User`s guide

Specifying the Trigger Type
6-13
3
Start the image acquisition object — Call the start function to start the image
acquisition object.
start(vid);
The video object is now running but not logging. With manual triggers, the video
stream begins when the object starts but no frames are acquired until the trigger
executes.
isrunning(vid)
ans =
1
islogging(vid)
ans =
0
Verify that the object has still not acquired any frames.
vid.FramesAcquired
ans =
0
4
Execute the manual trigger — Call the trigger function to execute the manual
trigger.
trigger(vid)
The object initiates the acquisition of five frames. Check the FramesAcquired
property again to verify that five frames have been acquired.
vid.FramesAcquired
ans =
5
After it acquires the specified number of frames, the video input object stops
running.
isrunning(vid)
ans =