User`s guide

3 Using the Image Acquisition Tool GUI
Thenodeslistedunderthedevicenamearetheformatsthedevicesupports.
They may correspond to the different resolutions and color spaces that your
device supports, or to different video standards or camera configurations.
This information comes from your device adaptor. Select the format you
want to use.
See “Selecting Your Device” on page 3-5 for more inform ation about devices
and formats.
2 Use the Previe w feature to test and set up your device by clicking th e Start
Preview button. If necessary, physically adjust the device to achieve the
desired image area, or use the Region of Interest field on the General
tab of the Acquisition Parameters pane.
See “Previewing Data” on page 3-21 for more information on p reviewing.
3 Set the Frames Per Trigger on the General tab and the Number of
Triggers on the Triggering tab, to set the total number of frames for the
acquisition, if you did not do so w hile previewing.
For example, if you set Frames P er Trigger to
4 and Number of
Triggers to
2, the total number of frames acquired will be 8.
If you just want a snapshot of one frame, leave the de fault settings of
1 in
both fields. If you want a specific number of frames, use the fields to set it.
Alternatively, you can set the tool to acquire continuously and use
the buttons in the Preview window to manually start and stop the
acquisition.
4 Set any necessary acquisition parameters if you did not do so while
previewing. See “Setting Acquisition Parameters” on page 3-8 for more
information.
5 Choose your log mode, which de te rmine s where the acquisition data is
stored.
On the Logging tab, use the Logging To field to choose to log to memory,
disk, or both. Disk logging results in a saved AVI file. If you choose memory
logging, you c an e xp ort your data after the acquisition usin g the Export
Data button on the Preview window.
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