User`s guide

3 Using the Image Acquisition Tool GUI
triggers, you stop the acquisition manually by clicking the Stop Acquisition
buttoninthePreview window.
Selecting the Trigger Type
The default of Immediate means that when you start an acquisition using the
Start Acquisition button, the acquisition begins immediately.
If you change the setting to
Manual,theTrigger button is activated in the
Preview window, an d y ou use it to sta r t the acquisition.
To perform manual triggering:
1 Select your device format and optionally click Start Preview to preview
the device.
2 Optionally set any acquisition p arameters and stop the preview.
3 Select Manual in the Trigger Type field on the Triggering tab.
4 Click the Start Acquisition button to ge t live feed from the device.
The Trigger button is activated in the Preview window once the
acquisition starts.
5 Click the Trigger button when you want to start logging data.
If you have a defined number of triggers (not infinite), then the acquisition
will stop when you have acquired that number of frames, based on the
Frames Per Trigger field on the General tab.
If Number of Triggers is set to
infinite,usetheStop Acqu isition
button to stop the acquisition.
If your device supports hardware triggering, that option will also appear
in the Trigger Type field.
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