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NI officially supports 1GigE cameras that comply with the GigE Vision 2.0 standard. According to Camera Interfaces Supported by NI Software, frame grabbers also work with cameras that follow the GigE Vision Specification 1.0 or later.
The currently supported standard is GigE Vision 2.0, as stated in the Vision Acquisition Software 2023 Q1 Readme, and this remains unchanged through the 2025 Q3 release.
While 25GigE cameras can be connected to NI hardware and software if they comply with the GigE Vision standard, they may face performance limitations. These include high processor load, packet loss, image loss, and acquisition timeouts. Even if the camera supports high throughput, the system must be tested to confirm it can handle it. NI has tested GigE Vision 2.0 with 10GigE, but not beyond that.
To use a 10GigE camera, please consider:
- Using a camera is GigE Vision Compliant
- Using a CAT6 cable.
- Using a network interface adapted supports 10Gbps and
- Setting the Jumbo packets property of the network adapter to the max value.
- Setting the Packet Size configuration to the max value
GigE Vision 3.0 is still under development. It will use RoCEv2 (Remote Direct Memory Access over Converged Ethernet) to enable efficient image streaming at speeds of 400Gbps and higher. NI does not currently support this version.