Precautions When Using Digital Shift; Enabling/Disabling Digital Shift - Basler A400K User Manual

3.7.3 Precautions When Using Digital Shift

There are several checks and precautions that you must follow before using the digital shift
feature. The checks and precautions differ depending on whether you will be using the camera in
10 bit output mode or in 8 bit output mode.
If you will be using the camera in 10 bit output mode, make this check:
1. Use binary commands or the Camera Configuration Tool Plus to put the camera in 10 bit
output mode.
2. Use binary commands or the configuration tool to set the camera for no digital shift.
3. Check the output of the camera under your normal lighting conditions with no digital shift and
note the readings for the brightest pixels.
• If any of the readings are above 512, do not use digital shift.
• If all of the readings are below 512, you can safely use the 2X digital shift setting.
• If all of the readings are below 256, you can safely use the 2X or 4X digital shift setting.
If you will be using the camera in 8 bit output mode, make this check:
1. Use binary commands or the Camera Configuration Tool Plus to put the camera in 8 bit
output mode.
2. Use the binary commands or the configuration tool to set the camera for no digital shift.
3. Check the output of the camera under your normal lighting conditions with no digital shift and
note the readings for the brightest pixels.
• If any of the readings are above 128, do not use digital shift.
• If all of the readings are below 128, you can safely use the 2X digital shift setting.
• If all of the readings are below 64, you can safely use the 2X or 4X digital shift setting.

3.7.4 Enabling/Disabling Digital Shift

You can enable or disable the digital shift feature by using the Camera Configuration Tool Plus
(CCT+) or by using binary write commands from within your own application to set the camera's
control and status registers (CSRs).
With the CCT+
With the CCT+ (see Section 4.1), you use the Digital Shift setting in the Output parameter group
to enable/disable digital shift.
By Setting CSRs
You can enable/disable digital shift by writing a value to the Mode field of the Digital Shift CSR (see
page 4-25).
See Section 4.2.2
write commands.
Basler A400k
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for an explanation of CSRs. See Section
Basic Operation and Features
4.3.1 for an explanation of using read/
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