Question:  "I purchased a color AVT Guppy camera, but I don't see a color image, only a monochrome image with a superimposed grid.  How can I see a color image?"

Answer: The Guppy generates an encoded color image and sends it along the 1394 bus to the computer, which is responsible for deBayering (decoding) the color image.  

Simply turn on DeBayering in your software and begin acquiring images - they'll be in vivid color!

Screenshot enabling debayering in AVT SmartView, part of AVT FirePackage.

Click here for screenshots in AVT ActiveCam viewer, part of AVT ActiveFirePackage.

(Note: AVT's other color camera models, with more onboard electronics, can do deBayering on the camera)

Note:  If using other software, e.g. National Instruments LabView, Matrox MIL, MATLAB/Simulink, etc., please enable debayering (demosaicing, color interpolation) in their software, or use a freeware product like dcraw to pre-process the image before passing it to your software.