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Falcon 4 Camera User's Manual
Appendix A: GenICam Commands
Image Format Controls Category
The camera Image Format controls, as shown by CamExpert, groups parameters used to configure
camera pixel format, and image cropping, Additionally, a feature control to select and output an
internal test image simplifies qualifying a camera setup without a lens.
Parameters in gray are read only, either always or due to another parameter being disabled.
Parameters in black are user set in CamExpert or programmable via an imaging application.
Features listed in the description table but tagged as
Invisible
are usually for Teledyne DALSA
Support or third party software usage—not typically required by end user applications.
The following table describes these parameters along with their view attribute and minimum
camera firmware version required. Additionally the table will indicate which parameter is a member
of the DALSA Features Naming Convention (DFNC), GenICam Standard Features Naming
Convention or custom camera feature.
Display Name
Feature & Values
Description
Standard
& View
Width
Width
Width of the Image provided by the device (in pixels).
Beginner
Height
Height
Height of the Image provided by the device (in lines).
Beginner
Offset X
OffsetX
Horizontal offset from the Sensor Origin to the Area
Of Interest (in pixels).
Beginner
Offset Y
OffsetY
Vertical offset from the Sensor Origin to the Area Of
Interest (in pixels).
Beginner
Pixel Format
PixelFormat
Output image pixel coding format of the sensor..
Beginner
Mono12
Mono12 Mono12: Monochrome 12-Bit
Mono16
Mono16 Mono16: Monochrome 16-Bit
Pixel Color Filter
PixelColorFilter
Indicates the type of color filter applied to the image.
<RO>
Beginner
None
None No filter applied on the sensor.
Pixel Coding
PixelCoding
Output image pixel coding format of the sensor.
<RO>
Beginner
Mono
Mono Monochrome format.
Pixel Size
PixelSize
Number of bits per pixel<RO>
Beginner
Bpp12
Bpp12 12-bits per pixel.
Bpp16
Bpp16 16-bits per pixel
Test Image
Selector
TestImageSelector
Selects the type of test image output by the camera.
See the Test Patterns section for more information.
Flatfield correction will be disabled if the user selects
the PRNU value.
Beginner
Off
Off Image is from the camera sensor.
Grey Horizontal
Ramp
GreyHorizontalRamp Image is filled horizontally with an image that goes
from the darkest possible value to the brightest.
Grey Vertical Ramp
GreyVerticalRamp Image is filled vertically with an image that goes from
the darkest possible value to the brightest.
Purity
Purity Image is filled with an image that goes from the
darkest possible value to the brightest by 1 Dn
increment per frame.
Preliminary
