Defining the Function triggered by the Action Command

To define what the camera actually has to do at receiving an action command, you need to configure the camera accordingly.1

  1. Select the camera you want to configure the action command for.
  2. Go to the Cameras tab.
  3. Go to the GenICam subtab. Which parameters are available here depends entirely on the camera model.
  1. Configure the trigger source.
    Make sure you specify the action command you configured under tab Action Commands (in our example signal #0).
    Which parameter on the camera allows you to do this depends on the camera model. Refer to the camera documentation for details.

In our example (see figure above), a parameter Acquisition Control/Trigger Selector/Trigger Source is availabe:

  1. Select which action the camera has to carry out when receiving the specified action command. Which parameter on the camera allows you to do this depends on the camera model. Refer to the camera documentation for details.

In our example, a parameter Trigger Selector is available that offers a drop-down list containing (amongst others) the value FrameStart:

Action Command starts a Camera Action

 

In our example camera, parameter Trigger Selector offers a variety of options to use with an action command. Each time a camera receives the action command, it carries out the action you define here.

The most common use of an action command is to let it start a new frame. In this case, each time the camera receives an action command, it starts the acquisition of a new frame.

   
  1. Make sure the camera is configured to generally receiving and operating on action commands. (For example, if the camera is set to Free Run, all action command configurations have no effect.)

In our example, this is parameter Trigger Mode = On:


  1. Repeat steps 1 to 6 for each connected camera.