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MEGAPLUS GigE Vision Features Manual - Section 1. Introduction

Summary of GigE Vision

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    4411-0128, rev. A july 28, 2009 megaplus ® gige vision ™ features guide (customer edition).

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    Megaplus gige vision features guide (customer edition) 4411-0128, rev. A 07/28/09 2 copyright 2009 princeton instruments, a division of roper scientific, inc. 3660 quakerbridge rd trenton, nj 08619 tel: 800-874-9789 / 609-587-9797 fax: 609-587-1970 all rights reserved. No part of this publication ma...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    4411-0128 rev. A 07/28/09 i table of contents section 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1 1.1 purpose ...........................................................................................................

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  • Page 5: Section 1. Introduction

    4411-0128 rev. A 07/28/09 1 section 1. Introduction 1.1 purpose this guide documents standard and custom gige vision ™ features for megaplus gige vision compliant cameras. 1.2 gige vision ™ features nomenclature and structure typically, gige vision features are organized in a hierarchy of complexity...

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    4411-0128 rev. A 07/28/09 3 section 2. Camera attributes 2.1 acquisition and trigger controls acquisition and trigger controls lists all features that relate to actual image acquisition, including the triggering mode. Integration time is the amount of time the sensor collects photons for a single ac...

  • Page 8: 2.2  Analog Controls

    Megaplus gige vision features guide (customer edition) 4411-0128, rev. A 07/28/09 4 2.2 analog controls gainabs: (r/w) this feature controls the selected gain as an absolute physical value. This is an amplification factor applied to the video signal. Min: 0, max: 36. Gamma: (r/w) this feature is use...

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    Megaplus gige vision features guide (customer edition) 4411-0128, rev. A 07/28/09 5 bit 0 bit 1 bit 2 bit 3 bit 4 bit 5 bit 6 bit 7 bit 8 bit 9 bit 10 bit 11 start bit b itd ep th total bits this provides a windowing function that enables the user to specify which of the available data bits are outp...

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    Megaplus gige vision features guide (customer edition) 4411-0128, rev. A 07/28/09 6 notes: 1. This feature is only active for configurations where all attached heads are identical. Configurations that utilize mixed heads only support the factory default pixel clock rate in order to accommodate the r...

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    Megaplus gige vision features guide (customer edition) 4411-0128, rev. A 07/28/09 7 greengain: (r/w) this feature sets/returns the analog gain value for the specified head (or tap where appropriate). Head and sensor tap are set by previously defined individual commands. Min: 1, max: 63 headfanstate:...

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    Megaplus gige vision features guide (customer edition) 4411-0128, rev. A 07/28/09 8 sensortapreadout: (r/w) this feature sets/returns the mode to be used when reading pixel data from the sensor. Currently supported mode selections include single tap and dual tap. This mode applies to all sensors att...

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    Megaplus gige vision features guide (customer edition) 4411-0128, rev. A 07/28/09 9 triggered mode operation provides a larger range of integration times. Free-run integration time is limited to one frame-readout time at the current clock rate. Triggerstate: (r/w) this feature turns triggering on or...

  • Page 14: 2.4  Device Information

    Megaplus gige vision features guide (customer edition) 4411-0128, rev. A 07/28/09 10 2.4 device information device information provides description of the camera and its sensor. The device specific information shown below for configuration attributes is for a megaplus ec11000 color camera and single...

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    Megaplus gige vision features guide (customer edition) 4411-0128, rev. A 07/28/09 11 height: (r/w) this feature represents the actual image height transmitted by the camera (in pixels). Min: 1, max: sensor height pixelcoding: (read) this feature indicates the coding of the pixels in the image. Raw g...

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  • Page 17: Appendix A

    4411-0128 rev. A 07/28/09 13 appendix a – alphabetical listing of gige features gige feature name page number activehead (r/w) 4 appversion (read) 10 binning (r/w) 4 bitwindow (r/w) 4 bluegain (r/w) 5 brightness (r/w) 5 campixclkfrequency (read) 5 campixclkspeed (r/w) 5 consoletempbot (read) 6 conso...

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    Megaplus gige vision features guide (customer edition) 4411-0128, rev. A 07/28/09 14 gige feature name page number strobedelay (r/w) 8 strobepolarity (r/w) 8 triggeringmode (r/w) 9 triggeringsource (r/w) 9 triggerinputpolarity (r/w) 8 triggerinttime (r/w) 8 triggersoftware (write) 3 triggerstate (r/...

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    4411-0128 rev. A 07/28/09 15 revision history 4411-0128, rev a. 7/28/09..

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