Definitions
Coaxlink Programmer's Guide
GenICam
Set of
EMVA
standards. It consists of GenApi, GenTL, the
SFNC
and the
PFNC
.
GenTL
The GenICam standard that deals with data transport. TL stands for Transport Layer.
GenTL producer
Soware library that implements the GenTL API.
File with the
cti
extension (e.g.,
coaxlink.cti
).
Info command
Numerical identifier used to query a specific piece of information from a GenTL module. Info commands are
defined either in the
standard GenTL header file
, or in a vendor-specific header file (e.g., info commands specific
to Coaxlink are defined in
include/GenTL_v1_5_EuresysCustom.h
).
Interface module
GenTL module that represents a frame grabber.
Parent of the device module.
I/O toolbox
Part of Coaxlink card that controls digital I/O lines and implements tools such as rate converters, delay lines, etc.
Hosted in the interface module.
Register description
XML file mapping low-level hardware registers to camera or frame grabber features.
Remote device
Camera connected to a frame grabber.
The term
remote
is used to distinguish this from the GenTL device module.
System
GenTL module that represents the GenTL producer.
Also known as TLSystem.
Parent of the interface module.
Timestamp
The time at which an event occurs.
For Coaxlink, timestamps are always 64-bit integers and are expressed as the number of microseconds that have
elapsed since the computer was started.
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