Host System

The BVS CA-GT1 is a high-performance camera containing latest top-notch technology 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 system.

For this reason we recommend at least the following components:

Component	Recommendation
Processor	Intel Core i7 9th generation or AMD Ryzen 5 4xxx
RAM	16 GB Dual Channel RAM (i.e. 2x 8 GB)
Mainboard	A PCIe slot for the network interface card where the PCIe lanes have to be connected to the processor
BIOS	Allows to switch off the energy saving function
Network interface card	10 Gb/s with 9KB Jumbo Frames, better 16KB receive side scaling (RSS)

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

Hardware settings

The network interface card

should be connected with the PCIe slot which is connected to the CPU directly (not via bridge), and
should be used with in connection with its current driver.

Using Windows

disable energy-saving options, and
consider the ultimate performance mode.

Using Linux

use the performance governor

echo performance | sudo tee /ss/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor

BIOS settings

We recommend following BIOS settings:

Parameter	Setting
CPU sleep states (C-states)	Disabled
Intel SpeedStep	Disabled

Network interface card (NIC)

Several network interface cards have been tested successfully by Balluff.

Network interface card recommendations

So far good results have been achieved with the following NICs:

Vendor	Type	Chipset	Jumboframe Support	Remarks
Mellanox	MCX4121A-XCAT		9.6kB
Asus	XG-C100C	Aquantia AQC107	16kB
IOI	GE10P-PCIE4XG301	Aquantia AQrate	16kB	POE+
IOI	10DGEAP2X-PCIE8XG302	Aquantia AQrate	16kB	POE+ / Dual Port

Acceptable results have been achieved with:

Vendor	Type	Chipset	Jumboframe Support	Remarks
Intel	X540-T2	X540	9kB	Dual Port
Intel	X550-T2	X550	9kB	Dual Port

Network interface card settings

We recommend following network interface card settings:

Parameter	Setting
Receive buffer	Maximum
Transmitter buffer	Maximum
MTU	Maximum (the BVS CA-GT1 supports up to 16384 bytes); the network interface card should support at least 9 KB jumbo frames, preferably 16 KB
Interrupt moderation	Active
Interrupt moderation rate	Extreme / Aggressive
RSS	Active
Number of RSS queues	Number of physical CPU cores (Logical/Hyper-Threading will be ignored. E.g. 8 physical cores and Hyper-Threading = 16 logical CPU cores; for RSS receive queues a value smaller or equal to the number of physical cores should be selected.

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)