Image Acquisition; Asynchronous Triggering; Genicam Acquisition Control - FLIR GRASSHOPPER 3 Series Technical Reference

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Image Acquisition

7.1

Asynchronous Triggering

The camera supports asynchronous triggering, which allows the start of exposure (shutter) to be initiated by an
external electrical source (or hardware trigger) or from an internal software mechanism (software trigger).
To access trigger modes:
GenICam—Acquisition Control
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FlyCapture
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CSRs—TRIGGER_MODE: 830h
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Model
GS3-PGE-23S6
GS3-PGE-50S5
GS3-PGE-60S6
GS3-PGE-91S6
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Standard External Trigger (Mode 0)
Bulb Shutter Trigger (Mode 1)
Skip Frames Trigger (Mode 3)
Low Smear Trigger (Mode 13)
Overlapped Exposure Readout Trigger (Mode 14)
Multi-Shot Trigger (Mode 15)
7.1.1

GenICam Acquisition Control

AcquisitionMode
AcquisitionStart
AcquisitionStop
AcquisitionFrameCount
AcquisitionFrameRate
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API—AsyncTriggerEx
Supported Acquisition Modes
Standard, bulb, overlapped, multi-shot
Standard, bulb, low smear, overlapped, multi-shot
Standard, bulb, low smear, overlapped, multi-shot
Standard, bulb, low smear, overlapped, multi-shot
Name
Grasshopper
Firmware (Mono / Color)
Display Name
Sets the acquisition mode
Acquisition Mode
of the device
Starts the acquisition of the
Acquisition Start
device
Stops the acquisition of the
Acquisition Stop device at the end of the
current frame
Number of frames to
Acquisition Frame
acquire in Multi Frame
Count
acquisition mode
Controls the acquisition
Acquisition Frame Rate
rate (in Hertz) at which the
(Hz)
frames are captured
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1.9.3.0 / 1.9.3.0
1.5.3.0 / 1.5.3.0
Description
Continuous
Single Frame
Multi Frame
Write Only
Write Only
Value
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