User`s guide

4 Connecting to Hardware

Configure an acquisition that takes several seconds so that you can see the

video input in logging state.

vid.FramesPerTrigger = 100;

4 Start the image acquisition object —Callthestart function to start

the image acquisition object.

start(vid)

5 Verify that the image is running but not logging —Usetheisrunning

and islogging functions to determine the current state of the video input

object. With manual triggers, the video input object is in running state

after being started but does not start logging data until a trigger executes.

isrunning(vid)

ans =

islogging(vid)

ans =

6 Execute the manual trigger —Callthetrigger function to execute

the m anual trigger.

trigger(vid)

While the acquisition is u nderway, ch eck the logg ing state of the video

input object.

islogging(vid)

ans =

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