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Ensenso_StartAcquisition_Deprecated

Starts capturing images from an Ensenso camera.

Name	Type	Description
inDeviceID	String *	Device identifying number
inSettingsFile	File *	Initial grab parameters
inCalibrationFile	File *	Initial calibration file
inSoftwareTriggered	Bool	When true, capture will wait for GenerateSoftwareTrigger

Applications

Typically used for establishing camera connectivity before the first trigger event. Especially important for multiple-camera systems.

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 inDeviceID can be set to Auto. In this situation, the first available camera will be used.

inDeviceID can be used to pick one of multiple cameras connected to the computer. inDeviceID should be set to camera ID.

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.

Complexity Level

This filter is available on Advanced Complexity Level.

Disabled in Lite Edition

This filter is disabled in Lite Edition. It is available only in full, Adaptive Vision Studio Professional version.