Installation
This chapter covers the basic operation of Bottlenose. Before proceeding please ensure the camera is properly connected, has a recommended lens, and the firmware is updated to the latest release as described in Getting Started.
Device Control
All of Bottlenoses' features can be controlled via the GigE Vision 2.1 interface. A useful frontend to access these features is eBus Player which is installed with the SDK. Start eBus Player and connect to the camera as described here.
Starting Image Acquisition
From eBus Player press...
- the
Start
button to start the acquisition of frames from the camera. - the
Stop
button to stop acquiring frames.
Bottlenose stereo supports acquisition from the left
or the right
sensor. To change the active sensor, select
Device Control
->Visibility
->Expert
Device Control
->sensor
->{LeftSensor, RightSensor}
Adjusting Acquisition Frame Rate
The acquisition needs to be stopped to adjust the frame rate. From eBus Player select...
Device Control
->Image
->interval
The parameterinterval
adjusts the inter-frame time in milliseconds. Note that the minimum arrival time is limited by resolution and practical Ethernet bandwidth considerations.
Adjusting the Basic Features
Exposure and gain can be adjusted while the camera is acquiring frames. From eBus Player select...
Device Control
->Image
->exposure
The parameterexposure
adjusts the exposure time of the sensor in milliseconds. Note that the maximum exposure is limited to the inter-frame time.Device Control
->Image
->gain
The parametergain
can be adjusted between unity and 22.26.Device Control
->Image
->dgain{Blue,GB,GR,Red}
The subcomponents of digital gain can be set on a per-colour filter pixel level.dgainBlue
Adjusts the gain for blue pixels.dgainGB
Adjusts the gain for green-blue pixels.dgainGR
Adjusts the gain for green-red pixels.dgainRed
Adjusts the gain for red pixels.
Device Control
->Image
->wb{Blue,Green,Red}
wbBlue
Adjusts the white balance weighting for the blue component of the image.wbGreen
Adjusts the white balance weighting for the green component of the image.wbRed
Adjusts the white balance weighting for the red component of the image.
Device Control
->Image
->blackGain{Blue,GB,GR,Red}
blackGainBlue
Adjusts the black level gain for blue pixels.blackGainGB
Adjusts the black level gain for green-blue pixels.blackGainGR
Adjusts the black level gain for green-red pixels.blackGainRed
Adjusts the black level gain for red pixels.
Adjusting Frame Resolution
Bottlenose supports discrete image resolutions. They can be configured when the camera is not acquiring images. To select the desired discrete resolution from the table shown below, adjust theHeight
in Device Control
in eBus Player.
Width | Height | Binning | Subsampling |
---|---|---|---|
3840 | 2160 | 1:1 | 1:1 |
1920 | 1440 | 2:2 | 1:1 |
1920 | 1080 | 2:2 | 1:1 |
960 | 720 | 2:2 | 1:1 |
640 | 480 | 2:2 | 1:1 |
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