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MultiCam_StartAcquisition

Header:	ThirdPartySdk.h
Namespace:	fil

Initializes and starts image acquisition by frame grabber.

Syntax

void fil::MultiCam_StartAcquisition
(
	MultiCam_State& ioState,
	ftl::Optional<ftl::String> inDeviceID,
	ftl::Optional<ftl::String> inTopology,
	ftl::Optional<ftl::String> inCameraTapConfiguration,
	const ftl::String& inConnector,
	fil::MultiCamAcquisitionMode::Type inAcquisitionMode,
	ftl::Optional<const ftl::File&> inCameraFile,
	ftl::Optional<int> inPageLengthLn,
	fil::MultiCamColorFormat::Type inColorFormat,
	ftl::Optional<int> inGain
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Range	Default	Description
ioState	MultiCam_State&			Object used to maintain state of the function.
inDeviceID	Optional<String>		NIL	Board name, board identifier or serial number
inTopology	Optional<String>		NIL	Board topology
inCameraTapConfiguration	Optional<String>		NIL	Tap configuration of camera
inConnector	const String&			Indication of connector used by channel
inAcquisitionMode	MultiCamAcquisitionMode::Type			Acquisition Mode
inCameraFile	Optional<const File&>		NIL	Camera configuration file
inPageLengthLn	Optional<int>	1 - 65535	NIL	Page Length
inColorFormat	MultiCamColorFormat::Type			Color format
inGain	Optional<int>		NIL	Linear control of gain for all digitizing units

Remarks

Board driver software

This filter is intended to cooperate with board using its vendor SDK. To be able to connect with board it is required to install MultiCam SDK software. Currently FabImage Studio requires MultiCam version 6.18.

MultiCam drivers can be downloaded from following website: https://www.euresys.com (registration may be required).

Supported frame grabbers:

GRABLINK series
DOMINO series
Picolo series

Multithreaded environment

This function is not guaranteed to be thread-safe. When used in multithreaded environment, it has to be manually synchronized.