Rich Choice of Interfaces
pylon allows connecting your cameras via USB3 Vision, GigE Vision, CoaxPress, and Camera Link. For embedded systems, even BCON for LVDS and MIPI are supported.
pylon Drivers & GenTL
Stable Operation and Outstanding Performance on All Platforms
For the best possible operation of your Basler camera, pylon provides you with a set of optimized drivers for a rich choice of interfaces. Regardless of your decision, pylon’s drivers will guarantee the most reliable and fastest operation of your Basler cameras in real-time quality.
Your Advantages with pylon Drivers and GenTL
Real-time performance
In comparison studies, pylon demonstrated an outstanding performance with regard to latency and jitter, making pylon suitable for stable image acquisition even in real-time applications.
Easy Connection via GenTL
Basler’s pylon camera software suite comprises GenTL producers for most interfaces, allowing you to connect your application directly and in a standardized way to the pylon drivers.
GenTL producers are available for USB3 Vision, GigE Vision, CoaxPress and BCON for MIPI.
Compression Beyond via GenTL
The GenTL producers of pylon automatically decompress compressed images from cameras that support the Compression Beyond feature, lossy and lossless.
Note: The Compression Beyond feature is available on selected ace 2 Pro camera models only.
Download pylon for your operating system
The pylon camera software suite is free software that can be installed and used right after downloading.
Components of the Basler pylon Camera Software Suite
Basler’s pylon consists of three components: SDKs for integration into application software, configuration tools for evaluating and setting-up cameras, and drivers and GenTL producers for reliable connectivity.
pylon Viewer
Easy camera evaluation and powerful tools for getting the best image out of your camera – Vignetting Correction, Sharpness, Bandwidth Manager and more.
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pylon SDKs
The pylon SDKs provide easy-to-learn APIs in most common programming languages, beginner friendly for fastest productivity.
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pylon vTools
Easy creation of high-performance image processing functions for your applications. Structure recognition, object positioning or robust code recognition - perfectly matched to Basler's camera portfolio.
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