Adimec Camera Link OPAL Series, Operating And Users Manual

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OPERATING AND USER MANUAL OPAL FAMILY
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IMAGE AND DATA FORMATTING
To enable the Burst Mode the BMO command is available
Command syntax: BMOx
Where:
x = 0 for normal operation, disabling Burst Mode
x = 1 for Burst Mode with automatic image release. An image is output as soon as one complete
image is in the buffer memory.
x = 2 for Burst Mode with software triggered image release. On software request,
a defined number of images are released from the memory.
The burst mode can be obtained from the camera using the BMO? command
Command syntax: BMO?
Reply message: x
Where: x is the status of the Burst Mode as indicated above.
To set the number of images to be released from memory per request the RQSIZE command can be
used.
Command syntax: RQSIZEx
Where x = 0 to 255
To check the set number of imges released on request use Command RQSIZE?
Command syntax: RQSIZE?
Reply message: x
Where: x is the number of images released on request.
To generate a request use command RQ.
Command syntax: RQ
Interpretation of RQ? differs for the several image acquisition modes. If the camera is in Control Mode
(MO1), RQ generates a soft event for Burst Mode, provided Burst Mode is set to 2. If the camera is
in one of the optional image acquisition modes 2, 3 or 4 (not standard available), RQ generates a soft
event for delay / double control mode. In all other combinations of image acquisition mode (MO) and
Burst Mode (BMO, the RQ command does not have a function.
The number of images present in the burst memory can be obtained by the BCNT? command.
Command syntax: BCNT?
Reply message: x
Where x represents the number of images.
In the case that the number of image acquired exceeds the number of free memory locations, the
Buffer Overrun flag is set and the BurstCount register is set to 0.
the Buffer overrun status can be obtained by the BO? command.
Command syntax: BO?
Reply message: x
Where x = 0 means no overrun and x = 1 Burst Mode memory overrun