How to acquire Image data from a PC without MATLAB?

I have a PC with an NI PCIe-1433 frame grabber card and want to write a MATLAB program from my office PC to capture image data with the measurement PC. Do I need to have a MATLAB installed on my measuring PC? Or can I access the external measuring PC from the MATLAB environment on my office PC via the IP address? Or can I create a MATLAB executable for the measuring PC?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

There are two possible ways to achieve you goal-

1. Install MATLAB on Measurement PC. This will give you full functionality of Image Acquisition Toolbox.

2. If you do not want to install MATLAB on measurement PC, please create a standalone application from office PC using MATLAB Compiler and deploy it on measurement PC. However, you may need to install a compatible MCR on measurement PC. Please note that a standalone application supports all command line functionalities but does not support Apps and UIs, Image Acquisition Tool, and Simulink blocks. So, if your application uses any of these, then the best option for you would be to install MATLAB on the measurement PC. For more information on the MATLAB toolboxes and functionality that you can use with MATLAB Compiler, please refer to the following documentation link:

https://www.mathworks.com/products/compiler/compiler_support.html