Configuring the Camera via GenICam Interface

Requirements:

To adjust the camera settings:

  1. Start microDisplay.
    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).
  1. 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.

  1. Select an applet out of the Applets list.
  1. Double-click on the applet name to load the applet.
    Wait until the camera is discovered. A discovered camera is marked by a green disk.

  1. Go to tab Cameras.

  1. Under the Cameras tab, select the frame grabber that is connected to the cameras you want to configure.
    The cameras connected to this frame grabber are listed in panel below (panel Model (UID):

  1. Select a camera in panel Model (UID) to work on this specific camera.
  2. Go to the GenICam tab to configure the camera.
  3. Select our user role. You can choose between three display modes (right upper corner): Beginner, Expert, and Guru. If you set the display mode to Beginner, you can only see and alter the most important camera settings. In Expert mode, most settings are enabled and in Guru mode, all possible settings can be seen and adapted.
  4. Click on a parameter value to change it. Use the arrows (on the right of the value field) or type directly.


You find additional information on each parameter in the right hand bottom panel as soon as you click on the parameter:

  1. Click the Force Update button if you don't see the changes in your settings immediately.
  2. Set all camera parameters to your needs.

Loading configuration from file

 

Alternatively, you can load a camera configuration you have saved to file before. To load an existing camera configuration, click Load Parameters.

   

Value Range, Getter/Setter Code Example

 

You find additional information (like value range) and a getter/setter code example for each parameter in the left bottom of the program window:

  1. In the Parameter Selection window, navigate to the parameter that interests you.
  2. Click the Details button.


   
  1. Optional: Click on Save Parameters... to save the camera configuration if you want to. You can always load a camera configuration and apply it to a selected camera by clicking the Load Parameters... button.

    The camera configuration is stored in a text file *.txt.
  1. Repeat steps 4 - 11 for all connected cameras.

Accessing Camera Registers Directly

 

You can access camera registers directly, that is, without using the GenICam layer. This might be helpful, for example, when you want to access a camera register that holds content not defined by the GenICam standard.

Requirement: Address of the register you want to access.

Access: Read/write

  1. Under the Cameras tab, go to the Direct Register Access sub-tab.
  2. Enter the address of the register you want to access, and, for write access, also the data you want to write into the register. Use the Read and the Write button to execute the read/write command.

For details, refer to section Accessing Camera Registers Directly.