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AVT GigE camera attributes

AVT GigE Camera and Driver Attributes V1.3.1

This document is a master document for all AVT GigE camera models and is NOT camera specific

FrameStartTriggerMode – Enum – R/W

Determines how a frame is initiated.

FrameStartTriggerOverlap – Enum – R/W

Does not work with Software triggering. Only external.

FrameStartTriggerSoftware – Command

Triggers an image. Valid when FrameStartTriggerMode = Software.

AcquisitionAbort – Command

Software command to stop camera from receiving frame triggers, plus aborts

any currently exposing image.

AcquisitionFrameCount – Uint32 – R/W

The number of frames to capture in a limited sequence of images. Used with

AcquisitionMode = MultiFrame and Recorder. In Recorder mode, AcquisitionFr-

ameCount cannot exceed StreamHoldCapacity.

Note

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An acquisition stream must be started in order

to trigger/receive individual frames. For Freerun

and FixedRate the first frame is synchronized to

AcquisitionStart/AcqStart trigger.

Freerun [Default] Frame triggers generated on-camera, at maximum

supported frame rate depending on the exposure time and

region of interest size

SyncIn1 External trigger SyncIn1

SyncIn2 External trigger SyncIn2

SyncIn3 External trigger SyncIn3

SyncIn4 External trigger SyncIn4

FixedRate Frame triggers generated on-camera, at frame rate defined

by FrameRate attribute

Software Software initiated frame trigger. See FrameStartTrigger-

Software command

Off [Default] When Off, any external trigger received

before FrameTriggerReady signal is high is ignored

PreviousFrame When PreviousFrame, any external trigger received

before FrameTriggerReady is latched and used to trig-

ger the next frame

Range: [1 – 65535] Default: 1 Units: Frames