User`s manual

Image Acquisition Control
54 Basler aviator Camera Link
trigger" acquisition status. In order to acquire more frames, you must apply a new acquisition start
trigger signal to the camera to exit it from the "waiting for acquisition start trigger" acquisition status.
When the Trigger Mode parameter for the acquisition start trigger is set to on, you must select a
source signal to act as the acquisition start trigger. The Trigger Source parameter specifies the
source signal. The available selections for the Trigger Source parameter are:
 Software - When the source signal is set to software, you apply an acquisition start trigger
signal to the camera by executing a Trigger Software command for the acquisition start trigger
on the host PC.
 Line 1 - When the source signal is set to line 1, you apply an acquisition start trigger signal to
the camera by injecting an externally generated electrical signal (commonly referred to as a
hardware trigger signal) into physical input line 1 on the camera.
 Line 2 - When the source signal is set to line 2, you apply an acquisition start trigger signal to
the camera by injecting an externally generated electrical signal into physical input line 2 on
the camera.
 CC1 - When the source signal is set to CC1, you apply an acquisition start trigger signal to the
camera by injecting an externally generated electrical signal into CC1 in the Camera Link
interface.
 CC2 - When the source signal is set to CC2, you apply an acquisition start trigger signal to the
camera by injecting an externally generated electrical signal into CC2 in the Camera Link
interface.
 CC4 - When the source signal is set to CC4, you apply an acquisition start trigger signal to the
camera by injecting an externally generated electrical signal into CC4 in the Camera Link
interface.
If the Trigger Source parameter for the acquisition start trigger is set to line 1, line 2, CC1, CC2, or
CC4, you must also set the Trigger Activation parameter. The available settings for the Trigger
Activation parameter are:
 Rising Edge - specifies that a rising edge of the hardware trigger signal will act as the
acquisition start trigger.
 Falling Edge - specifies that a falling edge of the hardware trigger signal will act as the
acquisition start trigger.
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For more detailed information about input line 1 and input line 2 on the camera, see Section 2.8 on
page 26.
For more detailed information about the CC1, CC2, and CC4 inputs in the Camera Link interface,
refer to the document called Aviator Information for Frame Grabber Designers (AW000831xx000).
You can obtain the document from the Downloads section of the Basler website:
www.baslerweb.com
Typically, a frame grabber is used to supply the electrical frame start trigger signal
to CC1, CC2, or CC4.