User`s guide

7 Storing Adaptor Information in an IMDF File

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Specifying Device Information

To specify information about a particular device in an IMDF file, use the Device

element. You can include as many Device nodes in an IMDF file as you want but they

must all be children of the root node.

In a Device node, you specify the name of the device as an attribute. The name is

typically a text string defined by the device's SDK. Using other IMDF elements as

children of the Device node, you can specify information about device-specific properties,

video formats, and trigger information.

The following example outlines how to use these elements to create Device nodes. The

words in italics represent text you define.

</VideoFormat>

<Property constraint=constraint_value

deviceSpecific=true_or_false

name=property_name

readOnly=always_never_or_whileRunning

type=cell_double_int_or_string

min=minimum_value

max=maximum_value

optional=on_or_off

default=default_value>

</Property>

</TriggerSource>

</TriggerInfo

</Device>

</ImageAcquisitionInfo>