Using Gige Vision Bootstrap Registers; Using Control And Status Registers - FLIR GRASSHOPPER 3 Series Technical Reference

Each camera attribute, such as exposure time, is controlled by a specific GenICam feature. The camera includes
an XML device description file for interfacing with third-party GenICam-compliant APIs. This file can be accessed
via First URL bootstrap register 200h (see
included in the XML file is provided in
Not all operations can be controlled using the XML file; those not included are controlled via Control and Status
Registers (CSRs). These registers conform to the IIDC v1.32 standard. A complete list of CSRs can be found in the
FLIR Machine Vision Camera Register Reference available from the
Throughout this document, GenICam features are referenced with their applicable operation; where no GenICam
feature is available in the XML file, the CSR is referenced.
For more information on the GigE Vision standard, visit visiononline.org.
For more information on GenICam, visit emva.org.
3.3

Using GigE Vision Bootstrap Registers

The camera is programmed with a number of GigE Vision- compliant bootstrap registers for storing camera
metadata and controlling network management settings. For a listing of all GigE Vision bootstrap registers on the
camera, see GigE Vision Bootstrap
3.4

Using Control and Status Registers

The user can monitor or control each feature of the camera through the control and status registers (CSRs)
programmed into the camera firmware. These registers conform to the IIDC v1.32 standard (except where noted).
Format tables for each 32-bit register are presented to describe the purpose of each bit that comprises the register.
Bit 0 is always the most significant bit of the register value.
Register offsets and values are generally referred to in their hexadecimal forms, represented by either a '0x' before
the number or 'h' after the number, e.g. the decimal number 255 can be represented as 0xFF or FFh.
A complete list of CSRs can be found in the
The controllable fields of most registers are Mode and Value.
Modes
Each CSR has three bits for mode control, ON_ OFF, One_ Push and A_ M_ Mode (Auto/Manual mode). Each
feature can have four states corresponding to the combination of mode control bits.
One_Push
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N/A
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GigE Vision Bootstrap Registers
GenICam
Registers.
Note: Not all features implement all modes.
Table 3.1: CSR Mode Control Descriptions
ON_OFF A_M_Mode
0 N/A
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Off state.
Feature will be fixed value state and uncontrollable.
Auto control state.
Camera controls feature by itself continuously.
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