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Version 30 (September 2026)#

  • Translation of the documentation:
    • The Basler Frame Grabber Documentation is now also available in Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese translations. Use the language selector at the top of the page to change languages.
    • All translated versions of the documentation (Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese) are generated on the fly using machine translation with AI-based optimization. As a result, translations are always synchronized with the latest English documentation.
    • Added a translation disclaimer that is displayed when viewing a machine-translated version of the documentation. If there is any discrepancy between a translated version and the original documentation, the English version takes precedence.

Version 29 (August 2026)#

Version 28 (June 2026)#

  • Updated the documentation for the Framegrabber SDK release 5.11.8. The Framegrabber SDK 5.11.8 now supports the imaFlex 2 Dual 100 frame grabber. For a detailed list of all changes, see the Release Notes for Framegrabber SDK 5.11.8 topic.

Version 27 (April 2026)#

Version 26 (April 2026)#

Version 25 (February 2026)#

Version 24 (December 2025)#

Version 23 (December 2025)#

Version 22 (October 2025)#

Version 21 (May 2025)#

  • Updated the documentation for the Framegrabber SDK release 5.11.5. For a detailed list of all changes, see the Release Notes for Framegrabber SDK 5.11.5 topic.
  • Removed all occurrences of "marathon deepVCL" from the documentation as this product has been discontinued.
  • Added entries #336093 and #334080 to the "Known Issues Framegrabber SDK 5.11.4" topic.
  • Corrected some specifications in all frame grabber hardware topics.

Version 20 (March 2025)#

Version 19 (January 2025)#

Version 18 (December 2024)#

Version 17 (December 2024)#

  • Added "UL Recognized" and "KC" to "Compliance" in the specifications table of the imaWorx CXP-12 Quad, imaFlex CXP-12 Quad and imeFlex CXP-12 Penta.
  • Improved instructions of fglib5/Starting the Acquisition.

Version 16 (September 2024)#

Version 15 (July 2024)#

Version 14 (June 2024)#

Version 13 (April 2024)#

  • Deleted Power Consumption and Ambient Temperature from the Specifications table for the imaWorx CXP-12 Quad and imaFlex CXP-12 Quad frame grabbers.
  • Set function of PGEXT LED of the imaWorx CXP-12 Quad and imaFlex CXP-12 Quad frame grabbers to "not defined".

Version 12 (January 2024)#

  • Added the imaFlex CXP-12 Quad documentation.
  • Updated the documentation for the Framegrabber SDK release 5.11.2. For a detailed list of all changes, see the Release Notes for Framegrabber SDK 5.11.2 topic.

Version 11 (December 2023)#

  • Updated product image in overview topic.

Version 10 (July 2023)#

  • Updated the documentation for the Framegrabber SDK release 5.11.0. For a detailed list of all changes, see the Release Notes Framegrabber SDK 5.11.0 topic topic.
  • Updated the applet documentation for the CXP-12 Interface Cards and the imaWorx CXP-12 Quad frame grabber. Additionally, the following new applet documentation is now available:
    • Line scan applet documentation for the CXP-12 Interface Cards
    • FGLib variant of the applet documentation for all CXP-12 Interface Cards

Version 09 (May 2023)#

  • Framegrabber SDK:
    • Added issue 272272 to the list of known issues.
    • Moved issue 197430 from the list of known issues to the list of fixed issues.
    • Revised instructions in the "Installing the Driver for Frame Grabbers" section in the Installing the Framegrabber SDK topic.
  • Updated bandwidth specifications in the imaWorx CXP-12 Quad Acquisition Applets topic.

Version 08 (February 2023)#

  • Added the "Processors" section to the System Requirements for Framegrabber SDK 5.10.0 topic.
  • Added further discontinued frame grabbers to the "Discontinuations" list in the Changes and Fixed Issues in Framegrabber SDK 5.10.0 topic.
  • Added a known issues entry regarding the PATH environment variable for Windows 32-bit installations. See Known Issues Framegrabber SDK 5.10.0.
  • Added the Determining the Frame Number Using the Framegrabber API knowledge article.

Version 07 (December 2022)#

  • Revised the entire documentation. Design and wording are now in line with Basler's documentation style. Also, most frame grabber content is now searchable via the search function.
  • Restructured the frame grabber documentation to match the structure of the Basler Product Documentation. Separated hardware-specific and software-specific topics.
  • Added the imaWorx CXP-12 Quad documentation.
  • Renamed the Runtime software to "Framegrabber SDK" and updated the documentation for Framegrabber SDK release 5.10.0. For a detailed list of all changes, see the Release Notes.
  • Updated the applet documentation. The applet documentation now appears in Basler's documentation style.

Version 06 (June 2022)#

  • Moved the following topics from this documentation to the "Acquisition Cards" section of the Basler Product Documentation:
    • Configuring a CXP-12 Interface Card
    • CXP-12 Interface Card 1C
    • CXP-12 Interface Card 2C
    • CXP-12 Interface Card 4C
    • CXP-12 Interface Cards
    • Updating the Firmware of a CXP-12 Interface Card

Version 05 (May 2022)#

  • Linked all mE5 frame grabber documentations to the correct Runtime release notes.

Version 04 (March 2022)#

  • Revised the Configuring a CXP-12 Interface Card topic.

Version 03 (October 2021)#

  • Moved the following products from the "PC Cards" section of the Basler Product Documentation to this documentation:
    • CXP-12 Interface Card 1C
    • CXP-12 Interface Card 2C
    • CXP-12 Interface Card 4C
  • Removed the following discontinued products from the documentation:
    • microEnable IV AQ4-GE
    • microEnable IV AQ4-GPoE
    • microEnable IV VQ4-GE
    • microEnable IV VQ4-GPoE

Version 02 (September 2021)#

  • Added link to the documentation of the Basler imaWorx CXP-12 Quad frame grabber.

Version 01 (February 2021)#

Initial version of this documentation.

Content is based on the "Frame Grabbers" section of the Basler Product Documentation (AW001406), version 45, with the following changes:

  • Revised the Frame Grabbers topic.
  • Added the "Models" section and the Frame Grabber Models topic.
  • Updated design and wording in line with Basler's documentation style.