User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- NI-IMAQdx User Manual
- Support
- Important Information
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction to NI-IMAQdx
- Chapter 2 Basic Acquisition with NI-IMAQdx
- Chapter 3 Advanced Programming with NI-IMAQdx
- Camera Attributes
- Broadcasting
- Scalable Image Size
- Trigger Modes
- Trigger Modes for IIDC Cameras
- Trigger Mode 0
- Figure 3-3. Timing Diagram for Trigger Mode 0
- Trigger Mode 1
- Figure 3-4. Timing Diagram for Trigger Mode 1
- Trigger Mode 2
- Figure 3-5. Timing Diagram for Trigger Mode 2
- Trigger Mode 3
- Figure 3-6. Timing Diagram for Trigger Mode 3
- Trigger Mode 4
- Figure 3-7. Timing Diagram for Trigger Mode 4
- Trigger Mode 5
- Figure 3-8. Timing Diagram for Trigger Mode 5
- Trigger Modes for GigE Vision Cameras
- Trigger Modes for IIDC Cameras
- Chapter 4 Using NI-IMAQdx in LabVIEW
- Chapter 5 Using NI-IMAQdx in C and .NET
- Appendix A Register-Level Programming
- Appendix B Technical Support and Professional Services
- Glossary
- Index

Chapter 3 Advanced Programming with NI-IMAQdx
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The following range is applicable for any given attribute.
Broadcasting
Many machine vision applications involve a single host computer
acquiring data from a single industrial camera. Other machine vision
applications acquire data from multiple industrial cameras concurrently.
With the broadcasting feature, a machine vision application can run on
multiple host computers while acquiring data from a single camera, as
shown in Figure 3-1.
Table 3-4. Attribute Types and Compatible Range
Attribute Type Compatible Range
U32 Minimum, Maximum, Increment
I64 Minimum, Maximum, Increment
F64 Minimum, Maximum, Increment
String N/A
Enum Attribute Values
Bool N/A
Command N/A