Cannot Adjust Camera Properties in NI-MAX

Issue Details

I have run into a problem where I cannot see or adjust camera properties (both GigE and USB cameras) on some of my computers in our lab. The camera(s) show up in the list of devices in NI Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX), but snap, grab, the tabs for adjusting properties, etc. are missing/not available.
How can I fix this?

Solution

This issue occurs due to the NI installer basically only installing the runtime version of IMAQdx, which does not include configuration abilities in MAX. 

Install the full IMAQdx driver:

• To download this driver, download the Vision Acquisition Software (VAS) package. VAS includes NI-IMAQ, NI-IMAQdx, and NI-IMAQ I/O driver sets that serve different vision application purposes. After running the VAS installer, you will be given the option to choose which of the drivers you want to install.

If you have the full IMAQdx driver installed on your machine and the issue still persists, you try the following:

• Uninstall and reinstall the original driver of the camera.
• change the driver for the camera in NI-MAX back to the original (IDS) one