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ICImagingControl_StartAcquisition

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Module: ThirdParty

Initializes and starts image acquisition in a camera.

Name Type Range Description
Input value
 inDeviceID String* Serial number, display name, unique name or base name of the camera
Input value
 inInputQueueSize Integer 1 - +
Input value
 inPixelFormat ICImagingControlColorFormat Pixel format
Input value
 inBinning Integer* 2 - 64 Skipping factor
Input value
 inSkipping Integer* 2 - 64 Binning factor
Input value
 inRoi Box* Hardware Region of Interest
Input value
 inFrameRate Real* 0.5 - Camera frame rate
Input value
 inGain Integer* 0 - + Gain value
Input value
 inGainAuto Bool* Enable auto gain
Input value
 inExposure Double* Exposure time
Input value
 inExposureAuto Bool* Enable auto exposure
Input value
 inGamma Integer* 0 - + Gamma value
Input value
 inSharpness Integer* 0 - + Sharpness value
Input value
 inFocus Integer* 0 - + Focus value

Remarks

Camera driver software

This filter is intended to cooperate with a camera using its vendor SDK. To be able to connect to a camera, it is required to install ICImagingControl SDK software. Currently FabImage Studio requires ICImagingControl SDK version 3.5.7.

Proper camera drivers and ICImagingControl SDK (IC Imaging Control .NET Component, C++ Class Library ) can be downloaded from the following website: https://www.theimagingsource.com/en-us/support/download/. To work with the Imaging Source SDK you need to install SDK on the target machine or copy manually the .dll files from the Documents\IC Imaging Control 3.5\redist\c++\win32\ directory on your computer (or Documents\IC Imaging Control 3.5\redist\c++\x64\ if you use FabImage Studio x64) and add them to the FabImage Studio directory in Program Files.

Camera identification

When there is only one camera connected to the computer, field inDeviceID can be set to Auto. In such case, the first available camera will be found and connected.

inDeviceID can be used to pick one of multiple cameras connected to the computer. inDeviceID can be set to:

  • serial number,
  • display name,
  • unique name,
  • base name of the camera.
Camera parameters

Most of the parameters exposed by camera filters are optional, setting them to Auto leaves related parameter for automatic configuration by the camera driver.

To change other and more advanced camera parameters, use the VCD Property Inspector available with ICImagingControl SDK. Refer to SDK documentation for information about parameters and how to save them into memory channels.

Parallel execution

This filter cannot be placed in multiple Workers.

Complexity Level

This filter is available on Advanced Complexity Level.

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