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The Trigger Source enumeration allows to select where should the camera “listen for triggers. You can select either Software or one of the camera's I/O lines. The assignment of the I/O lines to the connector pins is described in Section, “Connector “Connector and cable description” description” .
Software triggering
The software triggers can be issued during active acquisition in triggered mode, regardless whether the trigger source is set to Software or a physical I/O line. To apply the software trigger, select the Generate Software Trigger feature and click the button in the tool bar.
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