Host System

The BVS CA-BN 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 the following components:

Component	Recommendation
RAM	8 GB in 64-bit OS
Mainboard	Latest PC architecture and chipset
PCIe	x4 slot, preferably if available the x16 graphic card slot

Supported Operating Systems

The following operating system are supported officially:

Windows

Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 11

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

Linux

This following description is only valid for 64-bit ARM and Intel architectures.

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 4.9.x or greater (64-bit Linux systems)

In case the target system runs an older Linux kernel, it is absolutely necessary to update the kernel to at least version 4.9.0. Please refer to the documentation of your Linux distribution for information on how to update your system's Linux kernel.

The following kernels have been tested and verified by Balluff - they work flawlessly with BVS CA-BN devices - but other kernel versions may work, too:

Kernel 4.9.140
Kernel 4.9.253
Kernel 4.15.0
Kernel 5.3.0
Kernel 5.15.0