User`s guide

Running

Purpose Indicate whether video input object is ready to a c qu ire data

Description The Running property indicates if the video input object is ready to

acquire data.

Along with the

Logging property, Running reflects the state of a v ideo

input object. The

Running property indicates that the object is ready

to acquire data, while the

Logging property indicates that the object is

acquiring data.

The object sets the

Running property to 'on' when you issue the start

command. When R unni ng is 'on' , you can acquire data from a video

source.

The object sets the

Running property to 'off' when any of the follow ing

conditions is met:

• The specified number of frames has been acquired.

• A run-time error occurs.

• You issue the

stop command.

When

Running is 'off', y ou cannot acquire image data. However, you

can acquire one image frame with the

getsnapshot function.

Characteristics Default value is enclosed in braces ({}).

Access Read only

Data type

String

Values

[ {'off'} | 'on' ]