Instruction manual

Controlling image capture
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• Line 1 shows the broadcast command, which stops all cameras con-
nected to the same IEEE 1394 bus. It is generated by holding the
<shift> key down while clicking on <Write>.
•Line 2 generates a broadcast One_Shot in the same way, which forces
all connected cameras to simultaneously grab one image.
Jitter at start of exposure
The following chapter discusses the latency time which exists for all CCD
models when either a hardware or software trigger is generated, until the
actual image exposure starts.
Owing to the well-known fact that an Interline Transfer CCD sensor has both
a light sensitive area and a separate storage area, it is common to interleave
image exposure of a new frame and output that of the previous one. It makes
continuous image flow possible, even with an external trigger.
The uncertain time delay before the start of exposure depends on the state
of the sensor. A distinction is made as follows:
FVal is active  the sensor is reading out, the camera is busy
In this case the camera must not change horizontal timing so that the trigger
event is synchronized with the current horizontal clock. This introduces a
max. uncertainty which is equivalent to the line time. The line time depends
on the sensor used and therefore can vary from model to model.
FVal is inactive  the sensor is ready, the camera is idle
Figure 97: Broadcast one-shot