Host System

The BVS CA-GX0 / BVS CA-GX2 is a high-performance camera which requires a high data throughput on the host system, for example, when processing large amount of image data and high CPU resources if processing color images on the host PC.

For this reason we recommend at least the following components:

Component	Recommendation
Processor	Preferably multi core Intel or ARM CPUs
RAM	4 GB in 32-bit OS; 8 GB in 64-bit OS
Mainboard	Latest PC architecture and chipset
PCIe (for BVS CA-GX2)	x1 or x4 slot for the Network interface card
Network interface card (for BVS CA-GX2)	With the latest "Link Aggregate Group" (LAG) capable drivers

Several network interface cards have been tested successfully by Balluff. Please ask our support team.

See also: https://www.balluff.com/en-de/contact-support

Please ask your system vendor for further advice and consult our technical documentation.

Network interface card (NIC) settings

We recommend following network interface card (NIC) settings:

Parameter	Setting
Receive buffer	Maximum
Transmitter buffer	Maximum
MTU	Maximum; the network interface card should support at least 1.5 KB jumbo frames, preferably 4 KB
Interrupt moderation	Active
Interrupt moderation rate	Extreme / Aggressive
RSS	Active
Number of RSS queues	Number of physical CPU cores (Hyper-Threading cores do not count. E.g. 8 cores and Hyper-Threading = 16 logical CPU cores; for RSS you should select 8, because the CPU does only have 8 physical cores
Link Aggregation / Teaming / Bonding (for BVS CA-GX2)	Active

For more information about network settings, please have a look at the troubleshooting chapter Optimizing Network Performance .

Supported Operating Systems

The following operating system are supported officially:

Windows

Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 11

Other Windows versions might work as well but will not be tested on a regular basis.

Linux

The latest version for the required target platform of the Impact Acquire framework can always be found here: https://www.balluff.com/en-de/downloads/software.

Currently supported Kernel versions are:

Kernel 3.5.x or greater

In case the target system runs an older Linux kernel, it is absolutely necessary to update the kernel to at least version 3.5.0. Please refer to the documentation of your Linux distribution for information on how to update your system's Linux kernel.

All Kernels starting from version 3.5.0 should work without problems.

macOS

The latest version for the required target platform of the Impact Acquire framework can always be found here: https://www.balluff.com/en-de/downloads/software.

The currently supported macOS version is 12 (Monterey)