Camera Attributes Camera Link

[Peter_Kz]

I have a Basler A404k area scan camera and an NI-1429 (camera link)frame grabber.  Images are acquired fine and right now the settings are changed with a CCT+ program that is run separately.  I would like to be able to change the exposure time and some other basic settings from within Labview.  I tried using the camera file generator with no luck.  There are hex commands that can be sent over serial, but these are rather cumbersome.  Is there a way to enumerate attributes like in IMAQdx for GigE cameras?  I have found the Basler guide at

http://www.baslerweb.com/media/documents/DA00062416%20A400k%20User%27s%20Manual.pdf

page 122 (7-16) lists field names but I am not sure how to get LabView talking on this level.

Any help is appreciated

-Peter

[Joel-P]

Hello Peter_Kz,

I was able to find a VI written by another LabVIEW user which allows you to communicate to the Basler camera using the feature control and status registers. Serial Control of Basler A500 Cameras. This VI was built specifically for the A500 series cameras, however if these controls do not port directly to the A404k it should still provide a framework for building the low level controls.

I hope that this is helpful.

Cheers,

Joel