PointGrey_GrabImage

Captures an images from a PointGrey camera.

	Name	Type	Range	Description
	inDeviceSerialNumber	Integer*		Source device serial number
	inAoi	Box*		Required fragment of image to stream
	inShutter	Real*		Shutter time
	inGain	Real*		Image analog gain value
	inFrameRate	Real*		Requested camera frame rate
	inTriggerMode	PointGreyTriggerMode		Camera trigger mode and source control
	inColorMode	PointGreyColorMode		Requested grayscale or color mode of output image
	outImage	Image		Output image

Remarks

Camera driver software

This filter is intended to cooperate with camera using its vendor SDK. To be able to connect with camera it is required to install Fly Capture 2 SDK software with camera dedicated drivers. Currently Adaptive Vision Studio requires Fly Capture version 2.2.3.

Fly Capture 2 SDK can be downloaded from following website: http://www.ptgrey.com/support/downloads/ (registration may be required).

Installation on 64 bit systems

On 64 bit operating systems it is required to intall 64 bit SDK version, hovewer Adaptive Vision Studio still requires 32 bit camera library. To achieve this installation on 64 bit systems must be done in custom configuration. From custom features list, option "Cross Platform Dev Files" must be chosen to install, as shown on image below.

Camera identification

When there is only one camera connected with computer field inDeviceSerialNumber can be set to Auto. In this situation first available camera will be found and connected.

inDeviceSerialNumber can be used to pick one of multiple cameras connected to computer. Set this field to device serial number (for example "1234567", should be available on device casing as "s/n: 1234567").

Camera parameters

Most of parameters exposed by camera filters are optional, setting them to 'Auto' leaves related parameter for automatica configuration by camera driver (for example shutter time will be adjusted according to light conditions).

To change other and more advanced camera parameters use configuration tool "FlyCap2" available with Fly Capture 2 SDK. Refer to SDK documentation to find information about parameters and how to save parameters into memory channels.