Light Source Preset - Basler DART BCON SERIES User Manual

Features
The standard alignment of the Bayer filter to the pixels in the images acquired by
the dart BCON color cameras is GB.
If you are using dart model daA1280-54bc, this alignment is fixed.
If you are using dart model daA1600-60bc or daA2500-14bc, the alignment will
change if you enable image mirroring: If you use
the Reverse X feature to mirror the image horizontally, the effective Bayer
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color filter alignment will be BG.
the Reverse Y feature to mirror the image vertically, the effective Bayer color
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filter alignment will be RG.
the Reverse X and the Reverse Y feature, the effective Bayer color filter
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alignment will be GR.
For more information about image mirroring, see Section 11.9.1 on
Section 11.9.2 on
11.6.2

Light Source Preset

If the balance white auto function is set to Off, you must set the white balance
parameters to neutral values before changing the light source preset. See the
instructions below.
By using a light source preset, you can correct color shifts caused by a specific light source.
This also corrects color inaccuracies caused by the image sensor.
You can set the following light source presets:
Off - No alterations will be made to the pixel values. This also means that the camera does not
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correct color inaccuracies caused by the image sensor. Therefore, Basler does not
recommend using this setting.
Tungsten 2800 K - The camera optimizes the white balance settings for a tungsten light
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source that has a color temperature of about 2800 K. If the pixel format is set to YCbCr422 or
RGB8, the camera also corrects color inaccuracies caused by the image sensor.
Daylight 5000 K / 6500 K - The camera optimizes the white balance settings for daylight
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lighting that has a color temperature of about 5000 K or 6500 K. If the pixel format is set to
YCbCr422 or RGB8, the camera also corrects color inaccuracies caused by the image sensor.
After camera power up or reset, the light source preset is set to "Daylight 5000 K"
unless you define a startup set with a different light source preset. For more
information about the startup set, see Section 11.15 on
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