User`s guide

1 Getting Started
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Image Acquisition Tool (GUI)
The functionality of the Image Acquisition Toolbox software is available in a desktop
application. You connect directly to your hardware in the tool and can set acquisition
parameters, and preview and acquire image data. You can log the data to MATLAB in
several formats, and also generate an AVI file, right from the tool.
To open the tool, type imaqtool at the MATLAB command line, or select Image
Acquisition on the Apps tab in MATLAB. The tool has extensive Help in the desktop.
As you click in different panes of the user interface, the relevant Help appears in the
Image Acquisition Tool Help pane.
Most of the User's Guide describes performing tasks using the toolbox via the MATLAB
command line. To learn how to use the desktop tool, see “Getting Started with the Image
Acquisition Tool” on page 3-5.