THORLABS DCU223x Operation Manual And Sdk page 138

DCx Cameras
The following table shows the effect of the Wait parameter depending on the image capture mode:
Parameter Image capture
Wait
mode
IS_DONT_WAIT
HW trigger
IS_WAIT
HW trigger
Time
HW trigger
t
Value range
[4...429496729]
IS_DONT_WAIT
Freerun/SW
trigger
IS_WAIT
Freerun/SW
trigger
Time
Freerun/SW
t
trigger
Value range
[4...429496729]
*1 Only with continuous image capture using is_CaptureVideo()
*2 The timeout is calculated from the exposure time setting, the image transfer time (depending on the pixel clock)
and the optional trigger delay (see
*3 The default value of the uc480 API is 60 s. User-defined values can be set using the
function.
Function list
is_CaptureVideo()
is_FreezeVideo()
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is_ForceTrigger()
is_HasVideoStarted()
is_IsVideoFinish()
is_SetSensorTestImage()
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is_StopLiveVideo()
136
Function
returns
Immediately
When 1st image
in memory
When 1st image
in memory
Immediately
When 1st image
in memory
When 1st image
in memory
is_SetTriggerDelay()
Captures a live video.
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Captures an image and writes it to the active image memory.
Forces image capture in hardware trigger mode.
221
Returns whether the capture process has been started or not.
259
Returns whether the capture process has been terminated or not.
288
Enables test image output from sensor (all cameras).
Terminates the capturing process (live video or single frame).
353
Timeout for 1st image
API default or user-defined
*3
value
API default or user-defined
*3
value
Time t in steps of 10 ms
(40 ms to approx. 1193 h)
Calculated internally by API
Calculated internally by API
Time t in steps of 10 ms
(40 ms to approx. 1193 h)
); it is at least 40 ms.
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Timeout for subsequent
*1
images
API default or user-defined
*3
value
API default or user-defined
*3
value
API default or user-defined
*3
value
*2
Calculated internally by API
*2
Calculated internally by API
Calculated internally by API
is_SetTimeout()
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*2
*2
*2
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