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ICImagingControl_StartAcquisition

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Module: ThirdParty

Initializes and starts image acquisition in a camera.

Name Type Range Description
Input value inDeviceID String* Serial number, display name, unique name or base name of the camera
Input value inInputQueueSize Integer 1 - +
Input value inPixelFormat ICImagingControlColorFormat Pixel format
Input value inBinning Integer* 2 - 64 Skipping factor
Input value inSkipping Integer* 2 - 64 Binning factor
Input value inRoi Box* Hardware Region of Interest
Input value inFrameRate Real* 0.5 - Camera frame rate
Input value inGain Integer* 0 - + Gain value
Input value inGainAuto Bool* Enable auto gain
Input value inExposure Double* Exposure time
Input value inExposureAuto Bool* Enable auto exposure
Input value inGamma Integer* 0 - + Gamma value
Input value inSharpness Integer* 0 - + Sharpness value
Input value inFocus Integer* 0 - + Focus value

Remarks

Camera driver software

This filter is intended to cooperate with a camera using its vendor SDK. To be able to connect to a camera, it is required to install IC Imaging Control 4 SDK software.

Proper camera drivers and IC Imaging Control 4 SDK can be downloaded from the following website: https://www.theimagingsource.com/en-us/support/download/. To work with the IC Imaging Control 4 SDK you need to install the SDK on the target machine or copy manually the ic4core.dll file from the SDK installation directory (typically IC Imaging Control 4\bin\x64\) to the Aurora Vision Studio directory in Program Files. Alternatively, set the IC4PATH environment variable to the SDK installation directory.

Camera identification

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

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

  • serial number,
  • display name,
  • unique name,
  • base name of the camera.
Camera parameters

Most of the parameters exposed by camera filters are optional, setting them to Auto leaves related parameter for automatic configuration by the camera driver.

To change other and more advanced camera parameters, use the VCD Property Inspector available with ICImagingControl SDK. Refer to SDK documentation for information about parameters and how to save them into memory channels.

Warning:All tools applied to a specific device or file should be managed within a single thread to ensure centralized tracking, traceability, and consistency throughout the process.

Parallel execution

This filter cannot be placed in multiple Workers.

Complexity Level

This filter is available on Advanced Complexity Level.

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