Next Steps - Basler Pioneer User Manual

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2.6 Next Steps

We assume that you have succeeded in acquiring images and controlling the camera using the
pylon Viewer and that you were able to optimize the image quality.
To meet the requirements of your application, you will likely need to make additional camera
settings and to modify previous camera settings.
See the sections in this manual describing camera operation and features for details about
additional camera settings. See the Basler pylon Programmer's Guide and API Reference for
information about setting and controlling the camera via a GenICam based API. We recommend
controlling the camera via the API when taking the next steps.
Contact Basler technical support if you need further assistance. The contact numbers appear on
the title page of this manual.
If you have not already done so, implement the typical conditions of operation as required by your
application before proceeding with the next steps. In particular, choose the lens and the illumination
required by your application.
Before making the additional camera settings, you must know the requirements for your application
regarding depth of focus, acquisition frame rate, size of the AOI, and contrast. And you must know
what the priorities of the requirements are since some of the settings depend on each other or have
opposite effects. For example, a desired high acquisition frame rate may not be reachable with the
exposure time set to a high value or with the area of interest set to full resolution.
Your next steps will involve all or some of the following:
Selecting the pixel format and frame rate.
Defining an AOI.
Controlling exposure by selecting a trigger scheme and by setting the exposure time. If you
use an external device to supply the trigger, you must also connect the camera to the external
device using the I/O cable.
Controlling the frame rate by using the Acquisition Frame Rate Abs parameter or with trigger
signals. If you are using more than one camera on the same network, choose the settings to
make optimum use of the available network bandwidth.
Enabling and parameterizing I/O signals.
Enabling and parameterizing camera features.
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