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 1 Introduction to NI-IMAQdx
NI-IMAQdx User Manual 1-2 ni.com
Application Development Environments
This release of NI-IMAQdx supports the following ADEs
for Windows Vista/XP/2000:
• LabVIEW version 7.1.1 and later
• LabVIEW Real-Time Module version 7.1.1 and later
• LabWindows
™
/CVI
™
version 7.0 and later
• Microsoft Visual C/C++ version 6.0 and later
• Microsoft Visual Basic version 6.0 and later
• Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 and later
Note Although the NI-IMAQdx software has been tested and found to work with these
ADEs, other ADEs may also work.
Configuring Your Camera
Use National Instruments Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) to
configure your camera. Refer to the Measurement & Automation Explorer
Help for NI-IMAQdx for information about configuring your camera. You
can access the Measurement & Automation Explorer Help for NI-IMAQdx
from within MAX by going to Help»Help Topics»NI-IMAQdx.
The camera configuration is saved in a camera file, which the NI-IMAQdx
VIs and functions use to configure a camera and supported attributes.