Configuring the Applet
To configure an applet for using action commands sent by firmware:
- Start microDisplay X.
You find microDisplayX.exe in your Silicon Software runtime installation directory, sub-directory bin (for example: C:\Program Files\SiliconSoftware\Runtime5.7.0\bin\microDisplayX.exe). - Select the frame grabber you want to work with from the list in the left upper corner.
Immediately, a list of applets is displayed in the pane below:
- Select an applet out of the available applets (listed in the GUI).
A tool tip provides you with additional information on each applet:
- The applet name displayed in bold is the applet that is currently active on the frame grabber (only microEnable 5 marathon, microEnable 5 ironman, Lightbridge 2).
- The applets displayed in black are the applets currently available for the selected frame grabber.
- The applets which are displayed in gray are currently not available for the selected frame grabber.
When is an applet available?
The availability of applets depends on the frame grabber you use:
microEnable 5 marathon & LightBridge 2:
An applet is available as soon as it is flashed onto the frame grabber. If the applet you want to use is not flashed on the frame grabber yet, flash it according to the instructions in the Getting Started Guide for your specific frame grabber model.
microEnable IV:
An applet is available as soon as it is available in the file system of your host PC (Silicon Software runtime installation directory, sub-directories DLL or Hardware Applets). If the applet is not there, run the applet installer that contains the applet you want to use, or, if you need an applet created with VisualApplets, copy the applet file (*.hap) into the Hardware Applets folder of your Silicon Software runtime installation (e.g., ...\Runtime5.7.0\Hardware Applets\*.hap).
microEnable 5 ironman:
An applet is available as soon as it has been flashed onto the frame grabber. There is maximally one applet available. Before working with microDisplay X, flash the applet of your choice onto the frame grabber, as described in the Getting Started Guide for your frame grabber model.
Applet-Camera Match
The applet you select needs to correspond to the connected camera/cameras (number of connected cameras per frame grabber board, area or line scan, Gray, RGB, or Bayer, etc.).
- Double-click on the applet name to load the applet.
The applet is loaded. For each process defined in the applet, an according acquisition process with camera IN port (Cam 0, Cam 1, ...) and DMA OUT port (DMA 0, DMA 1, ...) is displayed. In the viewing pane (tab Acquisition Channel), one DMA output pane is visible per process:
Display per applet process:
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- Click on the DMA line of the process (acquisition channel) you want to configure.
- In the pane below, go to parameter Area Trigger Mode and select Generator.
In all area applets for microEnable IV GigE frame grabbers, the setting Area Trigger Mode = Generator is reserved for generating action commands, rather than for actually triggering a frame.1 When configured to Area Trigger Mode = Generator, the applet generates action commands. |
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- Set parameter Trigger State to Active.
Only with setting Trigger State = Active the applet will generate action commands. |
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- In Parameter Frames/Sec, define the frequency of the action command generation:
The frequency of the generated action commands you define in parameter Frames/Sec. The parameter is actually used for defining the number of generated action commands per second. |
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- Repeat steps 2 to 8 for each connected camera.