomatically() behaviour with multiple cameras
• FlyCapture2 installer banner typo
• Slower grab rate when using multiple threads instead of processes
• Camera timestamp seconds reset to 0 after 127 seconds in FlyCap2
• Issues with command line installation of FlyCapture 2.10.3.266
• PyCapture getStrobe() , getStrobeInfo() calls return 'Parameter passed to function is invalid.'
• PyCapture After converting an image in Python, calling getdata on new image doesn't work
• PyCapture Install the 32bit Pycapture on 64bit Win10 does not work
• PyCapture function "getRecievedDataSize" doesn't work.
• PyCapture getData very slow

FlyCapture2 SDK 2.11.3-425

Enhancements:

• Add additional documentation for GetUsbLinkInfo() and GetUsbPortStatus()
• Update FC2 Rescanbus documentation to reflect latest behavior
• Add RescanBus() method to FlyCapture2 ActiveX interface

Resolved Issues:

• EventsEx does not work properly with BFLY-PGE-23S2C
• fc2StartCaptureCallback not working
• parameters missing from FlyCapture2 Documentation.chm
• Unable to continuously stream after power cycling GEV camera
• New FL2G cameras do not show sensor string/resolution in Flycapture2
• mutex error when start() or connect() called for 2 cameras at the same time
• One GigE camera dropping off affect other GigE camera on Flycapture 2.11
• UpdatorConsole3 waits ~55s after firmware update is finished
• Change ForceAllIPAddressesAutomatically() behaviour with multiple cameras
• FlyCapture2 installer banner typo
• Slower grab rate when using multiple threads instead of processes
• Camera timestamp seconds reset to 0 after 127 seconds in FlyCap2
• Issues with command line installation of FlyCapture 2.10.3.266
• PyCapture getStrobe() , getStrobeInfo() calls return 'Parameter passed to function is invalid.'
• PyCapture After converting an image in Python, calling getdata on new image doesn't work
• PyCapture Install the 32bit Pycapture on 64bit Win10 does not work
• PyCapture function "getRecievedDataSize" doesn't work.
• PyCapture getData very slow

FlyCapture2 SDK 2.11.3-164

Enhancements:

• Use FFMPEG library for image processing

Resolved Issues:

• FlyCapture2 takes a long time to enumerate and startup
• FFMV/FMVU cameras cannot start
• FlyCap2 Linux cannot start 12 or more gige cameras
• FlyCapture2SimpleGUI_MFC (2015) requires delay loading in order to run
• Flycap2 occurs memory leak when running VS2015 project
• libptgreyvideoencoder is not packaged in FC2 Linux installer

FlyCapture2 SDK 2.11.3-121

Enhancements:

• Initial support for python 2.7 and python 3.5, for windows and Linux
• FlyCapture2 Support Weighted Directional Filter debayering algorithm
• FlyCapture2 rebranding changes revisited

Resolved Issues:

• pgrlwf driver will cause BSOD on system bootup on systems with integrated wifi
• Cameras with SN starting with 17 cannot be started
• Registry value DisableBufferRecycling missing in win8/win10
• Linux Events.cpp path to pgr_events_table.dat is incorrect
• FlyCapture2 installer does not add bin/VS2013 and bin/VS2015 to PATH variable
• FlyCapture2 Windows example errors missing precompiled examples
• FlyCapture2 Windows example errors CustomImage_VB crash
• FlyCapture2 Windows example errors SaveImageToFlash image size limit using GEV
• FlyCapture2 Windows example errors Unhandled VB, C# examples for image inconsistency issues
• FlyCapture2 Windows compilation errors missing projects in 2012 solution
• FlyCapture2 FlyCapture2 Windows compilation errors build dependency
• FlyCapture2 Windows compilation errors solution configuration
• Change description of ForceAllIPAddressesAutomatically
• FlyCapture2 VS2005 & VS2008 Utilities GigEConfigurator crash
• BSOD/crash found when starting Gen2 USB cameras on windows 10
• Cleanup of general memory leaks

Known Issues:

• FFMV/FMVU cameras cannot start

FlyCapture2 SDK 2.10.3-266

Enhancements:

• Added MultiSyncEx examples for using the Multisync API for firewire cameras
• Modified MultipleCameraEx example to not call StartSyncCapture and work for all interfaces
• Make changes to make sure C#, VB, and C API is equivalent to C++ API
• Add third party licenses to the installation package for windows and linux

Resolved Issues:

• Fixed VB.Net variable naming and making sure errors are handled consistently
• Fixed vs2015 VB.Net example solution header
• Fixed C# variable naming and making sure errors are handled consistently
• Cleaned up C# examples to return proper messages when not enough cameras found
• Fixed issue where FlyCapture2SimpleGUI_CSharp doesn't close properly
• Fixes for C examples to clean up properly when error found
• StopCapture hanging sometimes when using PGR1394
• Updates to the VS2015 runtimes installed during windows installation
• Removed SaveImageToAviEx from being included for ARM builds

FlyCapture2 SDK 2.10.3-237

Enhancements:

• 36397 Improve documentation of the IsConnected() function
• 50206 Allowing cross hair line length to be more than 100%
• 50471 Clean up compiler warnings when using Flycapture2 C API
• 50292 Linux ARM installer packages unnecessary header files
• 49932 Remove unnecessary dependencies in linux packages
• 47189 Update Flycapture2 Linux Help file and documentation
• 49637 Update output of GigEGrabEx example to be more user-friendly

Resolved Issues:

• 50406 FlyCapture2 Armhf failed to compile due to missing gtkmm.h
• 50524 FlyCap2.10 Readme still contains instructions for install dependencies for 14.04 and 12.04, which are not supported
• 50385 2.10.3.169 C# projects put binaries in premake\bin folder without dependencies
• 50649 FC 2.10.3.169 consumes more CPU than FC 2.9.3.43
• 43044 Flycap2 crashes after dragging the slider of trigger delay
• 50043 Small memory leak in FlyCap2 v2.10.3.169 GUI
• 49980 FlyCapture2 missing SerialPortEx_v2012 project/solution file
• 49858 Rebuilding 2012 example solution replaces 2010 example solution's FlyCapture2GUI dll file and vice versa

FlyCapture2 SDK 2.10.3-169

Enhancements:

• 50162 Improve linux install README info and structure
• 50160 Added API support to modify the crosshair
• 50159 Initial support for Ubuntu 16.04
• 50158 Initial API support for EndOfExposure events
• 50157 Initial library support for Visual Studio 2013/2015
• 40059 Add warning in installer when choosing to install firewire FirePRO driver
• 49637 Update output of GigEGrabEx example to be more user-friendly

Resolved Issues:

• 32837 Linux API Documentation still indicates 2.6
• 49149 Installer detects Windows 10 as Windows 8
• 32278 Fix typo in GigEStreamChannel: hostPost deprecated, hostPort added
• 49156 Crash found during USB3 Vision camera start capture in Linux when usbcore.usbfs_memory_mb is too low
• 48654 AsyncTriggerEx turns off trigger mode twice
• 48364 GigEConfig structure different between C vs C++ API
• 45972 C API missing GetStats() function