User`s manual

Image Acquisition Control AW00098504000
70 Basler ace Camera Link
Frame Count parameter setting. The camera will then return to the "waiting for acquisition start
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 the GPIO line on the camera. This assumes that the GPIO line on
the camera has been properly set to operate as an input line.
 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.
 CC3 - When the source signal is set to CC3, you apply an acquisition start trigger signal to the
camera by injecting an externally generated electrical signal into CC3 in the Camera Link
interface.
If the Trigger Source parameter for the acquisition start trigger is set to line 1, CC1, CC2, or CC3,
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.
For more detailed information about the GPIO line on the camera, see Section 5.7 on page 35.
For more detailed information about the CC1, CC2, and CC3 inputs in the Camera Link interface,
refer to the document called Ace Camera Link Information for Frame Grabber Designers
(AW000990xx000). 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 CC3.