CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual
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2.3.4 ExposureMode
Description: This feature sets the operation mode of the Exposure. It defines how a picture gets exposed if the
camera is in triggered mode.
Access
Read / Write
Type:
Enumeration
In:
Enumeration
Description
Timed
In this mode sets the camera to free running mode. The camera sends a continuous se-
quence of images to the frame grabber. The images gets exposed by the time defined by
the feature 'ExposureTime'. The frame rate is defined with feature 'AcquisitionFrameRate'.
TriggerWidth
In this mode the camera waits for a trigger start message from the host to start to expose
the next image. The end of the exposure time is defined by an following trigger stop mes-
sage. After receiving the exposure stop message the exposed image gets streamed to the
host. So the exposure time corresponds to the length of the trigger signal.
Out:
Remark:
The ExposureMode is only relevant if the camera is in triggered mode. To set the camera to
triggered mode the feature TriggerMode must be set to 'On'.
2.3.5 ExposureTime
Description: This feature defines the exposure time in [µs] if the exposure mode is 'Timed'.
Access
Read / Write
Type:
Unsigned Integer
In:
0 … ExposureTimeMax
Out:
Exposure time
Remark:
2.3.6 ExposureTimeMax
Description: This feature returns the maximal possible exposure time for the current camera settings in [µs].
Access
Read
Type:
Unsigned Integer
In:
-
Out:
Max. exposure time
Remark:
The max. exposure time depends on the current frame rate.
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