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Configuring the Camera
5
Configuring the Camera
The following sections describe the various features of the camera.
5.1
Acquisition and Trigger Controls
These controls affect exposure mode, exposure time, and image acquisition operations.
Figure 25.
Acquisition And Trigger Controls Category
AcquisitionMode:
controls how the camera behaves during image acquisition.
The possible options are:
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Continuous: Images will be acquired continuously.
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SingleFrame: A single image will be acquired.
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MultiFrame: the camera acquires the number of images as specified by AcquisitionFrameCount feature
(see below).
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ContinuousRecording: The camera will continuously acquire and store images onto the onboard memory.
Acquisition is stopped when the onboard memory capacity is reached. Images can be read from the
camera using either ContinuousReadout or SingleFrameReadout.
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ContinuousReadout: Images will be read continuously from the camera’s onboard memory. When no more
images are available, timeouts will occur.
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SingleFrameRecording: Acquire a single image and store onto the onboard memory. Images can be read
from the camera using SingleFrameReadout.
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SingleFrameReadout: A single image will be read from the onboard memory. If no frames are available, a
timeout will occur.
AcquisitionStart:
tells the camera to start acquiring images in the mode as specified by AcquisitionMode.
AcquisitionStop:
tells the camera to stop acquiring images.
AcquisitionFrameCount:
specifies the number of frames to be acquired in the MultiFrame Acquisition mode.
Valid range is from 1 to 255.