Binning - Basler Racer User Manual

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Binning

Binning increases the camera's response to light by summing the charges from adjacent pixels into
one pixel.
With horizontal binning, the charges of 2, 3, or a maximum of 4 adjacent pixels are summed and
are reported out of the camera as a single pixel. Fig. 38 illustrates horizontal binning.
Horizontal Binning by 2
Fig. 38: Horizontal Binning
For information about using binning with the Image Area of Interest feature enabled, see
Section 8.4 on page 107.
Setting Binning
You can enable horizontal binning by setting the BinningHorizontal parameter. Setting the
parameter's value to 2, 3, or 4 enables horizontal binning by 2, horizontal binning by 3, or horizontal
binning by 4 respectively. Setting the parameter's value to 1 disables horizontal binning.
You can set the BinningHorizontal parameter value from within your application software by using
the Basler pylon API. The following code snippet illustrates using the API to set the parameter
value:
// Enable horizontal binning by 4
camera.BinningHorizontal.SetValue(4);
// Disable horizontal binning
camera.BinningHorizontal.SetValue(1);
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
To enable horizontal binning via direct register access:
Set the value of the Binning Horizontal register.
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Setting the register's value to 2, 3, or 4 enables horizontal binning by 2, horizontal binning by 3, or
horizontal binning by 4 respectively. Setting the register's value to 1 disables horizontal binning.
For more information about direct register access, see Section 3.2 on
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