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Ensenso_StartAcquisition

Header:	ThirdPartySdk.h
Namespace:	avl

Starts capturing data from an Ensenso camera.

Syntax

void avl::Ensenso_StartAcquisition
(
	Ensenso_State& ioState,
	const atl::Array<avl::EnsensoCameraInformation>& inDevices,
	const atl::Optional<atl::File>& inParametersFile,
	const bool inSoftwareTriggered
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
ioState	Ensenso_State&		Object used to maintain state of the function.
inDevices	const Array<EnsensoCameraInformation>&		Structures identifying devices
inParametersFile	const Optional<File>&	NIL	Initial global parameters
inSoftwareTriggered	const bool	False	When true, capture will wait for GenerateSoftwareTrigger

Remarks

Initial parameters

Initial parameters are only set during capture start. To change parameters either restart the stream, or use appropriate Set/Get filters.

Camera identification

When there is only one Ensenso camera connected, the field inDevices can be set to Auto. In this situation, the first available camera will be used.

inDevices can be used to pick one or many of multiple cameras connected to the computer.

Camera driver software

This filter is intended to cooperate with cameras using their vendor's SDK. In order to connect with the camera, it is required to install Ensenso SDK software, and uEye driver (same as in IDS camera filters)

Ensenso SDK can be downloaded from the following website: https://www.ensenso.com/support/sdk-download/

uEye driver can be downloaded from the following website: https://en.ids-imaging.com/download-ueye.html

Recommended Ensenso SDK version for Adaptive Vision Studio usage is 2.2 and uEye driver 4.90.

Multithreaded environment

This function is not guaranteed to be thread-safe. When used in multithreaded environment, it has to be manually synchronized.