SynView Explorer

	SynView by NET is a 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.

Download link for Host SynView can be found here .

During production the latest version of the SynView with iAMGigEServer is installed to camera under the path /opt/synview/bin/.

To learn more how to use SynView Explorer we refer to the SynView Explorer manual.

Testing the camera

Capture an image or test new camera settings with SynView Explorer. There are two ways:

Using iAMGigEServer with iam and receiving the image data with SynView Explorer on a host system. iam acts like a normal GigE Vision camera.
Native: Using the OpenSSH connection with -server forwarding. From the command line it is possible to start sv.explorer with the command below.

ssh -Y root@192.168.1.10 "(export XILINX_XRT=/usr/ ; /opt/synview/bin/sv.explorer)"

	Connect the camera to test. Select it in the list of found cameras and press the “Connect camera” button.
	Configure the camera features. Pay attention especially to features in Image Format Control and Acquisition Control categories.
	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.
	While the acquisition is active, the runtime parameters can be adjusted, such as exposure time or gain. Basic acquisition parameters, such as pixel format or trigger mode get locked when the acquisition starts.
	When finished, click the “Stop acquisition” button and exit.

Live View Performance

From the line just above the live image, the frames count per second is visible on iam. Displaying the images remotely over an OpenSSH connection will impair the performace very much and will add some delay as well. In the example below, the sensor runs with 147 frames per second and 1.8 frames per second are displayed remotely.

Basic Camera Features

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

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

Feature Category	Feature Name

Feature Category	Feature Name
The basic properties of the acquired image can be configured through features in the Image Format category.	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, e.g. Mono 8 or Mono 12. - Bayer encoded, with sensor-dependent Bayer formats, e.g. Bayer GR 8 or Bayer BG 8. In this case the application needs to decode the Bayer encoded image 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. 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.
The luminance of the acquired image can be controlled either explicitly through exposure time and gain functions, or automatically through corresponding auto-functions.	The “Exposure Time” feature in “Acquisition Control” category configures the length of the exposure in microseconds.