I Can’t Change the Attributes of My Camera on NI MAX

Issue Details

• I'm trying to change the attributes of my camera from NI MAX, but when I save the changes, close MAX, and reopen it again, the attributes are the same as the beginning.
• I'm trying to use multiple of same cameras, and when I try to change the attribute of specific camera, the change applies to other cameras. 

Solution

To work with camera devices, NI MAX takes information from two files:

• The .icd file that has all the attributes of the camera.
• The .iid file that saves the name of the .icd file and additional information from the device, like the serial number.
• Both files are located at C:\Users\Public\Documents\National Instruments\NI-IMAQdx\Data or C:\Users\Public\Documents\National Instruments\NI-IMAQ\Data depending on the driver used (NI-IMAQdx or NI-IMAQ respectively).

To solve this issue try the following steps:

• Check that the name of the .icd file appears correctly in the .iid file. If the .iid file stores a different name, NI MAX will not be able to find the correct .icd file, and it will not change or update the attributes.
• Check if there is .icd and .iid file for all cameras used. If the files for a specific device are missing, create by making a copy of other existing files and updating information such as serial number. 
• The .icd and .iid files are corrupted and new files are required:
  • Disconnect the camera from the PC.
  • Delete both files from one of the paths mentioned before. For instance, if you are using a USB 3.0 camera, the NI-IMAQdx driver will be used and the files are located at C:\Users\Public\Documents\National Instruments\NI-IMAQdx\Data.
  • Reconnect the camera.
  • Verify that new files were created.
  • Test that camera attributes changes are properly saved.

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