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MultiCam_StartAcquisition

Module:	ThirdParty

Initializes and starts image acquisition by frame grabber.

Name	Type	Range	Description
inDeviceID	String *		Board name, board identifier or serial number
inTopology	String *		Board topology
inCameraTapConfiguration	String *		Tap configuration of camera
inConnector	String		Indication of connector used by channel
inAcquisitionMode	MultiCamAcquisitionMode		Acquisition Mode
inCameraFile	File *		Camera configuration file
inPageLengthLn	Integer *	1 - 65535	Page Length
inColorFormat	MultiCamColorFormat		Color format
inGain	Integer *		Linear control of gain for all digitizing units

Remarks

Board driver software

This filter is intended to cooperate with board using its vendor SDK. To be able to connect with board it is required to install MultiCam SDK software. Currently Adaptive Vision Studio requires MultiCam version 6.18.

MultiCam drivers can be downloaded from following website: https://www.euresys.com (registration may be required).

Supported frame grabbers:

GRABLINK series
DOMINO series
Picolo series

Board identification

When there is only one board connected to the computer, field inDeviceID can be set to Auto. In such case, first available board will be found and connected.

inDeviceID can be used to pick one of multiple boards connected to the computer. inDeviceID can be set to:

board name,
board identifier,
driver index,
pci position.

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 Basic Complexity Level.