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Can you tell me which network adapters are compatable with the Basler pylon performance driver?

Basler provides two GigE Vision network drivers for interfacing Basler GigE Vision cameras:

The Basler filter driver is a basic GigE Vision network driver that is compatible with all network adapters. The advantage of the filter driver is its extensive compatibility.

The Basler performance driver is a hardware specific GigE Vision network driver. The performance driver is only compatible with network adapters that use specific Intel Pro 1000 chipsets ("compatible chipsets"). The advantage of the performance driver is that it significantly lowers the CPU load needed to service the network traffic between the PC and the camera(s). It also has a more robust packet resend mechanism.

To take advantage of the benefits of the Basler performance driver, we recommend using Intel Pro 1000 network adapters. These adapters generally work well with the performance driver. However, since the Intel Pro 1000 series has changed over the time, it may happen that the Basler performance driver does not support your particular Intel Pro 1000 adapter.

To make sure that the Pro 1000 network adapter you are using is compatible, consult the table below that lists the currently supported Intel Pro 1000 chipsets and their corresponding Hardware IDs. Note that some chipsets are compatible with pylon version 2.1 or 2.2, but not with version 2.0.

In the following table:

	Yes = is compatible
	Yes/M = is compatible but requires manual installation
	No = is not compable

		Intel Pro 1000 Chipset	Hardware ID	Pylon 2.0	Pylon 2.1/2.2
		82540EM	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_100E	Yes	Yes
		82540EP_EL	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_101E	Yes	Yes
		82541GI*	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1076	Yes	Yes
		82541GI_LF	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_107C	Yes	Yes
		82545EM	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_100F	Yes	Yes
		82545GM	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1026	Yes	Yes
		82563EB/80003ES2	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1096	No	Yes
		82567/ICH9_IGP_AMT**	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_10BE	No	Yes/M
		82567/ICH9_IGP_AMT**	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_10F5	No	Yes/M
		82571EB***	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_105E	Yes	Yes
		4-port (2 X 82571EB***)	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_10A4	Yes	Yes
		4-port LP (2 x 82571EB***)	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_10BC	Yes/M	Yes
		82572EI***	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_10B9	Yes	Yes
		82572EI-Copper***	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_107D	Yes	Yes
		82573E	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_108B	Yes	Yes
		82573E-IAMT	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_108C	Yes	Yes
		82573L	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_109A	Yes	Yes
		82574L	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_10D3	No	Yes

* This device can also have "82541PI" markings.

** pylon operation with this chipset is unreliable.

*** These devices can also have "82571GB" or "82572GI" markings (instead of "82571EB" or "82572EI"). The 82571GB and 82572GI devices are only used on Intel network interface adapters. The 82571GB is functionally equivalent to the 82571EB and the 82572GI is functionally equivalent to the 82572EI.




To check the Hardware IDs for your network adapter:

1. Click Start > Run.

2. Type in: devmgmt.msc

3. Click the OK button. The device manager will start.

3. Expand the node for Network Adapters.

4. Right click on the name of your Intel Pro 1000 adapter
and select Properties from the drop down menu.

5. Click the Details tab and make sure that Hardware IDs is selected in the drop down list.

Check the hardware IDs in the list on the Detail Tab against the table that appears earlier in this FAQ. If hardware IDs for your adapter do not match an ID in the table, you must use the Basler filter driver with your network adapter.

Customers who happen to acquire an unsupported Intel Pro 1000 network adapter, but who still need to use the Basler performance driver, can contact the Basler support team. The support team will arrange shipment of the non-compatible network adapter to Basler AG and will attempt to get the adapter supported either by creating a hotfix for the performance driver or by including the adapter in the next Basler performance driver release.