Trigger Mode#
Using the Feature#
Setting the Trigger Mode#
To set the trigger mode:
- Set the
TriggerSelector
parameter to the desired trigger type, e.g.,FrameStart
. - Set the
TriggerMode
parameter to one of the following values:On
: Enables triggered image acquisition for the trigger type selected.Off
: Disables triggered image acquisition for the trigger type selected. Trigger signals are generated automatically by the camera.
By default, the trigger mode is set to Off
for all trigger types. This means that free run image acquisition is enabled.
Immediate Trigger Mode#
On some camera models, the Immediate Trigger Mode is available.
When the Immediate Trigger Mode is enabled, exposure starts immediately after triggering, but changes to image parameters become effective with a short delay, i.e., after one or more images have been acquired. This is useful if you want to minimize the exposure start delay, i.e., if you want to start image acquisition as soon as possible, and if your imaging conditions are stable.
To enable the Immediate Trigger Mode, set the BslImmediateTriggerMode
parameter to On
.
The setting takes effect whenever the TriggerMode
parameter is set to On
.
Specifics#
Camera Model | Immediate Trigger Mode |
---|---|
a2A640-240gmSWIR | Not available |
a2A640-240umSWIR | Not available |
a2A1280-80gmSWIR | Not available |
a2A1280-125umSWIR | Not available |
a2A1920-51gcBAS | Not available |
a2A1920-51gcPRO | Not available |
a2A1920-51gmBAS | Not available |
a2A1920-51gmPRO | Not available |
a2A1920-160ucBAS | Not available |
a2A1920-160ucPRO | Not available |
a2A1920-160umBAS | Not available |
a2A1920-160umPRO | Not available |
a2A1920-165g5cBAS | Not available |
a2A1920-165g5mBAS | Not available |
a2A2448-23gcBAS | Not available |
a2A2448-23gcPRO | Not available |
a2A2448-23gmBAS | Not available |
a2A2448-23gmPRO | Not available |
a2A2448-75ucBAS | Not available |
a2A2448-75ucPRO | Not available |
a2A2448-75umBAS | Not available |
a2A2448-75umPRO | Not available |
a2A2448-105g5cBAS | Not available |
a2A2448-105g5mBAS | Not available |
a2A2590-22gcBAS | Not available |
a2A2590-22gcPRO | Not available |
a2A2590-22gmBAS | Not available |
a2A2590-22gmPRO | Not available |
a2A2590-60ucBAS | Not available |
a2A2590-60ucPRO | Not available |
a2A2590-60umBAS | Not available |
a2A2590-60umPRO | Not available |
a2A2600-20gcBAS | Not available |
a2A2600-20gcPRO | Not available |
a2A2600-20gmBAS | Not available |
a2A2600-20gmPRO | Not available |
a2A2600-64ucBAS | Not available |
a2A2600-64ucPRO | Not available |
a2A2600-64umBAS | Not available |
a2A2600-64umPRO | Not available |
a2A2840-14gcBAS | Not available |
a2A2840-14gcPRO | Not available |
a2A2840-14gmBAS | Not available |
a2A2840-14gmPRO | Not available |
a2A2840-48ucBAS | Not available |
a2A2840-48ucPRO | Not available |
a2A2840-48umBAS | Not available |
a2A2840-48umPRO | Not available |
a2A2840-67g5cBAS | Not available |
a2A2840-67g5mBAS | Not available |
a2A3840-13gcBAS | Not available |
a2A3840-13gcPRO | Not available |
a2A3840-13gmBAS | Not available |
a2A3840-13gmPRO | Not available |
a2A3840-45ucBAS | Not available |
a2A3840-45ucPRO | Not available |
a2A3840-45umBAS | Not available |
a2A3840-45umPRO | Not available |
a2A4096-9gcBAS | Not available |
a2A4096-9gcPRO | Not available |
a2A4096-9gmBAS | Not available |
a2A4096-9gmPRO | Not available |
a2A4096-30ucBAS | Not available |
a2A4096-30ucPRO | Not available |
a2A4096-30umBAS | Not available |
a2A4096-30umPRO | Not available |
a2A4096-44g5cBAS | Not available |
a2A4096-44g5mBAS | Not available |
a2A4200-12gcBAS | Not available |
a2A4200-12gcPRO | Not available |
a2A4200-12gmBAS | Not available |
a2A4200-12gmPRO | Not available |
a2A4200-40ucBAS | Not available |
a2A4200-40ucPRO | Not available |
a2A4200-40umBAS | Not available |
a2A4200-40umPRO | Not available |
a2A4504-5gcBAS | Not available |
a2A4504-5gcPRO | Not available |
a2A4504-5gmBAS | Not available |
a2A4504-5gmPRO | Not available |
a2A4504-18ucBAS | Not available |
a2A4504-18ucPRO | Not available |
a2A4504-18umBAS | Not available |
a2A4504-18umPRO | Not available |
a2A4504-27g5cBAS | Not available |
a2A4504-27g5mBAS | Not available |
a2A4508-6gcBAS | Not available |
a2A4508-6gcPRO | Not available |
a2A4508-6gmBAS | Not available |
a2A4508-6gmPRO | Not available |
a2A4508-20ucBAS | Not available |
a2A4508-20ucPRO | Not available |
a2A4508-20umBAS | Not available |
a2A4508-20umPRO | Not available |
a2A5320-7gcBAS | Not available |
a2A5320-7gcPRO | Not available |
a2A5320-7gmBAS | Not available |
a2A5320-7gmPRO | Not available |
a2A5320-23ucBAS | Not available |
a2A5320-23ucPRO | Not available |
a2A5320-23umBAS | Not available |
a2A5320-23umPRO | Not available |
a2A5320-34g5cBAS | Not available |
a2A5320-34g5mBAS | Not available |
a2A5328-4gcBAS | Not available |
a2A5328-4gcPRO | Not available |
a2A5328-4gmBAS | Not available |
a2A5328-4gmPRO | Not available |
a2A5328-15ucBAS | Not available |
a2A5328-15ucPRO | Not available |
a2A5328-15umBAS | Not available |
a2A5328-15umPRO | Not available |
a2A5328-22g5cBAS | Not available |
a2A5328-22g5mBAS | Not available |
acA640-90gc | Not available |
acA640-90uc | Not available |
acA640-121gm | Not available |
acA640-300gc | Not available |
acA640-300gm | Not available |
acA640-750uc | Not available |
acA640-750um | Not available |
acA720-290gc | Not available |
acA720-290gm | Not available |
acA720-520uc | Not available |
acA720-520um | Not available |
acA800-200gc | Not available |
acA800-200gm | Not available |
acA800-510uc | Not available |
acA800-510um | Not available |
acA1280-60gc | Not available |
acA1280-60gm | Not available |
acA1300-60gc | Not available |
acA1300-60gm | Not available |
acA1300-60gmNIR | Not available |
acA1300-75gc | Not available |
acA1300-75gm | Not available |
acA1300-200uc | Not available |
acA1300-200um | Not available |
acA1440-73gc | Not available |
acA1440-73gm | Not available |
acA1440-220uc | Not available |
acA1440-220um | Not available |
acA1600-20gc | Not available |
acA1600-20uc | Not available |
acA1600-60gc | Not available |
acA1600-60gm | Not available |
acA1920-25gc | Not available |
acA1920-25gm | Not available |
acA1920-25uc | Not available |
acA1920-25um | Not available |
acA1920-40gc | Not available |
acA1920-40gm | Not available |
acA1920-40uc | Not available |
acA1920-40ucMED | Not available |
acA1920-40um | Not available |
acA1920-40umMED | Not available |
acA1920-48gc | Not available |
acA1920-48gm | Not available |
acA1920-50gc | Not available |
acA1920-50gm | Not available |
acA1920-150uc | Not available |
acA1920-150um | Not available |
acA1920-155uc | Not available |
acA1920-155ucMED | Not available |
acA1920-155um | Not available |
acA1920-155umMED | Not available |
acA2000-50gc | Not available |
acA2000-50gm | Not available |
acA2000-165uc | Not available |
acA2000-165um | Not available |
acA2040-25gc | Not available |
acA2040-25gm | Not available |
acA2040-25gmNIR | Not available |
acA2040-35gc | Not available |
acA2040-35gm | Not available |
acA2040-55uc | Not available |
acA2040-55um | Not available |
acA2040-90uc | Not available |
acA2040-90um | Not available |
acA2040-90umNIR | Not available |
acA2040-120uc | Not available |
acA2040-120um | Not available |
acA2440-20gc | Not available |
acA2440-20gm | Not available |
acA2440-35uc | Not available |
acA2440-35ucMED | Not available |
acA2440-35um | Not available |
acA2440-35umMED | Not available |
acA2440-75uc | Not available |
acA2440-75ucMED | Not available |
acA2440-75um | Not available |
acA2440-75umMED | Not available |
acA2500-14gc | Not available |
acA2500-14gm | Not available |
acA2500-14uc | Not available |
acA2500-14um | Not available |
acA2500-20gc | Not available |
acA2500-20gcMED | Not available |
acA2500-20gm | Not available |
acA2500-20gmMED | Not available |
acA2500-60uc | Not available |
acA2500-60um | Not available |
acA3088-16gc | Not available |
acA3088-16gm | Not available |
acA3088-57uc | Not available |
acA3088-57ucMED | Not available |
acA3088-57um | Not available |
acA3088-57umMED | Not available |
acA3800-10gc | Not available |
acA3800-10gm | Not available |
acA3800-14uc | Not available |
acA3800-14um | Not available |
acA4024-8gc | Not available |
acA4024-8gm | Not available |
acA4024-29uc | Not available |
acA4024-29um | Not available |
acA4096-11gc | Not available |
acA4096-11gm | Not available |
acA4096-30uc | Not available |
acA4096-30ucMED | Not available |
acA4096-30um | Not available |
acA4096-30umMED | Not available |
acA4096-40uc | Not available |
acA4096-40ucMED | Not available |
acA4096-40um | Not available |
acA4096-40umMED | Not available |
acA4112-8gc | Not available |
acA4112-8gm | Not available |
acA4112-20uc | Not available |
acA4112-20ucMED | Not available |
acA4112-20um | Not available |
acA4112-20umMED | Not available |
acA4112-30uc | Not available |
acA4112-30ucMED | Not available |
acA4112-30um | Not available |
acA4112-30umMED | Not available |
acA4600-7gc | Not available |
acA4600-10uc | Not available |
acA5472-5gc | Not available |
acA5472-5gm | Not available |
acA5472-17uc | Not available |
acA5472-17ucMED | Not available |
acA5472-17um | Not available |
acA5472-17umMED | Not available |
boA1936-400cc | Not available |
boA1936-400cm | Not available |
boA2448-250cc | Not available |
boA2448-250cm | Not available |
boA2832-190cc | Not available |
boA2832-190cm | Not available |
boA4096-93cc | Not available |
boA4096-93cm | Not available |
boA4096-180cc | Not available |
boA4096-180cm | Not available |
boA4112-68cc | Not available |
boA4112-68cm | Not available |
boA4500-45cc | Not available |
boA4500-45cm | Not available |
boA4504-100cc | Not available |
boA4504-100cm | Not available |
boA5120-150cc | Not available |
boA5120-150cm | Not available |
boA5120-230cc | Not available |
boA5120-230cm | Not available |
boA5320-150cc | Not available |
boA5320-150cm | Not available |
boA5328-100cc | Not available |
boA5328-100cm | Not available |
boA6500-36cc | Not available |
boA6500-36cm | Not available |
boA8100-16cc | Not available |
boA8100-16cm | Not available |
boA9344-70cc | Not available |
boA9344-70cm | Not available |
daA720-520uc | Not available |
daA720-520um | Not available |
daA1280-54uc | Available |
daA1280-54um | Available |
daA1440-220uc | Not available |
daA1440-220um | Not available |
daA1600-60uc | Not available |
daA1600-60um | Not available |
daA1920-15um | Available |
daA1920-30uc | Available |
daA1920-30um | Available |
daA1920-160uc | Not available |
daA1920-160um | Not available |
daA2448-70uc | Not available |
daA2448-70um | Not available |
daA2500-14uc | Available |
daA2500-14um | Available |
daA3840-45uc | Not available |
daA3840-45um | Not available |
puA1280-54uc | Available |
puA1280-54um | Available |
puA1600-60uc | Not available |
puA1600-60um | Not available |
puA1920-30uc | Available |
puA1920-30um | Available |
puA2500-14uc | Available |
puA2500-14um | Available |
Sample Code#
/* Macro to check for errors */
#define CHECK(errc) if (GENAPI_E_OK != errc) printErrorAndExit(errc)
GENAPIC_RESULT errRes = GENAPI_E_OK; /* Return value of pylon methods */
/* Select the Frame Start trigger */
errRes = PylonDeviceFeatureFromString(hdev, "TriggerSelector", "FrameStart");
CHECK(errRes);
/* Enable triggered image acquisition for the Frame Start trigger */
errRes = PylonDeviceFeatureFromString(hdev, "TriggerMode", "On");
CHECK(errRes);
You can also use the pylon Viewer to easily set the parameters.