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Chapter 3
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Camera Functions
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and reconnect it later. Further, the image memory in the
camera enables (see Figure 3.1, pco.camera – camRAM)
extended operating modes (e.g. ring buffer operation). In
this mode, images are continuously recorded and, as the
memory is filled, the oldest image data are overwritten.
Once the event finishes, it is possible to stop the re-
cording process and the event will reside in the memory,
as well as a certain amount of time before the event.
Once recording is finished, the user can stop the re-
cording process and keep it in memory as well as a cer-
tain time before the event. In the following sections, single
components image memory, Live-View, CCD readout,
CCD cooling and color display are described in more de-
tail.
3.2 Primary Image Memory (camRAM)
The primary image memory (camRAM) of the camera sys-
tem is integrated into the camera.
3.2.1 Primary Image Memory Structure
The image memory is divided into four memory segments
that accept images (see Figure 3.2). The user determines
the size of the segments.
Information about the delivered camera’s image memory
size is found in the camera specific data sheet in the ap-
pendix of this manual.
Camware application software uses one of the segments
for Live-View and other display purposes. If camware is
used, only three segments are available for customer
specification.
camRAM
memory segment 1 memory segment 2
memory segment 3 memory segment 4
Figure 3.2: Illustration of the camera’s primary image memory (camRAM.
The image memory is divided into four memory segments
(memory segment 1-4), which accepts the images for storage.
The size allocation of each segment is completely user-
selectable (see Figure 3.3). It is also possible to set the
size of a segment to zero. The format of the images to be
stored, might differ from segment to segment. Within the
same segment the image format is fixed, meaning that to-
tal images, binned images or ROIs have to be stored in
different segments.
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