RE: ADSpinnaker, BlackfkyS 161S7M Not enough available memory to allocate buffers for streaming

[Mark Rivers via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Hi John,

 

I can think of a couple of things that can cause it to be limited to a slow rate:

• It is running at USB 2.0 speed, not 3.0.  That can happen if you plug into the wrong port on your machine, or if for some reason it does not negotiate USB 3 speed.
• Most USB cameras have a feature like DeviceLinkThroughputLimit.  If that got set low for some reason that would slow it down.

 

Mark

 

 

From: John Dobbins <john.dobbins at cornell.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2024 2:51 PM
To: tech-talk at aps.anl.gov; Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>
Subject: Re: ADSpinnaker, BlackfkyS 161S7M Not enough available memory to allocate buffers for streaming

 

Mark,

 

I did some more poking around, plugging the camera back into a Windows machine and using SpinView and saw that there is some sequence of events which causes the camera to have the frame rate limited to 2.66 Hz.

 

By unplugging/replugging it and toggling various settings I got it back to full frame rate on Windows.

 

I then removed it from Windows and plugged it into the linux box and I am now getting 21 Hz with the IOC !!!

 

So there seems to be something needing more investigating.

 

John

 

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From: John Dobbins <john.dobbins at cornell.edu>

Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2024 1:35 PM
To: tech-talk at aps.anl.gov <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: Re: ADSpinnaker, BlackfkyS 161S7M Not enough available memory to allocate buffers for streaming

 

After configuring USB-FS memory I now have the camera running.

One thing I don't understand is that I can't set the Acquire period below 0.375 seconds, i.e a frame rate of 2.66 Hz.

Is there a bandwidth limit somewhere?

Thanks,

John

 

 

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From: Engbretson, Mark S. <engbretson at anl.gov>
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2024 11:59 AM
To: John Dobbins <john.dobbins at cornell.edu>
Subject: RE: ADSpinnaker, BlackfkyS 161S7M Not enough available memory to allocate buffers for streaming

 

https://www.flir.com/support-center/iis/machine-vision/application-note/understanding-usbfs-on-linux/

 

 

From: Tech-talk <tech-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov> On Behalf Of John Dobbins via Tech-talk
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2024 10:56 AM
To: tech-talk at aps.anl.gov
Subject: ADSpinnaker, BlackfkyS 161S7M Not enough available memory to allocate buffers for streaming

 

I have built, base-7.0.6,  areaDetectorR3-13 with ADSpinnaker master on Alma 9. I am using a FLIR BlackflyS 161S7M USB camera. This is large, 5320x3032 pixels.

 

The camera is detected but I get a "Not enough available memory to allocate buffers for streaming" error.

 

In ADSpinnakerConfig I have set numSPBuffer to minimum  = 10 (?)

 

# ADSpinnakerConfig(const char *portName, const char *cameraId, int numSPBuffers,

#                   size_t maxMemory, int priority, int stackSize)

ADSpinnakerConfig("SP1", 22671882, 10, 0, 0,0)

 

The host computer has 16G, 13.7 G free,

 

Ideas?

 

John Dobbins

 

Research Support Specialist

Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source

Cornell University

 

www.chess.cornell.edu

 

 

 

 

 

[root@lnx615 iocSpinnaker]# ../../bin/linux-x86_64/spinnakerApp st.cmd.BlackflyS_161S7M

< envPaths

epicsEnvSet("IOC","iocSpinnaker")

epicsEnvSet("TOP","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/areaDetector-R3-13/ADSpinnaker/iocs/spinnakerIOC")

epicsEnvSet("ADSPINNAKER","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/areaDetector-R3-13/ADSpinnaker/iocs/spinnakerIOC/../..")

epicsEnvSet("SUPPORT","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir")

epicsEnvSet("ASYN","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/asyn-R4-45")

epicsEnvSet("AREA_DETECTOR","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/areaDetector-R3-13")

epicsEnvSet("ADSUPPORT","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/areaDetector-R3-13/ADSupport")

epicsEnvSet("ADCORE","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/areaDetector-R3-13/ADCore")

epicsEnvSet("AUTOSAVE","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/autosave-R5-11")

epicsEnvSet("BUSY","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/busy-R1-7-4")

epicsEnvSet("CALC","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/calc-R3-7-5")

epicsEnvSet("SNCSEQ","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/seq-R2-2-9")

epicsEnvSet("SSCAN","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/sscan-R2-11-5")

epicsEnvSet("DEVIOCSTATS","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/iocStats-3-1-16")

epicsEnvSet("EPICS_BASE","/nfs/chess/epics/det/base-7.0.6")

epicsEnvSet("ADGENICAM","/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/areaDetector-R3-13/ADGenICam")

errlogInit(20000)

dbLoadDatabase("/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/areaDetector-R3-13/ADSpinnaker/iocs/spinnakerIOC/dbd/spinnakerApp.dbd")

spinnakerApp_registerRecordDeviceDriver(pdbbase)

# Use this line for a specific camera by serial number, in this case a BlackFlyS GigE

epicsEnvSet("CAMERA_ID", "22671882")

epicsEnvSet("GENICAM_DB_FILE", "/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/areaDetector-R3-13/ADGenICam/db/FLIR_BFS_U3_161S7M.template")

< st.cmd.base

# Prefix for all records

epicsEnvSet("PREFIX", "13SP1:")

# The port name for the detector

epicsEnvSet("PORT",   "SP1")

# Really large queue so we can stream to disk at full camera speed

epicsEnvSet("QSIZE",  "2000")  

# The maximim image width; used for row profiles in the NDPluginStats plugin

epicsEnvSet("XSIZE",  "2048")

# The maximim image height; used for column profiles in the NDPluginStats plugin

epicsEnvSet("YSIZE",  "2048")

# The maximum number of time series points in the NDPluginStats plugin

epicsEnvSet("NCHANS", "2048")

# The maximum number of frames buffered in the NDPluginCircularBuff plugin

epicsEnvSet("CBUFFS", "500")

# The search path for database files

# This is for Windows

epicsEnvSet("EPICS_DB_INCLUDE_PATH", "/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/areaDetector-R3-13/ADCore/db;/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/areaDetector-R3-13/ADGenICam/db;/nfs/chess/epics/det/support_flir/areaDetector-R3-13/ADSpinnaker/iocs/spinnakerIOC/../../db")

# This is for Linux

#epicsEnvSet("EPICS_DB_INCLUDE_PATH", "$(ADCORE)/db:$(ADGENICAM)/db:$(ADSPINNAKER)/db")

# Define NELEMENTS to be enough for a 5320x3032 (color) image

epicsEnvSet("NELEMENTS", "16130240")

# ADSpinnakerConfig(const char *portName, const char *cameraId, int numSPBuffers,

#                   size_t maxMemory, int priority, int stackSize)

ADSpinnakerConfig("SP1", 22671882, 10, 0, 0,0)

2024/06/06 11:46:16.990 ADSpinnaker::connectCamera exception Spinnaker: Not enough available memory to allocate buffers for streaming. [-1016]

2024/06/06 11:46:16.990 ADSpinnaker:ADSpinnaker:  camera connection failed (3)

 

Number of cameras detected: 1

Camera 0

Device Vendor Name   (DeviceVendorName):FLIR

Device Model Name (DeviceModelName):Blackfly S BFS-U3-161S7M

Device Serial Number (DeviceSerialNumber):22671882

Device Version (DeviceVersion):2210.0.657.0

Device Type (DeviceType):USB3Vision