Mikrotron EoSens 12CXP+, Reference Manual

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First Steps
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Reading the XML File
All features of a CXP camera are described in the GenICam XML file.
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is used to describe each feature as
a XML feature knot. Feature knots are displayed in a tree structure.
A knot consists of a feature knot and a register knot. The feature knot
contains the description of the command whereas the register knot
shows how it is implemented in the camera. For example the type of
the feature (command, string, integer,...), its access mode (R/W), a
descriptive name (friendly name), the corresponding register address,
and a short description of the feature in plain ASCII text. Some fea-
tures have min. and max. values or a default value. Each feature corre-
sponds to a camera setting.
Example:
<Command Name="AcquisitionStart">
<ToolTip>Starts the Acquisition of the device.</ToolTip>
<Description>Starts the Acquisition of the device.</Description>
<DisplayName>Acquisition Start</DisplayName>
<Visibility>Beginner</Visibility>
<pValue>AcquisitionStartReg</pValue>
<CommandValue>0</CommandValue>
</Command>
<IntReg Name="AcquisitionStartReg">
<Address>0x8204</Address>
<Length>4</Length>
<AccessMode>WO</AccessMode>
<pPort>Device</pPort>
<Endianess>BigEndian</Endianess>
</IntReg>
</Group>
<Port Name="Device">
<ToolTip>Port giving access to the device.</ToolTip>
</Port>
Tip: All integer values are
i n t e r p r e t e d a s 3 2 b i t
unsigned integers, if not
other mentioned. All strings
are NULL terminated and
consist of 8 bit characters.
The port knot allows the connection to the device.
Feature knot
Register knot
Port knot