Getting Started
Welcome! Is this your first time setting up a Lucid Vision camera? If so, this page is the perfect place to get started. Here you will find all the necessary steps needed to set up your camera.
Remove Dust Cap
Press the dust cap button to release the cap from the camera.
Attach Tripod Adapter
Use three M2 screws (2 in the front and 1 in the back) to attach the tripod adapter to the camera.
Attach a Lens
Screw in an appropriate lens into the camera’s lens mount.
Connect Cable to Network or PC
Connect a Cat 5e/6/6a cable to (a) PoE switch, (b) PoE injector or (c) PoE network interface card.
Note: You must use at least a Cat 5e cable to utilize GigE bandwidth.
Connect Cable to Camera
Connect a Cat 5e/6/6a cable to the camera. The camera will briefly blink red upon power-up and then start blinking green once it is ready to stream.
Arena SDK
To access cameras features you will need to download the Arena Software Development Kit (SDK). The Arena SDK also includes all the tools needed to develop your own custom vision application.
The Arena SDK includes:
- Arena C++ Library (C, .NET coming soon)
- ArenaView GUI
- IP Configuration Utility
- Lightweight Filter (LWF) Driver Installer
- Arena HTML Help Documentation
The Arena SDK includes:
- Arena C++ Library (C, .NET coming soon)
- ArenaView GUI
- IP Configuration Utility
- Lightweight Filter (LWF) Driver Installer
- Arena HTML Help Documentation
3rd Party Software Guides
If you application uses 3rd party software packages we have helpful getting started guides for popular industry software packages. Please visit our 3rd Party Software Getting Started Guides page for step-by-step instructions.
Updating your camera’s firmware is easy with our ArenaView GUI and fwa file. The firmware fwa files are located in the camera model webpage under the “downloads” tab. Before beginning the update process please connect your camera to your host computer and install our Arena SDK. The following steps explain how to update your camera firmware using ArenaView GUI which can be accessed through the Windows Start Menu under Lucid Vision Labs folder -> ArenaView (or C:\ProgramData\Lucid Vision Labs\ArenaView\ArenaView.exe)
- Open the ArenaView Start Page. This page opens at program startup. It is also available by clicking View -> Start Page.
- Click the [+] next to the camera you would like to update on the Start Page and click on the Firmware Update link.
- Click Choose a file on the Firmware Update page and select your fwa file.
- Click Submit on the Firmware Update page. This will start the firmware update process.
Firmware Update Process
The Firmware Update page will show the progress of the update. During the update, the camera will not be accessible for control or image capture. The update may take a few minutes to complete. Please refrain from removing power from the camera during the update.
When the firmware update is complete, the camera will reboot. Once the update is finished, you can close the Firmware Update page and access the camera again.
For the majority of the time the easiest way to identify your camera IP address is through our ArenaView GUI. This information is displayed under the Start Page. If you are having difficulty identifying the IP address or would like to edit IP settings please read below for addition camera IP information.
Camera IP Setup
Persistent IP and DHCP configurations can be disabled on the camera. The default camera configuration is as follows:
| Persistent IP | Disabled |
| DHCP | Enabled |
| LLA | Enabled (always enabled) |
Out of the box, the camera first attempts to connect using DHCP. If the camera is unable to connect using DHCP, it will use Link-Local Addressing.
Setting Up Persistent IP or DHCP on the Camera with IP Config Utility
Arena SDK provides a simple command-line utility named IP Config Utility to configure your camera’s IP address.
The following command shows all connected cameras:
> IPConfigUtility /list
[index] MAC IP SUBNET GATEWAY IP CONFIG
[0] 1C0FAF000001 169.254.101.0 255.255.0.0 0.0.0.0 DHCP= 1 Persistent Ip= 1 LLA = 1
The following commands show how to enable and set a persistent IP address on a camera with the MAC address of 1C:0F:AF:00:00:01:
> IPConfigUtility /config -m 1C0FAF000001 -p true
> IPConfigUtility /persist -m 1C0FAF000001 -p true -a 192.168.0.10 -s 255.255.0.0 -g 0.0.0.0
The following commands show how to enable persistent IP and set a persistent IP address on a camera listed at index 0:
> IPConfigUtility /config -i 0 -p true
> IPConfigUtility /persist -i 0 -p true -a 192.168.0.10 -s 255.255.0.0 -g 0.0.0.0
The following command shows how to enable DHCP on a camera listed at index 0:
> IPConfigUtility /config -i 0 -d true
The following commands show how to enable persistent IP and DHCP and set a persistent IP address on a camera listed at index 0:
> IPConfigUtility /config -i 0 -p true -d true
> IPConfigUtility /persist -i 0 -p true -a 192.168.0.10 -s 255.255.0.0 -g 0.0.0.0
Forcing an IP Address on the Camera with IP Config Utility
The following command shows how to force an IP address on a camera with the MAC address of 1C:0F:AF:00:00:01:
> IPConfigUtility /force -m 1C0FAF000001 -a 192.168.0.10 -s 255.255.0.0 -g 0.0.0.0
Setting Up LLA on the Ethernet Adapter
The following steps illustrate an example configuration for one Ethernet adapter to use the LLA space.
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Navigate to Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Center
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Click Change adapter settings
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Right-click on your Ethernet adapter and click Properties
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Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties
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Select Use the following IP address and enter the following details:
IP address 169.254.0.1 Subnet mask 255.255.0.0 
Default gateway and DNS server details can be left blank.