User`s guide

3 Using the Image Acquisition Tool GUI
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and the Number of Triggers field on the Triggering tab. For example, if you
set Frames Per 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 default settings of 1 in both of
those 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. This is discussed in a
later step.
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Set any general or device-specific parameters you need to set, on those tabs of the
Acquisition Parameters pane, or use the default settings.
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Choose your log mode, which determines where the acquisition data is stored.
On the Logging tab, use the Log To field to choose to log to memory, disk, or both.
Disk logging results in a saved VideoWriter file. If you choose memory logging, you
can export your data after the acquisition using the Export Data button on the
Preview Window.
For more information on logging, see the Help for the Logging tab in the Desktop
Help pane in the tool.
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Start the acquisition by clicking the Start Acquisition button.
– If you set Trigger Type (on the Triggering tab) to Immediate, the tool will
immediately start logging data.
– If you set Trigger Type to Manual, click the Trigger button when you want to
start logging data.
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Stop the acquisition.
– If you set Frames Per Trigger (on the General tab) to 1 or any other number,
your acquisition will stop when that number of frames is reached.
– If you set Frames Per Trigger to Infinite, click the Stop Acquisition button
to stop the acquisition.
Note that you can also click Stop Acquisition to abort an acquisition if number of
frames was specified.
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Optionally you can export data that was saved to memory.