User`s guide

Setting Up DCAM Devices .......................... 2-6
Resetting Your Image Acquisition Hardware
........... 2-6
A Note About Frame Rates and Processing Speed
....... 2-6
Previewing Data
................................... 2-8
Introduction
...................................... 2-8
Opening a Video Preview Window
.................... 2-9
Stopping the Preview Video Stream
.................. 2-10
Closing a Video Prev iew Window
..................... 2-11
Previewing Data in Custom GUIs
.................... 2-11
Performing Custom Processing of Previewed Data
....... 2-13
Using the Image Acquisition Tool GUI
3
The Image Acquisition Tool Desktop ................ 3-2
Opening the Tool
.................................. 3-2
Parts of the Desktop
............................... 3-2
Selecting You r Device
.............................. 3-5
Selecting a Device and Format
....................... 3-5
Adding New Hardware
............................. 3-6
Using a Camera File
............................... 3-7
Setting Acquisition Parameters
..................... 3-8
Using the Acquisition Parameters Pane
............... 3-8
Setting Frames Per Trigger
......................... 3-9
Setting the Color Space
............................. 3-10
Using the Region of Interest
......................... 3-10
Setting Device-Specific Parameters
................... 3-11
Logging Your Data
................................ 3-13
Setting Up Triggering
.............................. 3-15
Previewing and Acquiring Data
..................... 3-19
The Preview Window
.............................. 3-19
Previewing Data
.................................. 3-21
Acquiring Data
................................... 3-21
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