automatically check for GigE devices

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/pymba/vimba.py b/pymba/vimba.py
index a943083..795e03f 100644
--- a/pymba/vimba.py
+++ b/pymba/vimba.py
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ class Vimba:
                                          vmb_version_info.minor,
                                          vmb_version_info.patch))
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def startup():
+    def startup(self):
         """
         Initialize the Vimba C API.
         """
@@ -59,6 +58,10 @@ class Vimba:
         if error:
             raise VimbaException(error)
 
+        # automatically check for the presence of a GigE transport layer
+        if self.system().GeVTLIsPresent:
+            self.system().run_feature_command('GeVDiscoveryAllOnce')
+
     @staticmethod
     def shutdown():
         """