Changing Camera Configuration Programmatically
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The following examples illustrate additional functionality with changing camera configuration programatically.
The first example changes the camera file associated with an interface file (*.iid- img0 for example). This can also be accomplished by saving a camera file and interface file for each configuration you need. This can be done through MAX. The benefit of this approach is that once you have imgA associated with a camera file and imgB associated with another camera file, then all you have to do in the program is close the session to imgA and open a session to imgB. Another approach is to change the interface (*.iid) file programmatically. The first example allows you to specify an interface file (img0.iid, img1.iid, ..., depending on interface name of the given device) and programmatically change channel 0 of the camera file. With this program, you can change the camera file without opening Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX). This VI opens the appropriate .iid file, searches the string for channel 0, and replaces the string of data that represents the camera file.
The second example modifies the camera file (*.icd). When you change camera attributes programatically, the changes are not permanent and the attributes will reset to their original values when you open the camera file again. This example illustrates how you could make permanent changes to camera files so the changes remain after the session closes.
The third example gets the name, manufacturer and model of the camera associated with the interface.
The fourth example gets the path to the directory where the camera files are located. This could be useful to programmatically copy a camera file to this location.
The fifth example changes the acquisition Region of Interest (ROI) so the image is centered and scaled given user input values.
The sixth example sets the acquisition window size, ROI, Look-Up Table, and image invert properties programmatically.
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Filename: 2127.vi
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Application Software: LabVIEW Full Development System 6.0
Language(s): C, LabVIEW
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Hardware Group: Vision (IMAQ)
Driver: NI-IMAQ 2.5.3
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Application Software: LabVIEW Base Development System 6.1
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Hardware Group: Vision (IMAQ)
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Hardware Group: Vision (IMAQ)
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Application Software: LabVIEW Professional Development System 6.0
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Hardware Group: Vision (IMAQ)
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Application Software: LabVIEW Base Development System 7.0
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Hardware Group: Vision (IMAQ)
Driver: NI-IMAQ 2.6
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Application Software: LabVIEW Base Development System 6.1
Language(s): C, LabVIEW
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Hardware Group: Vision (IMAQ)
Driver: NI-IMAQ 2.6
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