30 • Installing the Genie Camera Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision CameraAbout the User-Defined Camera NameThe Genie can be programmed with a user-defined name to aid identifying multiple cameras connected to thenetwork. For instance, on an inspection system with 4 cameras, the first camera might be labeled “top view”, thesecond “left view”, the third “right view” and the last one “bottom view”. The factory default user name is set tomatch the camera serial number for quick initial identification. Note that the factory programmed Genie serialnumber and MAC address are not user changeable.When using CamExpert, multiple Genie cameras on the network are seen as different "Genie_M640_x" devices.Click on a Genie device user name to select it for control by CamExpert.An imaging application uses any one of these attributes to identify a camera: its IP address, MAC address, serialnumber or User Name. Some important considerations are listed below.• Do not use the camera's IP address as identification (unless it is a persistent IP) since it can change with eachpower cycle.• A MAC address is unique to a single camera, therefore the control application is limited to the vision systemwith that unique camera.• The User Name can be freely programmed to clearly represent the camera usage. This scheme is recommendedfor an application to identify cameras. In this case, the vision system can be duplicated any number of timeswith cameras identified by their function, not their serial numbers or MAC address.
