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First Steps
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Configuring the Camera
All of MIKROTRON’s CXP cameras are compliant to the CoaXPress
specification. CoaXPress
standardizes down ‐ and uplink protocols,
interfaces, cables, and connectors used by CoaXPress compliant cam ‐
eras and frame grabbers.
All our CXP cameras use GenICam, which is a standardized generic
programming interface. It is used to configure and control the CXP
camera and supports five main features:
1. camera configuration
2. frame acquisition
3. graphical user interface (GUI)
4. transfer of camera data but also time stamps, region of inter ‐
est (ROI) and histogram data
5. transfer of events like a trigger
GenICam for CXP cameras consists of four parts:
1. GenAPI
GenAPI is the application programming interface. It is used to
configure and control a camera. All features are written in an
XML file. The API is available for several operating systems.
2. Standard Features Naming Convention (SFNC)
SFNC provides standardized names and types for common
device features.
3. Pixel Format Naming Convention
PFNC is a pixel format naming convention.
4. GenTL
The GenTL transport layer is supported by CoaXPress compli ‐
ant frame grabbers and cameras. It allows to read and write
into registers and to grab frames.
According to GenICam the camera uses registers for configuration. In
order to change a value, e.g. the exposure time, the hexadecimal
value has to be written into the camera register representing the
exposure time (e.g. 0x1100).