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AVT Manta Cameras
AVT Manta Camera Controls
V4.1.0
29 June 2011
Allied Vision Technologies GmbH
Taschenweg 2a
D-07646 Stadtroda / Germany

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  • Page 1 AVT Manta Cameras AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0 29 June 2011 Allied Vision Technologies GmbH Taschenweg 2a D-07646 Stadtroda / Germany...
  • Page 2 Allied for any damages resulting from such improper use or sale. Trademarks Unless stated otherwise, all trademarks appearing in this document of Allied Vision Technologies are brands protected by law. Warranty The information provided by Allied Vision Technologies is supplied without any guarantees or warranty whatsoever, be it specific or implicit.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    More information ......................10 GigE Vision and GenICam .................... 10 PvAPI ........................10 AVT Universal Package ....................10 AVT accessories ......................10 AVT software ......................11 AVT Manta Technical Manuals ..................12 AVT Manta camera controls .................13 Info ..........................14 CameraName ........................ 14 DeviceFirmwareVersion....................
  • Page 4 Hue (only color models) ....................66 Iris ..........................66 LUTControl........................68 Working with direct memory access: block upload (Example scenario) ......... 68 LUTControl........................70 LUTSelector ......................70 LUTMode ......................... 71 LUTEnable ....................... 71 LUTIndex ........................ 72 LUTValue......................... 72 AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 5 Timestamp ........................93 ..........................94 Strobe......................... 94 1 - Settings specific to Strobe1 ..................94 SyncIn1........................96 SyncIn2........................96 SyncLevels........................96 SyncOut ........................97 SyncOut1 ........................ 97 SyncOut2 ........................ 99 SyncOutGpoLevels..................... 99 Stats .........................100 Index .........................102 AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 6: Contacting Allied Vision Technologies

    38 Washington Street Newburyport, MA 01950, USA Toll Free number +1 877-USA-1394 Tel.: +1 978-225-2030 Fax: +1 978-225-2029 e-mail: info@alliedvisiontec.com Allied Vision Technologies Asia Pte. Ltd. 82 Playfair Road #07-02 D’Lithium Singapore 368001 Tel: +65 6634-9027 Fax: +65 6634-902 e-mail: info@alliedvisiontec.com...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    AVT GigE SDK and feature related items. Learn how to get more information at the AVT website, how to get information about software applica- ble with AVT Manta cameras and how to get deep information from the Manta Technical Manual.

  • Page 8: Manual Overview

    – Technical information / ordering – Commercial information • Chapter Introduction on page 7 (this chapter) gives you the document his- tory, a manual overview and conventions used in this manual (styles and AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 9: Conventions Used In This Manual

    Introduction symbols). Furthermore you learn how to get more information on AVT accessories, available AVT software and the AVT Manta Technical Manual. • Chapter AVT Manta camera controls on page 13 describes the features that are common for all AVT Manta cameras.

  • Page 10: More Information

    AVT accessories Note Allied Vision Technologies offers a wide range of accessories for the use of AVT Manta cameras and the easy integration in  already existing applications. • Gigabit Ethernet accessories (Gigabit Ethernet network cards, hubs and switches, cables) •...

  • Page 11: Avt Software

    AVT software Note AVT Manta cameras are compliant to GigE Vision V1.2. Moreover AVT Manta cameras offer many more functions than  specified in the GigE Vision V1.2 standard: so-called AVT smart features. You can use one of the following AVT Software Packages: •...

  • Page 12: Avt Manta Technical Manuals

    Manta cameras in the Technical Manual: • MANTA Technical Manual Here you find: technical data, functional descriptions, features of the camera and how to use. For downloading the Technical Manuals go to: http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/emea/support/downloads/  product-literature.html AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 13: Avt Manta Camera Controls

    The camera controls are described as seen from the PvAPI (Prosilica SampleViewer).  Note For a list of all implemented features (standard and advanced) see Technical Manuals of the AVT Manta cameras:  • MANTA Technical Manual, Chapter Data path, Table: Available Manta camera controls http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/emea/support/downloads/ product-literature.html...

  • Page 14: Info

    EngineRoomCam1 Table 3: Camera control: CameraName DeviceFirmwareVersion Camera control Parameter Description DeviceFirmwareVersion [String] R/C Version of the firmware the camera is running. Table 4: Camera control: CameraName AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 15: Devicemodelname

    Camera control Parameter Description DevicePartNumber [String] R/C Manufacturer’s part number Table 6: Camera control: DevicePartNumber DeviceScanType Camera control Parameter Description DeviceScanType [String] R/C Scan type of the camera, e.g. Areascan. Table 7: Camera control: DeviceScanType AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 16: Deviceserialnumber

    DeviceSerialNumber is not a unique identifier across models; software should use UniqueId instead. Table 8: Camera control: DeviceSerialNumber DeviceVendorName Camera control Parameter Description DeviceVendorName [String] R/C Manufacturer’s name: Allied Vision Technologies Table 9: Camera control: DeviceVendorName AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 17: Firmware

    [Uint32] R/C The major part of the firmware version number (part before the decimal) Table 10: Camera control: Firmware Part When communicating with AVT about an AVT Manta camera, note first the serial number. Camera control Parameter Description PartClass [Uint32] R/C Camera part class (manufacturer dependant).

  • Page 18: Sensor

    The total number of pixel rows on the sensor. SensorType [Enum] R/C Monochrome or Bayer-pattern color sensor type. SensorWidth [Enum] R/C The total number of pixel columns on the sensor. Table 12: Camera control: Sensor AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 19: Uniqueid

    Info UniqueID Camera control Parameter Description UniqueID [Uint32] R/C The unique camera ID that differentiates the current camera from all other cameras. Table 13: Camera control: UniqueID AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 20: Imagemode

    Use binning primarily for 3 reasons: • A reduction in the number of pixels and thus the amount of data while retaining the original image area angle • An increase in the frame rate (BinningY only) AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 21 If vertical binning is activated the image may appear to be over-exposed and may require correction. Caution Although binning is possible with color cameras, it is not recommended, because the color information will be  destroyed. AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 22 This increases light sensitivity by a total of a factor of 4 (16 or 64) and at the same time signal-to-noise separation is improved by about 6 (12 or 18) dB. Resolution is reduced, depending on the model. BinningY and BinningX: factor 2 Figure 3: 2 x full binning AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 23: Decimation (Sub-Sampling)

    (width) of the binning + horizontal image by the specified decimation is not possible. vertical decimation • Combination of vertical factor. binning + vertical decimation Increased frame rate. is not possible. Table 15: Camera control: ImageMode AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 24: Description Of Decimation

    Figure 4: Horizontal decimation 2 out of 4 (b/w) 2 out of 8 Figure 5: Horizontal decimation 2 out of 8 (b/w) 2 out of 16 Figure 6: Horizontal decimation 2 out of 16 (b/w) AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 25 Figure 8: Horizontal decimation 2 out of 8 (color) 2 out of 16 Figure 9: Horizontal decimation 2 out of 16 (color) Note The image appears horizontally compressed in this mode and no longer exhibits a true aspect ratio.  AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 26: Vertical Decimation Modes

    The different decimation patterns are shown below. 2 out of 4 2 out of 8 2 out of 16 Figure 10: Vertical decimation (b/w) 2 out of 4 2 out of 8 2 out of 16 Figure 11: Vertical decimation (color) AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 27: H+V Decimation Modes

    The different decimation patterns are shown below. 2 out of 4 H+V decimation Figure 12: 2 out of 4 H+V decimation (b/w) 2 out of 8 H+V decimation Figure 13: 2 out of 8 H+V decimation (b/w) AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 28 ImageMode 2 out of 16 H+V decimation Figure 14: 2 out of 16 H+V decimation (b/w) AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 29 ImageMode 2 out of 4 H+V decimation Figure 15: 2 out of 4 H+V decimation (color) 2 out of 8 H+V decimation Figure 16: 2 out of 8 H+V decimation (color) AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 30 ImageMode 2 out of 16 H+V decimation Figure 17: 2 out of 16 H+V decimation (color) AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 31: Acquisition

    Defines what type of external input trigger will end acquisition. EdgeRising Rising edge trigger EdgeFalling Falling edge trigger EdgeAny Rising or falling edge LevelHigh Active high signal LevelLow Active low signal Table 16: Camera control: AcqEnd AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 32 Trigger at SyncIn1 to be associated with this control. SyncIn2 Trigger at SyncIn2 to be associated with this control. Disabled No external trigger. Acquisition must be stopped with the AcquisitionStop API command. Table 16: Camera control: AcqEnd AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 33: Acqrec

    SyncIn2 Trigger at SyncIn2 to be associated with this control Disabled No external trigger. Unlike AcqStart and AcqEnd, there is no API command trigger option for a recording event. Table 17: Camera control: AcqRec AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 34: Acqstart

    Trigger at SyncIn1 to be associated with this control SyncIn2 Trigger at SyncIn2 to be associated with this control Disabled No external trigger Acquisition must be started with the AcquisitionStart API command. Table 18: Camera control: AcqStart AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 35: Framerate

    Acquisition FrameRate Camera control Parameter Description FrameRate [Float32] R/W When FrameStartTriggerMode is set to FixedRate, this control specifies the frame rate. Table 19: Camera control: FrameRate AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 36: Framestart

    If FrameStartTriggerMode = SyncIn1/2, determines which SyncIn1/2 electrical signal initiates trigger. EdgeRising Rising edge trigger EdgeFalling Falling edge trigger EdgeAny Rising or falling edge LevelHigh Active high signal LevelLow Active low signal Table 20: Camera control: FrameStart AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 37  supported frame rate. SyncIn1 External trigger SyncIn1 SyncIn2 External trigger SyncIn2 FixedRate Camera self-triggers at a fixed frame rate defined by FrameRate. Software Software initiated image capture Table 20: Camera control: FrameStart AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 38: Acquisitionabort

    Triggers a frame within acquisition stream. Valid when FrameStartTriggerMode = Software Table 20: Camera control: FrameStart AcquisitionAbort Camera control Parameter Description AcquisitionAbort [Command] Usage: Use to abort the current acquisition. Table 21: Camera control: AcquisitionAbort AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 39: Acquisitionframecount

    So in triggered mode, a single frame will be delivered on the first trigger event, but no further frames will be delivered on subsequent trigger events (until acquisition is stopped and restarted). Table 23: Camera control: AcqisitionMode AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 40 See Chapter RecorderPreEventCount on page The memory is a circular buffer, that starts rewriting images once it is full. Its size is determined by AcquisitionFrameCount. Table 23: Camera control: AcqisitionMode AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 41: Acquisitionstart

    Acquisition AcquisitionStart Camera control Parameter Description AcquisitionStart [Command] Usage: starts the camera imaging. Table 24: Camera control: AcquisitionStart AcquisitionStop Camera control Parameter Description AcquisitionStop [Command] Usage: stops the image stream. Table 25: Camera control: AcquisitionStop AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 42: Recorderpreeventcount

    Recorder AcquisitionMode and AcquisitionFrameCount. Valid only when AcquisitionMode = Recorder. Note At least one image must be captured after the  AcqRec trigger event. That is, you cannot set RecorderPreEventCount=1, AcquisitionFrameCount=1. Table 26: Camera control: RecorderPreEventCount AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 43: Trigger Concept For Advanced Users

    Cycle images in camera memory, don’t return to API until recorder trigger event. Must call AcquisitionStop() or TTL signal when AcqEndTriggerMode = SyncIn1 or SyncIn2 and restart stream to capture frames. Figure 18: AcquisitionStart and AcquisitionAbort AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 44: Scenario 1: Acquisition Controlled By Hardware Trigger (Freerun)

    AcqStartTriggerMode = SyncIn1 AcqStartTriggerEvent = EdgeRising LevelHigh FrameStartTriggerMode = Freerun AcquisitionMode = Freerun AcqEndTriggerMode = SyncIn1 AcqEndTriggerEvent = EdgeFalling LevelLow GigE camera Frames (Freerun) Figure 19: Trigger scenario 1: Acquisition controlled by hardware trigger (Freerun) AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 45: Scenario 2: Controlling Exposure Duration By External Trigger

    AcquisitionMode = MultiFrame ExposureMode = External AcquistionFrameCount = 3 GigE camera AcquistionStart() API CALL AcquistionStop() API CALL Pulse width determines exposure time Frames Ignored Figure 20: Trigger scenario 2: Controlling exposure duration by external trigger AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 46: Scenario 3: Recorder Mode

    Event trigger happens while an image is being exposed Frames These three returned Scenario 3b: Event trigger happens while no image is being exposed Frames These three returned Figure 21: Trigger scenario 3: Recorder mode AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 47: Which Command Controls Frames

    Customer thinks AcqStart controls frames: But it does not! => FrameStartTriggerMode controls frames (within the acquisition). In this case, acquisition started by first TTL EdgeRising, and does not end (because AcqEndTriggerMode = Disabled). Figure 22: Which command controls frames? AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 48: Imageformat

    0. If an odd value is entered, then this value is rounded down to the next even value. Width [Uint32] R/W Defines, in columns, the horizontal size of the rectangle that defines the ROI. Table 27: Camera control: ROI AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 49: Pixelformat

    ImageFormat PixelFormat There are various pixel data formats that AVT Manta cameras can output. Not all cameras have every mode (see the Technical Manuals, Chapter Specification for details): Camera control Parameter Description PixelFormat [Enum] R/W Mono8 8 bits per pixel, monochrome....

  • Page 50: Totalbytesperframe

    ImageFormat TotalBytesPerFrame Camera control Parameter Description TotalBytesPerFrame [Uint32] R/V The total number of bytes per image frame. Dependant on ROI, PixelFormat, and Binning. Table 29: Camera control: TotalBytesPerFrame AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 51: Controls

    Green contribution to the green pixel (multiplicative factor), ColorTransformationValueGG Gain12 Blue contribution to the green pixel (multiplicative factor), ColorTransformationValueGB Gain20 Red contribution to the blue pixel (multiplicative factor), ColorTransformationValueBR Table 30: Description for an RGB to RGB transformation AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 52 Green resulting component of the pixel after the transformation Blue resulting component of the pixel after the transformation Table 30: Description for an RGB to RGB transformation Color correction is done in the same color space (RGB). AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 53: Colortransformationcontrol

    6500 K. ColorTransformationValueBB Read and Write ColorTransformationValueBG Values for the color transforma- tion ColorTransformationValueBR ColorTransformationValueGB ColorTransformationValueGG ColorTransformationValueGR ColorTransformationValueRB ColorTransformationValueRG ColorTransformationValueRR Table 31: Camera control: ColorTransformationMode AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 54: Dsp

    DSPSubregionTop [Uint32] R/W Defines the top edge of the DSP subregion defined as the number of pixels from the top edge of the full image. Defaults to zero. Table 32: Camera control: DSP AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 55: Edgefilter (Only Color Models)

    Controls relating to the sharpness of images (picture edge sharpness). Camera control Parameter Description EdgeFilter Smooth2 Least sharp Smooth1 Less sharp Default: no sharpness applied in either direction Sharpen1 Some sharp Sharpen2 Most sharp Table 33: Camera control: EdgeFilter AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 56: Gamma

    0.7 is chosen. If Gamma is ON, and you read out LUT1: you only get stored LUT values but not Gamma values. In general: Gamma values can‘t be read out. Table 34: Camera control: Gamma AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 57: Exposure

    Table 36: Camera-specific minimum exposure time Jitter at start of exposure The following chapter discusses the latency time which exists for all Manta CCD models when either a hardware or software trigger is generated, until the actual image exposure starts. AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 58: Auto

     Auto This group of controls relates to the camera auto-exposure function. The camera controls, such as ExposureAutoAdjustTol, ExposureAutoAlg etc. can be adjusted to match imaging conditions. AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 59 Usage: Sets a range in variation from ExposureAutoTarget in which the auto exposure algorithm will not respond. Use to limit exposure setting changes to only larger variations in scene lighting. Table 38: Camera control: ExposureAuto AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 60 Each unit represents 0.01%. When value is 1000, this equals 10%. The percentage defines the total pixels from top of the distribution that are ignored by the auto exposure algorithm. Table 38: Camera control: ExposureAuto AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 61 [Uint32] R/W In percent. Controls the general lightness or darkness of the auto exposure feature; specifically the target mean histogram level of the image: 0 being black 100 being white Table 38: Camera control: ExposureAuto AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 62: Exposuremode

    External the exposure time will be controlled by an external signal appearing on SyncIn1 or SyncIn2. In order for this feature to work, the parameter FrameStartTriggerMode must be set to SyncIn1 or SyncIn2. Table 39: Camera control: ExposureMode AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 63: Exposurevalue

    Auto This group of controls relates to the camera auto gain function. The auto gain function of AVT Manta cameras can be controlled by various parameters. The parameters, such as GainAutoAdjustDelay, GainAutoAdjustTol, etc. can be adjusted to match imaging conditions.
  • Page 64 The value is a percentage of the maximum rate. GainAutoTarget [Uint32] R/W This parameter controls the general lightness or darkness of the auto gain feature. The value is a percentage of maximum brightness. Table 41: Camera control: GainAuto AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 65: Gainmode

    This is the gain setting applied to the sensor. Usage: For best image quality, the gain setting should be set to zero. However, in low-light situations, it may be necessary to increase the gain setting. Table 43: Camera control: GainValue AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 66: Hue (Only Color Models)

    Large changes in scene lighting may require 2-3 frames for the algorithm to stabilize. The auto-iris feature can be configured to respond only to a subregion within the image scene. AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 67 IrisVideoLevelMin [Uint32] R/W In 10 mV units. Limits the minimum driving voltage for opening the lens iris. Typically this will be 0. Table 45: Camera control: Iris (video auto-iris lens) AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 68: Lutcontrol

    9. Fill memory array with LUT values (change endianess of every 2 Bytes in LUT entry) 10. Write memory array from PC into camera (blockwise 512 Byte until all data are written in camera) beginning at LUTAddress 11. Execute LUTSave command. AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 69 Begin block upload: Check: LUTBitDepthIn LUTBitDepthOut LUTAddress LUTSizeBytes (8KByte) Create LUT memory array in Change Endianess for each LUT entry Write LUT memory array at LUTAddress (in 512 Bytes blocks) LUTSave Figure 23: Loading an LUT AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 70: Lutcontrol

    LUTSelector Camera control Parameter Description LUTSelector [Enum] Possible values: LUT1, LUT2, LUT3 Select which LUTs to control. These LUTs are device specific. If Gamma is ON: LUT1 contains gamma values. Table 46: Camera control: LUTSelector AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 71: Lutmode

    Table 47: Camera control: LUTMode LUTEnable Camera control Parameter Description LUTEnable [Boolean] True/false When set to true: activates the selected LUT. When set to false: deactivates the selected LUT. Table 48: Camera control: LUTEnable AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 72: Lutindex

    Returns the value at entry LUTIndex of the LUT selected by LUTSelector. Table 50: Camera control: LUTValue LUTLoad Camera control Parameter Description LUTLoad [Command] Loads LUT from internal memory of the camera. Table 51: Camera control: LUTLoad AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 73: Lutsave

    Number of bytes from LUT Address memory. LUTBitDepthIn [Integer] Number of bit depth (12 bit) for signal coming into LUT. LUTBitDepthOut [Integer] Number of bit depth (12 bit) of signal going out of LUT. Table 53: Camera control: LUTInfo AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 74: Offset

    0: no color saturation (mono- chrome image) 1: standard 2: max. color saturation Does not show any effect using Raw formats, because color pro- cessing is switched off in all Raw formats. Table 55: Camera control: Saturation AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 75: Whitebalance

    In detail: the algorithm checks the difference between channels and goes back to manual mode when the channels are within WhitebalAutoAdjustTol percent. This feature uses the assumption that the image is gray/white on average. AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 76 Controls The following flow diagram illustrates WhitebalMode AutoOnce. Pause image capture Capture image WhitebalMode AutoOnce Repeat If channel not within WhitebalAutoAdjustTol percent Adjust color balance for each channel Restart image capture Figure 24: WhitebalMode AutoOnce AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 77: Auto

    [Uint32] R/W In percent. Determines how fast the auto white balance updates. Usage: Use to slow the rate of color balance change so that only longer period fluctuations affect color. Table 56: Camera control: WhiteBalanceAuto AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 78: Whitebalvaluered

    (80 equals 0 dB) Table 58: Manual gain range of the various Manta types WhitebalValueRed Camera control Parameter Description WhitebalValueRed [Uint32] R/W Red gain expressed as a percentage of the camera default setting. Table 59: Camera control: WhitebalValueRed AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 79: Whitebalvalueblue

    Controls WhitebalValueBlue Camera control Parameter Description WhitebalValueBlue [Uint32] R/W Blue gain expressed as a percentage of the camera default setting. Table 60: Camera control: WhitebalValueBlue AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 80: Eventcontrol

    [Uint32] R/C 65534 EventError [Uint32] R/C 65535 Always on. Cannot be turned off with EventSelector or EventsEnable1. Event should never occur, only returning in case of firmware failure requiring camera repair. Table 61: Camera control: EventID AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 81 Bit 1 is EventAcquisitionStart  Bit 2 is EventAcquisitionEnd Bit 3 is FrameTrigger, and so on. This is an alternative to setting each of the event individually using the EventNotification and EventSelector method. Table 61: Camera control: EventID AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 82: Configfile (User Sets)

    ConfigFile (user sets) ConfigFile (user sets) AVT Manta cameras are capable of storing a number of user-specified configurations within the camera's non-volatile memory. These saved configurations can be used to define the power-up settings of the camera or to quickly switch between a number of predefined settings.

  • Page 83: Gige

    91. SCPD Stream channel packet delay expressed in timestamp counter units. This mode is not recommended. Both Implements a combination of control modes. This mode is not recommended. Table 63: Camera control: BandwidthCtrlMode AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 84: Chunkmodeactive

    Size of chunk mode data, in bytes. Table 65: Camera control: NonImagePayloadSize PayloadSize Camera control Parameter Description PayloadSize [Uint32] R/W Total size of payload in bytes. Payload = TotalBytesPerFrame + NonImagePayloadSize + 8 Table 66: Camera control: PayloadSize AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 85: Streamframerateconstrain

    Table 67: Camera control: StreamFrameRateConstrain Ethernet Camera control Description Ethernet DeviceEthAddress [String] R/C The physical MAC address of the camera HostEthAddress [String] R/C The physical MAC address of the host network card Table 68: Camera control: Ethernet AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 86: Gvcpretries

    HostIPAddress [String] R/C The current IP address of the host network interface Table 69: Camera control: IP GvcpRetries AVT Manta cameras have a sophisticated real-time resend mechanism that ensures a high degree of data integrity. Camera control Parameter Description GvcpRetries...

  • Page 87: Gvsp

    Number of buffers to be used by the network socket. Only applicable when not using the Filter Driver. Possible values: 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192 GvspTimeout [Uint32] R/W End of stream timeout, in milliseconds. Table 71: Camera control: Gvsp AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 88: Heartbeatinterval

    This value may need to be increased when using  breakpoints in your API code. Breakpoints stall the API from sending heartbeat commands, which may cause the camera to time out. Table 73: Camera control: HeartbeatTimeout AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 89: Multicast

    MulticastIPAddress. Values: On or Off Default: Off MulticastIPAddress [String] R/W Sets the multicast IP address. Table 74: Camera control: Multicast AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 90: Packetsize

    Note If you are seeing all black  images, or all frames reported as StatFramesDropped and zero images reported as StatFramesCompleted, you will likely need to decrease this parameter. Table 75: Camera control: PacketSize AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 91: Streambytespersecond

    Bytes per Pixel (see Chapter ImageFormat on page 48) Note If you are seeing  occasional black images, or occasional frames/ packets reported as StatFramesDropped/ StatPacketsDropped you will likely need to decrease this parameter. Table 76: Camera control: StreamBytesPerSecond AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 92: Streamhold

    TotalBytesPerFrame. StreamHoldEnable [Enum] R/W Possible values: On, Off This enables streamhold functionality. When disabled, the image data will be released to the host computer. Table 77: Camera control: StreamHold AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 93: Timestamp

    GigE Timestamp AVT Manta cameras have a very accurate timestamp function for timestamping images. Camera control Parameter Description Timestamp TimeStampFrequency [Uint32] R/C In Hz. All images returned from the camera are marked with a timestamp. TimeStampFrequency is the time base for the timestamp function.

  • Page 94: Strobe

    Enables/disables control over length and start delay of strobe signal Strobe1Delay [Uint32] R/W In microseconds. Delay of start of strobe signal Strobe1Duration [Uint32] R/W In microseconds. Duration of strobe signal. Table 79: Camera control: Strobe1 AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 95 SyncIn2 Active when there is an external trigger at syncIn2. Table 79: Camera control: Strobe1 Note For detailed information see the camera waveform diagrams in Chapter Trigger concept for advanced users on page 43ff.  AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 96: Syncin1

    This is a 4-bit register where each bit corresponds to a specific SyncIn input. Example: When this value returns 2 for instance (0010) SyncIn2 is high and all other Sync input signals are low. Table 81: Camera control: SyncInLevels AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 97: Syncout

    SyncOut1. SyncOut1Mode [Enum] R/W Determines the type of output defined by SyncOut1: Configured to be a general purpose output, control of which is assigned to SyncOutGpoLevels Table 82: Camera control: SyncOut1 AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 98 SyncIn1 Active when there is an external trigger at SyncIn1 SyncIn2 Active when there is an external trigger at SyncIn2 Strobe1 The output signal is controlled according to Strobe1 settings. Table 82: Camera control: SyncOut1 AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 99: Syncout2

    Note SyncOut2 Control is analogous to SyncOut1.  SyncOutGpoLevels Camera control Parameter Description SyncOutGpoLevels GPO output levels. A bitfield. Bit 0 is sync-out 0 Bit 1 is sync-out 1, etc. Table 83: Camera control: SyncOutGpoLevels AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 100: Stats

    PacketSize, and refer to the Host Computer Optimizations note. StatPacketsErroneous [Uint32] R/V The number of improperly formed packets. If this number is non- zero, it suggests a possible cable or camera hardware failure. Table 84: Camera control: Stats AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 101 StatPacketsReceived. StreamBytesPerSecond, PacketSize, and refer to Host Computer Optimizations note. StatPacketsResent [Uint32] R/V The number of packets resent by the camera since the start of imaging. Table 84: Camera control: Stats AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

  • Page 102: Index

    ......100 AcqRecTriggerEvent ........33 camera AcqRecTriggerMode ........33 IP address ......... 86 AcqStart ..........34 physical MAC address ......85 AcqStartTriggerEvent ........ 34 camera hardware failure ......100 AcqStartTriggerMode......... 34 CameraName ........... 14 AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 103 FirmwareVerMinor ........17 DeviceScanType........15 FitRange ..........60 DeviceSerialNumber ........16 fixed setup time ........36 DeviceVendorName ........16 FixedRate........... 35 diagram WhitebalMode AutoOnce ....76 frame trigger ........... 39 digitization bit depth ........ 18 AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 104 GvspResentPercent ........87 LevelHigh .........31 GvspRetries ..........87 LevelLow ........31 GvspSocketBufferCount ......87 limited sequence of images ......39 GvspTimeout..........87 Linux (32 bit and 64 bit) ......7 logic trigger ........95 lower bound ..........60 AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 105 Sharpen1 ..........55 PacketSize..........90 Sharpen2 ..........55 Part ............17 sharpness (EdgeFilter) ......55 physical MAC address shutter ........... 62 camera..........85 signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)......21 host network card ....... 85 vertical binning ........21 AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 106 WhiteBalance .......... 75 sub-sampling WhitebalAutoAdjustTol ......75 brightness ......... 24 WhitebalAutoRate ........77 b/w and color........23 WhitebalMode.......... 75 sub-sampling (see decimation) ....23 WhitebalMode AutoOnce (diagram) ....76 symbols ............ 9 WhitebalValueBlue ......78 SyncIn............ 96 AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...
  • Page 107 Index WhitebalValueRed ........78 Width ............. 48 Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit)......7 YUV411........... 49 YUV422........... 49 YUV444........... 49 AVT Manta Camera Controls V4.1.0...

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