AVT GigE Cameras Camera and Driver Features V2.0.
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Contents Contacting Allied Vision Technologies ................................................... 9 Introduction ...........................................................................................................10 Document history...........................................................................................................11 Conventions used in this manual .......................................................................................12 Additional information..................
DeviceTemperatureSelector [Enum] R/W ....................................................................... 32 EventControl ........................................................................................................ 32 EventData ............................................................................................................... 32 EventID...................................................................................................................
DeviceID [String] R/C ................................................................................................ 48 DeviceUserID [String] R/W.......................................................................................... 48 DeviceModelName [String] R/W ................................................................................... 48 DevicePartNumber [String] R/C ................................................................................... 48 DeviceScanType [Enum] R/C.............
StreamBufferHandlingMode [Enum] R/W ....................................................................... 58 AnalogControl ...................................................................................................... 58 SensorGain [Enum] R/W ............................................................................................. 58 ChunkDataControl .............................................................................................. 59 ChunkModeActive [Boolean] R/W .................
FileAccessControl............................................................................................... 67 FileAccessBuffer [Register] R/W................................................................................... 67 FileAccessLength [Integer] R/W................................................................................... 67 FileAccessOffset [Integer] R/W .................................................................................... 67 FileAttribute [Integer] R ................
Multicast................................................................................................................. 77 Settings .................................................................................................................. 77 Statistics................................................................................................................. 79 TransportLayerControl ......................................................................................
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Introduction Introduction The document describes the standard and advanced camera controls for AVT GigE cameras as seen from the AVT Vimba Viewer.
Introduction Document history Version Date Remarks V1.0.0 2013-Jul-04 NEW MANUAL - RELEASE status V1.0.1 2013-Sep-06 • • • • • Added the EF lens controls on page 20 Added ReverseX control on page 46 Updated DefectMaskPixelEnable feature Updated controls in the Statistics feature Updated controls in the DeviceStatus feature V2.0.
Introduction Conventions used in this manual To give this manual an easily understood layout and to emphasize important information, the following typographical styles and symbols are used: Styles Style Bold Courier Courier Italics Parentheses and/or blue Text in square brackets Function Highlighting important information Camera feature Possible feature values Links Camera feature type: • Enum • Command • Float • Boolean • Integer • Register • String Example control Input Mode (Link) [Enum] Table 2: St
Introduction Additional information AVT software All software packages provided by AVT are free of charge and contain the following components: • Drivers • Software Development Kit (SDK) for camera control and image acquisition • Examples based on the provided APIs of the SDK • Documentation and release notes • Viewer application to operate/configure the cameras www All software packages (including documentation and release notes) provided by AVT can be downloaded at: http://www.alliedvisiontec.
AVT GigE camera and driver features AVT GigE camera and driver features This chapter lists standard and advanced camera controls, as seen from the AVT Vimba Viewer, for the following camera families: – Bigeye G – Mako G – Manta – Prosilica GB – Prosilica GC – Prosilica GE – Prosilica GS – Prosilica GT – Prosilica GX Acquisition This group of controls relates to image acquisition. AcquisitionAbort [Command] Software command to stop camera from receiving frame triggers and abort the current acquisition.
AVT GigE camera and driver features AcquisitionMode [Enum] R/W Determines the behavior of the camera when acquisition start is triggered. [Default] After an acquisition start event, the camera will continuously receive frame trigger events. See TriggerSelector and TriggerSource for more information. SingleFrame The camera will only deliver a single frame trigger event.
AVT GigE camera and driver features Trigger This group of controls relates to how an image frame is initiated or triggered. TriggerActivation [Enum] R/W Type of activation, for hardware triggers. This controls edge/level and polarity sensitivities.
AVT GigE camera and driver features TriggerSelector [Enum] R/W Selects a trigger, then use the controls {TriggerMode, TriggerSoftware, TriggerSource, TriggerActivation, TriggerOverlap, TriggerDelayAbs} to setup and read the trigger features.
AVT GigE camera and driver features Controls BlackLevelControl BlackLevel [Float] R/W Range: [0–255.75] Default: 0 Black level value. Setting the Gain does not change the BlackLevel. BlackLevelSelector [Enum] R/W Possible values: All Selects which black level is controlled by the various black level features. CCDTemperatureOK [Integer] R Current temperature status of the CCD sensor. Momentary temperature status of the CCD sensor. Indicates if CCD sensor has desired cooling temperature.
AVT GigE camera and driver features ColorTransformationSelector [Enum] R/W Possible values: RGBtoRGB Selects which color transformation module is controlled by the various color transformation features. ColorTransformationValue [Float] R/W Range: [-2–2] Default: 1 Represents the value of the selected gain factor or offset inside the transformation matrix.
AVT GigE camera and driver features EdgeFilter [Enum] R/W Image sharpness/blur. Applied post-Bayer interpolation. Only available on color PixelFormats noted with on-camera interpolation. Smooth2 Smooth1 Off Sharpen1 Sharpen2 Note Most blur Slight blur [Default] No blur or sharpness applied Slight sharp Most sharp EdgeFilter feature is applicable only to color models/Manta cameras except dual-tap camera models. DefectMask Some larger format sensors may contain defective columns.
AVT GigE camera and driver features Continuous The exposure time will vary continuously according to the scene illumination. The auto exposure function operates according to the ExposureAuto and DSPSubregion controls other The exposure time will be controlled by an external signal appearing on Line1 or Line2.
AVT GigE camera and driver features ExposureAutoMin [Integer] R/W Range: [Camera dependent] Default: Camera dependent The lower bound to the exposure setting in auto exposure mode. Units: μs ExposureAutoOutliers [Integer] R/W Range: [0–1000] Default: 0 Units: 0.01% i.e. 1000 = 10% The total pixels from top of the distribution that are ignored by the auto exposure algorithm.
AVT GigE camera and driver features Note The shutter feature is intended to control the exposure by means of a mechanical shutter. It should not be confused with any other exposure control feature. The mechanical shutter is available ONLY on the Bigeye G629B Cool camera. GainControl/Gain This feature controls the gain settings applied to the sensor. Gain [Float] R/W Range: [Camera dependent] Default: 0 Units: dB V out G dB = 20 log ----------- V in The gain setting applied to the sensor.
AVT GigE camera and driver features GainAutoControl GainAutoAdjustTol [Integer] R/W Range: [0–50] Default: 5 Units: Percent Tolerance in variation from GainAutoTarget in which the auto exposure algorithm will not respond. This feature is used to limit auto gain changes to only larger variations in scene lighting. GainAutoMax [Float] R/W Range: [0 – Camera dependent] Units: dB The upper bound to the gain setting in auto gain mode.
AVT GigE camera and driver features For Manta type A If Gamma is ON, LUT 1 is used to do the gamma transform. The original LUT values will be stored temporarily. If Gamma is ON, and you read out LUT1: you only get stored LUT values but not Gamma values. In general, Gamma values can‘t be read out. If Gamma is OFF, LUT position 1 contains optional user defined LUT values. Note Manta type B, Mako G, and Prosilica GT cameras have a stand-alone gamma function which does not share resources with LUTs.
AVT GigE camera and driver features Iris Auto iris lens support. Supported auto iris lens types (camera dependent): video, DC, and P-Iris. GT series detects lens type on power up. DC settings will not apply if P-Iris lens connected. P-Iris settings will not apply if DC-Iris lens connected. The auto iris algorithm calculates IrisAutoTarget based on information of the current image, and applies this to the next image. Large changes in scene lighting may require 2-3 frames for the algorithm to stabilize.
AVT GigE camera and driver features IrisVideoLevelMax [Integer] R/W Units: 10 mV [Manta: 13.2 mV] Video-type lenses only. Limits the maximum driving voltage for closing the lens iris. Typically, this will be 150; however, it may vary depending on the lens reference voltage. A lower minimum value slows the adjustment time but prevents excessive overshoot. Range: [0–150] Default: Camera dependent IrisVideoLevelMin [Integer] R/W Units: 10 mV [Manta: 13.2 mV] Video-type lenses only.
AVT GigE camera and driver features LensPIrisPosition [Integer] R/W Range: [0–1022] Default: 50 Iris/aperture position. Manually control iris in PIrisManual mode, or read back iris position in PIrisAuto mode. 0 represents fully open and 1022 represents fully closed position. Values greater than LensPIrisNumSteps are ignored/not written. LensDrive Open loop DC 3 axis lens control.
AVT GigE camera and driver features LUTIndex [Integer] R/W Default: 0 Range: [0 – (2LUTBitDepthIn - 1)] Controls the index (offset) of the coefficient to access in the selected LUT. LUTInfo This control provides information depending on LUTSelector. LUTAddress [Integer] R/C Indicates location of memory, when LUT is loaded. LUTBitDepthIn [Integer] R/C Display name: LUTBitLengthIn Bit depth of the input value of the look-up table block.
AVT GigE camera and driver features LUTValue [Integer] R/W Default: 4095 Range: [0 – (2LUTBitDepthOut - 1)] Returns or sets the value at entry LUTIndex of the LUT selected by LUTSelector. NirMode [Enum] R/W Select 3 different NIR modes. The modes differ in quantum efficiency, frame rates, and anti-blooming characteristics Off On_HighQuality On_Fast [Default] NirMode set off. Acquire and readout image at same time.
AVT GigE camera and driver features Whitebalance BalanceRatioAbs [Float] R/W Range: [Camera dependent] Adjusts the gain of the channel selected in the BalanceRatioSelector. BalanceRatioAbs = 1.00 means no gain is applied. Note The green channel gain is always 1.00, as this is the luminance/reference channel. To increase/decrease green, decrease/increase red and blue accordingly.
AVT GigE camera and driver features BalanceWhiteAutoRate [Integer] R/W Range: [1–100] Default: 100 Units: Percent Rate of white balance adjustments, from 1 (slowest) to 100 (fastest). It is used to slow the rate of color balance change so that only longer period fluctuations affect color. DeviceStatus DeviceTemperature [Float] R Units: Degree Celsius Resolution: 0.031 Camera internal temperature.
AVT GigE camera and driver features EventID EventAcquisitionStart [Integer] R/C EventAcquisitionEnd [Integer] R/C EventFrameTrigger [Integer] R/C EventExposureEnd [Integer] R/C EventAcquisitionRecordTrigger [Integer] R/C EventPtpSyncLost [Integer] R/C EventPtpSyncLocked [Integer] R/C EventLine1RisingEdge [Integer] R/C EventLine1FallingEdge[Integer] R/C EventLine2RisingEdge [Integer] R/C EventLine2FallingEdge [Integer] R/C EventLine3RisingEdge [Integer] R/C EventLine3FallingEdge[Integer] R/C EventLine4Risin
AVT GigE camera and driver features EventsEnable1 [Integer] R/W Default: 0. Bit field of all events. For example: Bit Bit Bit Bit 1 2 3 19 EventAcquisitionStart EventAcquisitionEnd EventFrameTrigger EventFrameTriggerReady This is an alternative to setting each event individually using the EventNotification and EventSelector method. GigE BandwidthControlMode [Enum] R/W Selects the desired mode of bandwidth control.
AVT GigE camera and driver features • • Bits 2 – 4 (Last error): Enumerated error value: – 0: No error detected – 1: Lens failed query by camera – 2: Lens communication error (can occur when removing lens) – 3: Lens communication error (can occur when removing lens) – 4: Lens remained busy for longer than 10 seconds – 5: Lens focus “Zero Stop” not detected – 6: Lens focus “Infinity Stop” not detected Bits 0 – 1: Upper 2 bits of focus percentage value (see Byte 6).
AVT GigE camera and driver features Current GevCurrentDefaultGateway [Integer] R Display name: Current Default Gateway IP address of the default Gateway of the device. GevCurrentIPAddress [Integer] R Display name: Current IP Address Current IP address of the device. GevCurrentSubnetMask [Integer] R Display name: Current Subnet Mask Current Subnet Mask of the device.
AVT GigE camera and driver features GVCPHBInterval [Integer] R/W Display name: Heartbeat Interval Units: ms For Vimba v1.2.1 or lower The driver sends a heartbeat request packet to the camera every GVCPHBInterval milliseconds. If the camera fails to respond to the heartbeat request, a retry is sent “GVCPCmdTimeout” ms later. After “GVCPCmdRetries” retries with no response, a camera unplugged event is returned by the driver.
AVT GigE camera and driver features PtpAcquisitionGateTime [Integer] R/W Range: [0 – (263-1)] Default: 0 Units: ns PtpAcquisition trigger time. Used to schedule a synchronized software trigger on multiple PTP synchronized device. Must be set beyond current camera GevTimeStampValue. When set, image acquisition stalls. When camera GevTimeStampValue PtpAcquisitionGateTime, image acquisition resumes. PtpMode [Enum] R/W Controls the PTP behavior of the clock port.
AVT GigE camera and driver features GevPersistentIPAddress [Integer] R/W Display name: Persistent IP Address Persistent IP address of the device. GevPersistentSubnetMask [Integer] R/W Display name: Persistent Subnet Mask Persistent subnet mask of the device. StreamBytesPerSecond [Integer] R/W Range: [1,000,000 – 124,000,000 (248,000,000 for GX in LAG mode)] Units: Bytes/s Moderates the data rate of the camera.
AVT GigE camera and driver features This feature can be useful to prevent GigE network flooding in situations where a large number of cameras connected to a single host computer are capturing a single event. Using the StreamHold function, each camera will hold the event image data until the host computer disables StreamHold for each camera in turn.
AVT GigE camera and driver features IO The control and readout of all camera inputs and outputs. The number of inputs and outputs is camera model dependent. StatusLED StatusLedLevels [Integer] R/W Range: [0–4294967296] Default: 0 Status led levels in GPO mode. Note StatusLedPolarity can invert these values. StatusLedPolarity [Enum] R/W Possible values: Normal, Invert Polarity applied to the status led specified by StatusLedSelector.
AVT GigE camera and driver features Strobe Definition Strobe is an internal signal generator for on-camera clocking functions. Valid when any of the SyncOutSource is set to Strobe1. Strobe allows the added functionality of duration and delay, useful when trying to sync a camera exposure to an external strobe. StrobeDelay [Integer] R/W Range: [0 – Camera dependent] Default: 0 Delay from strobe trigger to strobe output.
AVT GigE camera and driver features SyncIn Signal source of the strobe timing unit. See SyncOutSource for descriptions. SyncInGlitchFilter [Integer] R/W Range: [0–50000] Default: 0 Units: ns Ignores glitches on the SyncIn input line with pulse duration less than set value. Note Setting SyncInGlitchFilter value increases latency of FrameTrigger by same amount. SyncInLevels [Integer] R A 4-bit register where each bit corresponds to a specific SyncIn input.
AVT GigE camera and driver features SyncOutSource [Enum] R/W Signal source of the sync-out line specified by SyncOutSelector. General purpose output GPO AcquisitionTriggerReady Active once the camera has been recognized by the host PC and is ready to start acquisition FrameTriggerReady Active when the camera is in a state that will accept the next frame trigger Exposing Active for the duration of sensor exposure FrameReadout Active during frame readout, i.e.
AVT GigE camera and driver features OffsetX [Integer] R/W Range: [0 – Camera dependent] Default: 0 Units: Pixels Starting column of the readout region (relative to the first column of the sensor) in pixels. OffsetY [Integer] R/W Range: [0 – Camera dependent] Default: 0 Units: Pixels Starting row of the readout region (relative to the first row of the sensor) in pixels. PixelFormat [Enum] R/W There are various pixel data formats that AVT GigE cameras can output.
AVT GigE camera and driver features BayerGR12 Bit depth: 12. One pixel every two bytes, LSB aligned. Raw, un-interpolated color. Interpolation performed by host software. RGB8Packed Bit depth: 8. One pixel every three bytes. On-camera interpolated color. BGR8Packed Bit depth: 8. One pixel every three bytes. On-camera interpolated color. RGBA8Packed Bit depth: 8. One pixel every four bytes. On-camera interpolated color. Alpha channel (A) is fully opaque, 0xFF BGRA8Packed Bit depth: 8.
AVT GigE camera and driver features BinningHorizontal [Integer] R/W Range: [1 – Camera dependent] The horizontal binning factor. Default: 1 Note Color cameras only: Color information is lost while binning is active due to summing of adjacent different filtered pixels on the Bayer filter array. BinningVertical [Integer] R/W Range: [1 – Camera dependent] The vertical binning factor.
AVT GigE camera and driver features www See the application note for more information on the decimation process: http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/fileadmin/content/PDF/ Support/Application_Notes/AppNote_-_Decimation.pdf SensorHeight [Integer] R/C The total number of pixel rows on the sensor. SensorWidth [Integer] R/C The total number of pixel columns on the sensor.
AVT GigE camera and driver features FirmwareVerMinor [Integer] R/C Minor part of firmware version number (part after the decimal). SensorBits [Integer] R/C Maximum bit depth of sensor. SensorType [Enum] R/C Type of image sensor. Monochrome or Bayer-pattern color sensor type. SavedUserSets AVT GigE cameras are capable of storing a number of user-specified configurations within the camera's non-volatile memory.
AVT GigE camera and driver features Multicast Multicast mode allows the camera to send image data to all hosts on the same subnet as the camera. The host computer (or AVT Vimba Viewer application instance) that first enables multicast mode is the master, and controls all camera parameters. All other hosts/instances are the monitors, and can view image data only. Note Note Most GigE switches support a maximum PacketSize of 1500 in multicast mode.
AVT GigE camera and driver features GVSPHostReceiveBuffers [Integer] R/W Display name: GVSP Host Receive Buffers Range: [256–2048] Default: 512 Number of buffers to be used by the network socket. Only applicable when not using the Filter Driver. GVSPMaxLookBack [Integer] R/W Display name: GVSP Max Look Back Range: [1–1024] Default: 30 Size of the look back window, in packets, when determining if a stream packet is missing.
AVT GigE camera and driver features GVSPTimeout [Integer] R/W Display name: GVSP Timeout Range: [10–5000] Default: 70 Units: ms End of stream timeout. If no stream packet received before GVSPTimeout, host requests resend, up to GVSPMaxRequests times. If still no packet received from camera, packet is marked as dropped. Statistics Note The packet counts in these statistics cover the image transport. Packets used for camera control or event data are not counted.
AVT GigE camera and driver features StatPacketMissed [Integer] R Display name: Stat Packets Missed The number of packets missed since the start of imaging. Note If everything is configured correctly, this number should remain zero, or at least very low compared to StatPacketReceived. StatPacketReceived [Integer] R Display name: Stat Packets Received Indicates the number of packets received by the driver since the start of imaging, this number should grow steadily during continuous acquisition.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features AVT Goldeye is a short-wave infrared GigE camera that provides a comprehensive and advanced set of features for infrared imaging requirements. This chapter describes the standard and advanced camera controls, as seen from the AVT Vimba Viewer, for Goldeye cameras using the GenICam standard feature naming convention. AcquisitionControl This group of controls relates to image acquisition.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features AcquisitionMode [Enum] R/W Determines the behavior of the camera when acquisition start is triggered. [Default] After an acquisition start event, the camera will continuously receive frame trigger events. See TriggerSelector and TriggerSource for more information SingleFrame The camera will only deliver a single frame trigger event.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features Continuous The exposure time will vary continuously according to the scene illumination. other The exposure time will be controlled by an external signal appearing on Line1 or Line2. In order for this feature to work, TriggerSelector = FrameStart and TriggerSource must be set to Line1 or Line2 Note The camera must be acquiring images in order for the auto algorithm to update.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features TriggerDelay [Float] R/W Range:[0 – Camera dependent] Default: 0 Units: μs Start-of-image can be delayed to begin some time after a trigger event is received by the camera. This feature is valid only when TriggerSource is set to external trigger (i.e. Line1, Line2). This control is a common trigger to sync with a strobe lighting source, which will inherently have some fixed setup time.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features TriggerSource [Enum] R/W Determines how an image frame is initiated within an acquisition stream. Note An acquisition stream must be started in order to trigger/receive individual frames. For Freerun and FixedRate the first frame is synchronized to AcquisitionStart trigger.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features ChunkDataControl ChunkModeActive [Boolean] R/W Possible values: True, False Default: False Enables camera to send GigE Vision Standard Protocol chunk data with an image.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features NonImagePayloadSize [Integer] R Units: Byte Maximum size of chunk data, not including the image chunk, in the image block payload. If ChunkModeActive = False, NonImagePayloadSize = 0. DeviceControl DeviceFirmwareVersion [String] R/C Firmware version of the AVT Goldeye camera. DeviceLinkSelector [Integer] R/W Selects which link of the device to control.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features DeviceModelName [String] R Camera model name, such as Goldeye G-032. Software should use the DevicePartNumber to distinguish between models. DeviceRelativeHumidity [Float] R Relative humidity, in percent, measured at the location selected in DeviceRelativeHumiditySelector. DeviceRelativeHumiditySelector [Enum] R/W Possible value: Sensorboard Selects the location for measuring relative humidity.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features DeviceType [Enum] R Type of the camera: Transmitter. DeviceUserID [String] R/W Used for multiple-camera situations for providing meaningful labels to individual cameras. DeviceVendorName [String] R/C Manufacturer’s name: Allied Vision Technologies. SensorCoolingPower [Float] R Cooling power consumption in mW. SensorTemperatureControlMode [Enum] R/W Defines the control mode for the thermoelectric cooler (TEC) of the sensor.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features SensorTemperatureSetpointValue [Float] R The setpoint temperature, in °C, corresponding to the setpoint selected in SensorTemperatureSetpointSelector. TimestampLatch [Command] Captures timestamp and stores in TimestampLatchValue. TimestampLatchValue [Integer] R Units: Camera clock ticks Value of timestamp, when latched by TimestampLatch. TimestampReset [Command] Resets the camera’s timestamp to 0.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features Note LineOutPolarity can invert the LineOutLevels. LineOutPolarity [Enum] R/W Possible values: Normal, Invert Default: Normal Polarity applied to the LineOut specified by LineOutSelector. LineOutSelector [Enum] R/W Possible values: LineOut1, LineOut2, LineOut3, LineOut4 Default: LineOut1 Selects the LineOut to control with LineOutSource, LineOutPolarity. LineOutSource [Enum] R/W Signal source of the LineOut line specified by LineOutSelector.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features Strobe Definition Strobe is an internal signal generator for on-camera clocking functions. Valid when any of the LineOutSource is set to Strobe1. Strobe allows the added functionality of duration and delay, which is useful when trying to sync a camera exposure to an external strobe. StrobeDelay [Integer] R/W Range: [0 – Camera dependent] Default: 0 Delay from strobe trigger to strobe output.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features EventControl EventData The following table lists all the events supported by the camera: EventAcquisitionEndFrameID EventAcquisitionEndTimestamp EventAcquisitionRecordTriggerFrameID EventAcquisitionRecordTriggerTimestamp EventAcquisitionStartFrameID EventAcquisitionStartTimestamp EventErrorFrameID EventErrorTimestamp EventExposureEndFrameID EventExposureEndTimestamp EventFrameTriggerFrameID EventFrameTriggerTimestamp EventFrameTriggerReadyFrameID EventFra
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features EventNotification [Enum] R/W Possible values: On, Off Default: Off Activates event notification on the GigE Vision message channel. EventSelector [Enum] R/W Selects a specific event to be enabled or disabled using EventNotification.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features FileAttribute [Integer] R Attribute of the currently selected file. Bit 0–1 Bit 2–31 These two bits are used to encode the privilege level for a file. It defines the owner of the file: • 0 = [Default] User owns the file.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features FileOperationSelector [Enum] R/W Selects the target operation for the selected file in the device. This operation is executed when the FileOperationExecute feature is called.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features FileStatus [Enum] R Possible values: Closed, Open Presents the status of the file FileType [Integer] R Type of currently selected file. FileTypeBuffer [Integer] R/(W) Possible values: – 0x1000 = Non-uniformity correction data – 0x2000 = Defect pixel correction data Contains the type that will be used for newly created files when FileOperationSelector = WriteType.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features GVCPCmdTimeout [Integer] R/W Display name: Command Timeout Range:[100–1000] Default: 250 Units: ms Timeout waiting for an answer from the device. GevHeartbeatInterval [Integer] R/W Display name: Heartbeat Interval Units: ms For Vimba v1.3 or higher only The driver sends heartbeat packets to the camera every GevHeartbeatInterval milliseconds.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features Note If you are seeing all black images, or all frames reported as StatFrameDropped and zero images reported as StatFrameDelivered, you will likely need to decrease this parameter. Persistent GevPersistentDefaultGateway [Integer] R/W Display name: Persistent Default Gateway Persistent default gateway of the device. GevPersistentIPAddress [Integer] R/W Display name: Persistent IP Address Persistent IP address of the device.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features NonUniformityCorrection NUCDatasetActivate [Command] Activates the data set that is currently indexed by the NUCDataSetSelector. NUCDatasetActive [Integer] R Range: [0 – Camera dependent] The index of the active data set, starting at 0. The maximum possible value depends on the number of valid data sets in the camera. The mapping of an index value to a specific correction data file may vary from camera to camera or after correction data modifications.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features NUCDatasetSelector [Integer] R/W Values: [0 – Camera dependent] Default: Camera dependent Selects a data set for access. The maximum possible value depends on the number of valid data sets in the camera. The mapping of an index value to a specific correction data file may vary from camera to camera or after correction data modifications. NUCDatasetTemperature [Float] R Shows sensor temperature, in °C, at acquisition of the data set.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features PixelFormat [Enum] R/W There are various pixel data formats that AVT GigE IR and scientific cameras can output. Not all cameras have every mode (see the Technical Manuals for details): Mono8 Bit depth: 8. One pixel every byte. Monochrome. For color cameras with oncamera interpolation, luminance (Y) channel returned. Mono10 Bit depth: 10. One pixel every two bytes, LSB aligned. Monochrome.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features RGB12Packed Bit depth: 12. One pixel every six bytes—R, G, B channels LSB-aligned. On-camera interpolated color. YUV411Packed Bit depth: 8. 4 pixel every 6 byte. On-camera interpolated color. Data in YUV411 format. YUV422Packed Bit depth: 8. 3 pixel every 6 byte. On-camera interpolated color. Data in YUV422 format. YUV444Packed Bit depth: 8. 2 pixel every 6 byte. On-camera interpolated color. Data in YUV444 format.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features Stream Info GVSPFilterVersion [String] R/C Display name: GVSP Filter Version Version of the GVSP Filter driver. Multicast Multicast mode allows the camera to send image data to all hosts on the same subnet as the camera. The host computer (or AVT Vimba Viewer application instance) that first enables multicast mode is the master, and controls all camera parameters. All other hosts/instances are the monitors, and can view image data only.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features GVSPDriverSelector [Enum] R/W Display name: GVSP Driver Selector Possible values: Filter, Socket Default: Filter Streaming driver to be used. GVSPHostReceiveBuffers [Integer] R/W Display name: GVSP Host Receive Buffers Range: [256–2048] Default: 512 Number of buffers to be used by the network socket. Only applicable when not using the Filter Driver.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features GVSPTimeout [Integer] R/W Display name: GVSP Timeout Range: [10–5000] Default: 70 Units: ms End of stream timeout. If no stream packet received before GVSPTimeout, host requests resend, up to GVSPMaxRequests times. If still no packet received from camera, packet is marked as dropped. Statistics Note The packet counts in these statistics cover the image transport. Packets used for camera control or event data are not counted.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features StatPacketMissed [Integer] R Display name: Stat Packets Missed The number of packets missed since the start of imaging. Note If everything is configured correctly, this number should remain zero, or at least very low compared to StatPacketReceived.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features PayloadSize [Integer] R Units: Byte Total size of payload in bytes. • If ChunkModeActive = True: PayloadSize = ImageSize + NonImagePayloadSize + 8 • If ChunkModeActive = False: PayloadSize = ImageSize StreamHold Normally, the camera sends data to the host computer immediately after completion of exposure. Enabling StreamHold delays the transmission of data, storing it in on-camera memory, until StreamHold is disabled.
AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features UserSetSelector [Enum] R/W Possible values: Default, UserSet1, UserSet2, UserSet3, UserSet4 Selects a user set, for loading or saving camera parameters. StreamInformation StreamID [String] R For Vimba v1.3 or higher only Display name: Stream ID Device’s unique ID for the stream. StreamType [Enum] R For Vimba v1.3 or higher only Display name: Stream Type Identifies the transport layer technology of the stream. AVT GigE Camera and Drivers Features V2.
Index (AVT GigE camera and driver features) Index (AVT GigE camera and driver features) A AcqStartTriggerMode ................................ 15 Acquiring ..................................... 41, 42, 44 Acquisition ............................................. 14 AcquisitionAbort ..................................... 14 AcquisitionEnd ........................................ 17 AcquisitionFrameCount ........................ 14, 15 AcquisitionFrameRateAbs ................
Index (AVT GigE camera and driver features) ExposureAutoTarget ............................ 21, 22 ExposureMode .................................... 22, 26 ExposureTimeAbs ..................................... 22 ExposureValue ........................................ 22 F FirmwareVerBuild .................................... 48 FirmwareVerMajor .................................... 48 FirmwareVerMinor .................................... 49 FitRange ................................................
Index (AVT GigE camera and driver features) LensPIris ................................................ 27 LensPIrisNumSteps .................................. 28 Line1 ..................................................... 17 Line2 ..................................................... 17 LineIn1 ............................................. 42, 44 LineIn2 ............................................. 42, 44 LineIn3 ............................................. 42, 44 LineIn4 ................................
Index (AVT GigE camera and driver features) StrobeSource .......................................... 42 SubstrateVoltage ..................................... 30 SyncIn ................................................... 43 SyncInGlitchFilter .................................... 43 SyncInLevels ........................................... 43 SyncInSelector ........................................ 43 SyncOut ................................................. 43 SyncOutLevels ...................................
Index (AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features) Index (AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features) A Acquiring .......................................... 64, 65 AcquisitionAbort ..................................... 54 AcquisitionEnd ........................................ 57 AcquisitionFrameCount ................... 54, 55, 56 AcquisitionFrameRate .......................... 54, 58 AcquisitionFrameRateAbs .......................... 57 AcquisitionFrameRateLimit ........................
Index (AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features) FileStatus ............................................... 70 FileType ............................................ 69, 70 FileTypeBuffer ......................................... 69 FirmwareVerBuild .................................... 76 FirmwareVerMajor .................................... 76 FirmwareVerMinor .................................... 76 FixedRate ............................................... 54 FrameRate ..........................
Index (AVT GigE IR & scientific camera and driver features) P PayloadSize ............................................ 81 Persistent ............................................... 72 PixelFormat ............................................ 75 R Recorder ................................. 54, 55, 60, 81 RecorderPreEventCount ........................ 55, 56 S SCPD ..................................................... 80 SensorBits .............................................. 76 SensorCoolingPower .........
