Accessing Camera Registers Directly
You can access camera registers directly - without using the GenICam layer. You have direct read and write access.
This is helpful when you want to access a camera register that holds content not defined by the GenICam standard.
Requirements:
- You know the address(es) of the register(s) you want to access.
To get read/write access to a camera register:
- 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).
- Go to tab Cameras.
- 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):
- Select a camera in panel Model (UID) to work on this specific camera.
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Go to tab Direct Register Access to configure the camera.
- Access the register(s) you need:
Read Access:
- Under Read Register, enter the address of the register into field Address.
- Click the Read button to read the value currently stored in the register.
Write Access:
- Under Write Register, enter the address of the register into field Address.
- Enter the value you want to write into the register into field Value.
- Click the Write button to write the new value into the register.