Specifications
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Prosilica GC Technical Manual V2.2.0
Camera feature highlights
Allied Vision cameras support a number of standard and extended features. The
table below identifies a selection of capabilities of the Prosilica GC camera family.
A complete listing of camera features, including feature definitions can be found
on the Allied Vision documentation website:
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Vimba and third-party software users:
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PvAPI users:
GigE Camera and Driver Attributes
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Feature
Description
Gain control
Manual and auto
Exposure control
Manual and auto
White balance
Red and blue channel; manual and auto control
External trigger event
Rising edge, falling edge, any edge, level high, level low
External trigger delay
0 to 60* s; 1 µs increments
Fixed rate control
0.001 fps to maximum frame rate
Imaging modes
Free-running, external trigger, fixed rate, software trigger
Sync out modes
Trigger ready, trigger input, exposing, readout, imaging,
strobe, GPO
Region of interest (ROI)
Independent x and y control with 1 pixel resolution
Multicast
Streaming to multiple computers
Event channel
In-camera events including exposure start and trigger are
asynchronously broadcast to the host computer
Image chunk data
Captured images are bundled with feature information
such as exposure and gain value
Color matrix
Correct color rendering for specific color temperature
Gamma, hue, and saturation
Adjust image gamma, hue, and saturation
IEEE 1588 Precision Time
Protocol (PTP)
Synchronize clocks of multiple cameras using multicast
messaging
*May vary depending on the camera model
Figure 17: Prosilica GC camera and driver feature highlights
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