Hardware Trigger Mode; Software Trigger Mode; Continuous Mode; Set Up The Digital I/O Control - Advantech ICAM-500 Series User Manual

4.5.5

Hardware Trigger Mode

In hardware trigger mode, the digital output pin of ICAM-500 must be connected to
the trigger input (pin 16) of the cameras, and the camera will begin the process of
exposing and reading out a frame, below are the operation procedures:
1. Wire trigger input (pin 16)
2. Configure the camera in hardware trigger mode.
3. The camera will acquire the images, and then send out the image data.
4. The camera will return to the standby mode, and wait for the next valid trigger
signal.
*** The shortest duration of trigger input is 16 ms.
4.5.6

Software Trigger Mode

In software trigger mode, users can use the software API to control the image acqui-
sition, and the camera will not acquire frames unless software acquisition command
is executed, below are the operation procedures:
1. Configure the camera in software trigger mode.
2. Execute the image acquisition command through software API.
3. The camera will acquire the images and receiving image data.
4. The camera will return to the standby mode, and wait for the next acquisition
command.
*** The shortest duration of trigger input is 16 ms.
4.5.7

Continuous Mode

Camera performs acquisition continuously until acquisition stop is executed.
Mono
Color
YUV format : max 60fps
RGBA format: max 43 fps
4.5.8

Set up the Digital I/O control

ICAM-500 provides 2 port digital input and 2 ports digital output for external connec-
tion.
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