9
Capture
state.
Continuous capture
mode is expected to be used as a main
maintenance mode to adjust camera parameters, target and focus the camera on
the object. You can end this mode only by asserting the internal or external
Trigger
and shifting into the Capture Completion mode. The software version of the trigger
is asserted by clicking on the
Trigger
button.
2. The
Trigger
mode
tells the camera to
complete video capture
into the internal
circular memory buffer by counting down the number of the
post-trigger frames
specified by the operator. It starts by the assertion of the internal or external trigger
and stops at the last frame. At the completion of this task, the application
continuously re-displays the last captured image frame creating visual impression of
the stopped camera. Upon completion of the video capture sequence the camera’s
internal memory is full of video data that can be reviewed from that memory or
moved (downloaded) to the computer memory.
3.
Downloading images
from the camera’s internal memory buffer moves video data
into the host computer memory as TIFF files. Preview Video area is blank during
this operation. After completion of the download the camera retains all image data
until explicitly erased by the operator. The image download can be repeated
multiple times if necessary. The operator can observe the frame indicator and stop
download at any moment reducing the amount of storage used in the download
operation.
4. (Optional) –The operator can choose to
review images
stored in the camera’s
memory directly and decide if they should be downloaded or erased. This operation
requires download of only image headers to the host computer memory which is
usually faster than the full download. Most of the time this step is unnecessary and
images can be reviewed directly from the computer memory after the full download.
The diagram in the
Figure 4
below illustrates the camera operating modes and transitions
between them.
