Setting The Timer Delay Time - Basler acA2040-55 User Manual

Physical Interface
The Exposure Start signal is not available for acA3800-14 and acA4600-10
cameras. For these cameras, the Flash Window Start signal is available as the
Timer Trigger Source.
If the exposure time is too short for the flash window to open (see the note in
Section 6.6.2 on
the last row of the current ROI. This assumes that Flash Window Start is selected
as the Timer Trigger Source.
You can set the TriggerSelector and the TimerTriggerSource parameter value from within your
application software by using the Basler pylon API. The following code snippet illustrates using the
API to set the selector and the parameter value:
camera.TimerSelector.SetValue(TimerSelector_Timer1);
camera.TimerTriggerSource.SetValue(TimerTriggerSource_ExposureStart);
You can also use the Basler pylon Viewer application to easily set the parameters.
For more information about the pylon API and the pylon Viewer, see Section 3.1 on

5.12.6.2 Setting the Timer Delay Time

You can set the Timer 1 delay by setting the TimerDelay parameter. The units for setting this
parameter are µs and the value can be set in increments of 1 µs.
To set the delay for Timer 1:
1. Use the Timer Selector to select Timer 1.
2. Set the value of the TimerDelay parameter.
You can set the TimerSelector and the TimerDelay parameter values from within your application
software by using the Basler pylon API. The following code snippet illustrates using the API to set
the selector and the parameter value:
camera.TimerSelector.SetValue(TimerSelector_Timer1);
camera.TimerDelay.SetValue(100.0);
You can also use the Basler pylon Viewer application to easily set the parameters.
For more information about the pylon API and the pylon Viewer, see Section 3.1 on
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