Software Installation (blaze)#

This topic tells you how to install the software required for a Basler blaze camera.

You need to install the following software components:

• pylon Camera Software Suite (version 6.2 or higher)
• pylon Supplementary Package for blaze

The software is available for the following operating systems:

• Windows
• Linux x86_64
• Linux ARM

You can download the software from the Basler website.

Software Installation (Windows)#

To install the blaze software:

1. Download the following installers from the Basler website:
   • Basler_pylon_version.exe
   • pylon_Supplementary_Package_for_blaze_version.exe
2. Navigate to the folder to which you downloaded the installers and double-click the Basler_pylon_version.exe file.
   The pylon Setup Wizard opens.
3. Accept the license agreement and click Next.
4. On the Profiles page, select the Developer profile and click Next.

5. On the Interfaces page, select the GigE interface and click Next.

   Info

   Choosing the "Custom" Profile Option

   If you prefer to choose the software components to be installed individually, select the Custom option in step 4 (Interfaces page) of the procedure above. If you do, you have to select the following options on the Features page:

   • pylon Runtime
   • GigE Camera Support
   • GenTL Consumer Support
   • SDKs

6. On the Destination Folder page, you can change the default install location by clicking Change and choosing the desired folder. When you're happy with the install location, click Next.

7. Review the settings and click Install when you're ready.
   The installation starts. A message will inform you when the installation has been completed successfully. The start menu will now contain a Basler folder.

8. Navigate to the folder to which you downloaded the installers and double-click the pylon_Supplementary_Package_for_blaze_version.exe file.

9. Follow the instructions of the wizard to complete the installation.
   A message will inform you when the installation has been completed successfully.

Software Installation (Linux)#

Ubuntu and Other Debian-Based Distributions#

To install the blaze software:

1. Download the following packages from the Basler website:
   • pylon_version-deb0_amd64.deb
   • pylon-supplementary-package-for-blaze-version_amd64.deb
2. Install the pylon Camera Software Suite using the pylon_version-deb0_amd64.deb package.

3. Install the pylon Supplementary Package for blaze by issuing one of the following commands:

   sudo apt-get install ./pylon-supplementary-package-for-blaze-*version*_amd64.deb
   

Linux Distributions Not Based on Debian#

To install the blaze software:

1. Download the following archives from the Basler website:
   • pylon_version_x86_64_setup.tar.gz
   • pylon-supplementary-package-for-blaze-version_x86_64_setup.tar.gz
2. Extract the pylon_version_x86_64_setup.tar.gz archive and follow the instructions in the INSTALL document included in the archive.
3. Extract the pylon-supplementary-package-for-blaze-version_x86_64_setup.tar.gz archive.
4. Change to the extracted directory and extract the pylon-supplementary-package-for-blaze-version_x86_64_setup.tar.gz archive to /opt/pylon.

Example:

tar xf pylon-supplementary-package-for-blaze-*version*-amd64.tar.gz
cd pylon-supplementary-package-for-blaze-*version*-amd64
sudo tar -C /opt/pylon -xzf ./pylon-supplementary-package-for-blaze-*version*-amd64.tar.gz

Next Steps#

Continue with the hardware installation.