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4. Camera Operation
At this point you are ready to start operating the camera in order to acquire images, set
camera functions, and save settings.
4. Camera Operation
Factory Settings
The camera ships and powers up for the first time with the following factory settings:
Camera Link Medium, 8 bit pixels, 85 MHz
Internal trigger, line rate 10 kHz
Internal exposure control, exposure time 50 µs
Flat field disabled
User coefficients set to 1x
Offset 0, System Gain 1x
Color correction disabled
Corrected using an 80 mm lens and a magnification of 0.8
Check Camera and Sensor Information
Camera and sensor information can be retrieved via a controlling application—for example,
the CamExpert GUI shown in the following examples. Parameters such as camera model,
firmware version, sensor characteristics, etc. are read to uniquely identify the connected
device.
The camera information parameters are grouped together as members of the Camera
Information set.
Figure 16. CamExpert’s Camera Information Window
