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Prosilica GC Technical Manual V2.1.0

Camera attribute highlights

Allied Vision cameras support a number of standard and extended features. The

table below identifies a selection of interesting capabilities of the Prosilica GC

camera family.

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A complete listing of camera controls, including control defini-

tions can be found online:

PvAPI users: GigE Camera and Driver Attributes document

VIMBA users: GigE Features Reference document

Control 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 Independent x and y control with 1 pixel resolution

Multicast Streaming to multiple computers

Event channel

In-camera events including exposure start and trig-

ger are asynchronously broadcasted to the host com-

puter

Chunk data

Captured images are bundled with attribute informa-

tion such as exposure and gain value

Color matrix Correct color rendering for specific color temperature

Gamma, Hue, Saturation Adjust image gamma, hue and saturation

Precision Time Protocol

IEEE1588

Synchronize clocks of multiple cameras using multi-

cast messaging

Lens control Control P-iris lenses

*May vary depending on the camera model

Table 17: Prosilica GC camera and driver attribute highlights