User`s guide

4 Connecting to Hardware
DefaultFormat: 'M_ RS17 0'
DeviceFileSupported: 1
DeviceName: 'Orion '
DeviceID: 1
ObjectConstructor: 'videoinput('matrox', 1 )'
SupportedFormats: {1x10 cell}
The fields in the device informatio n structure provide the following
information a bout a device.
Field Description
DefaultFormat
Text string that identifies the video format used by
the device if none is specified at object creation time
DeviceFileSupported
If set to 1, the device supports device configuration
files; otherwise 0. See “U si n g Device Configura t ion
Files (Camera Files)” on page 4-14 for more
information.
DeviceName
Descriptive text string, assigned by the adaptor,
that identifies the device
DeviceID
ID assigned to the device by the adaptor
ObjectConstructor
Default syntax you can use to create a video input
object to repre sent this device. See “Creating
Image Acquisition Objects” on page 4-9 for more
information.
SupportedFormats
Cell array of strings that identify the video
formats supported by the device. See “Dete rmining
Supported Video Formats” on page 4-6 for more
information.
Determining Supported Video Formats
The video format specifies the cha r acteristics of the images in the video
stream, such as the image resolution (width and height), the industry
standard used, and the size of the data type used to store pixel information.
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