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SynView is a NET-created development environment based on GenICam/GenTL standards. It contains a high-performance and user-friendly API to make it easier to create applications. Application engineers can concentrate fully on developing your solution. More information can be found under the following link.

The SynView package contains the SynView Explorer tool, which allows to enumerate, connect and configure camera, acquire images or generate sample source code for SynView API. It is a useful tool for testing both the SynView and camera functionality.

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SynView is preinstalled on the camera under the location /opt/synview/bin/

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For more explanation using synview explorer we refere to the synview exploere manual.

Testing the camera

The first thing on may want to try is to capture an image or test a new camera setting. For this propose the synview explorer is provided. Over OpenSSH it is possible to start the sv.explorer bye the command below.

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ssh -Y root@192.168.1.10 "/opt/synview/bin/sv.explorer"
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Connect the camera to be tested — select it in the list of found cameras and press the Connect camera button.

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Configure the camera features as desired. Pay attention especially to features in Image Format Control and Acquisition Control categories.

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When prepared, click the Start acquisition button — the camera should start acquiring. If not, verify again, if the camera was not set to triggered mode, while no trigger was attached.

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While the acquisition is active, you can still adjust the runtime parameters, such as exposure time or gain. Basic acquisition parameters, such as pixel format or trigger mode become locked when the acquisition starts.

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When finished, click the Stop acquisition button and exit.

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It is an common sources of error to operate an monochrom sensor in the colour space. If you reviced an monochrome sensor you should change the Pixel Format to Mono 8 .

Live view performance

Frome the line just above the live image on can see the current frames which arrived on the iam camera system every secound. Display the images remote over an OpneSSH connection will impair the performace a lot and will add some delay as well. In the example below the sensor runs with 147 frames-per-secound and 1.8 frames per secound where displayed remote.  

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Please be aware, that you get only a low frame refresh rate with this type of connection. A better refresh rate will be achieved with the "GigEvision server of synview" in the future.

Basic camera features

This section shows the most essential camera features relevant for the basic tests.

 

The SynView Explorer displays by default only the “basic” camera features intended to handle the most common tasks. To display also the more advanced features, you need to switch to the “expert” feature level. Note that the third available level, “guru”, is intended just for debugging and should not be used for normal operation.

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Image format

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titleThe basic properties of the acquired image can be configured through features  in the Image Format category.

Pixel format

The Pixel Format feature is an enumeration allowing to specify the type of image data delivered to the application buffer. The available pixel formats differ among camera models. In general, they can be

  • Monochrome, with various number of bits per pixel, eg. Mono 8 or Mono 12.

  • Bayer encoded, with sensor-dependent Bayer formats, eg. Bayer GR 8 or  Bayer BG 8. In this case the application needs to decode the Bayer encodedimage buffer to get a proper color image — SynView API provides functions  for this.

  • RGB color format, providing true RGB output, in this case the Bayer decoding is performed directly by the camera.

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It is an common sources of error to operate an monochrom sensor in the colour space. If you reviced an monochrome sensor you should change the Pixel Format to Mono 8 .

Image size

The camera will acquire full size image by default. The acquired image size can be reduced using the Width and Height features, which set the acquired image size in pixels. The field of view will be automatically centered within the full sensor image.

Acquisition parameters

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