Important Visionscape ® Steps; The Acquire Step - Microscan Visionscape FrontRunner User Manual

Important Visionscape
After you click Create New Program, and before you add any steps or
tools to your Job, we'll look at the following steps, which are key steps in a
Visionscape
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The Acquire Step

• The Snapshot Step
• The Vision System Step
The Acquire Step
The Acquire step is one of the most important steps in Visionscape
since it is the step where you can specify the following:
• Acquisition method, which is how the camera acquires images.
Acquisitions can be triggered or non-triggered.
• Gain and Offset, which determine what is applied to the incoming
video signal.
Note: The Visionscape
information about Gain and Offset:
Chapter 1 describes these advanced datums on the Acquire
properties page.
Chapter 13 describes the GainOffset Filter in detail.
• Exposure time, which is the amount of time, in micro seconds, that
the camera's CCD will integrate light. Exposure Time can freeze
motion when not using a strobe, or if you are using a strobe, it can
prevent ambient light from affecting your image.
• Photometry and Lighting, which is the light source powered by the
camera.
• Triggers, which can be virtual or physical
The Acquire step is inserted automatically as a component of the
Snapshot step. There is always a one-to-one relationship between
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