
CoaXPress MC258x Camera Manual
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2.3.10 TriggerMode[ TriggerSelector ]
Description: This feature activates or deactivates the selected trigger type..
Access
Read / Write
Type:
Enumeration
In:
Enumeration
Description
On
This sets the camera to triggered mode. In triggered mode, the camera waits for a trigger
signal to take a picture. The trigger signal can be a (hardware) trigger signal from the frame
grabber or a software trigger initiated by a software command. If the trigger source is a
hardware or a software signal is defined by the feature 'TriggerSource'. The 'frame rate' of
the camera depends on the frequency of the trigger signals.
Off
If the trigger mode is 'Off' the camera is set to free running mode. All trigger signals gets
ignored while the camera is in this mode. The camera captures continuously images that
can be send to the frame grabber. The frame rate is defined by the feature
'AcquisitionFrameRate', the exposure time by feature 'ExposureTime'.
Out:
Remark:
The feature 'ExposureMode' defines how the camera exposes the next image as reaction to a
trigger signal. The settings of ExposureMode are only relevant if the camera is in triggered mode.
2.3.11 TriggerSource[ TriggerSelector ]
Description: This feature defines the source for the selected trigger type.
Access
Read / Write
Type:
Enumeration
In:
Enumeration
Description
SoftwareTrigger
If software is defined as the source of a trigger signal the user can trigger the camera to
take a picture by referencing the feature 'SoftwareTrigger'. It is no external (hardware) trig-
ger signal needed to request a new image from the camera.
CXPTrigger
If set to CXPTrigger, the camera waits for an external trigger signal from the frame grabber
before it makes a new image. How the image gets exposed depends on the setting of fea-
ture 'ExposureMode'.
Line0
If set to Line0 the camera waits for an external trigger signal on the CXP DIN 1.0/2.3 con-
nector to take an image. This feature is only available on Mikrotron CXP cameras with a DIN
1.0 connector.
Line1
If set to Line1 the camera waits for an external trigger signal on the CXP DIN 1.0/2.3 con-
nector to take an image. This feature is only available on Mikrotron CXP cameras with a DIN
1.0 connector.
Out:
See above
Remark:
There can always be just one trigger source active at one time.
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