User`s manual

Tools for Changing Camera Parameters

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4 Tools for Changing Camera

Parameters

This chapter explains the options available for changing the camera’s parameters. The available

options let you change parameters either by using stand-alone tools that access the camera via a

GUI or by accessing the camera from within your software application.

4.1 Basler pylon

4.1.1 The pylon API

You can access all of the camera’s parameters and can control the camera’s full functionality from

within your application software by using Basler’s pylon API. The main advantage of using the pylon

API is that it lets you parameterize and operate the camera without the need to familiarize yourself

with the camera’s internal register structure. Pylon requests are transmitted to the camera via a

serial link between the camera and the frame grabber; the serial link is part of the standard Camera

Link interface.

The Basler pylon Programmer’s Guide and API Reference contains an introduction to the API and

includes information about all of the methods and objects included in the API.

The Basler pylon Software Development Kit (SDK) includes a set of sample programs that illustrate

how to use the pylon API to parameterize and operate the camera. These samples include

Microsoft

Visual Studio

solution and project files demonstrating how to set up the build

environment to build applications based on the API.

The SDK and the Programmer’s Guide are included in Basler’s pylon Driver Package.

The aviator requires version 2.2 or above of the pylon package.

For more information about installing pylon software, see the Aviator Installation and Setup Guide

(AW000832xx000). You can download the guide from the Basler website: