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User Manual uEye Cameras V3.32
Trigger
This tab provides the settings for triggered image capture with your uEye camera (see also Digital
Input (Trigger)).
Figure 81: uEye properties - Trigger
· Input
§ Status
If you select this check box, the signal level applied at the camera's trigger input is polled and
displayed.
§
Trigger delay
Select this check box to set a delay between the arrival of a software or hardware trigger signal
and the start of exposure.
·
Mode
With these radio buttons, you choose which trigger mode you want to activate in the camera:
§
Software
The camera is running in software trigger mode without a signal applied. The images are
captured continuously.
§ Falling edge
The camera captures an image on the falling edge of the signal applied to the trigger input.
§
Rising edge
The camera captures an image on the rising edge of the signal applied to the trigger input.
§ Delay between frames [ms]
In software trigger mode, you can set a time delay between two triggered image captures.
§
Timeout [ms]
Specifies a timeout for the trigger mode. If the camera does not receive a trigger signal within
this time, a timeout message is transmitted and the transmission error counter is incremented.