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9.2 Variables
The following variables can be viewed just by typing them; all times are in
seconds.
Variable Description
exptime [time]
Query or set the exposure time
nimages [N]
Query or set the number of images in a sequence
expperiod [time]
Query or set the exposure period for serial exposures.
The exposure period must be at least 3 ms longer than
the exposure time.
imgpath [path]
Query or set the default imgpath
delay [time]
Query or set the external trigger delay. This is the time
to wait after the external trigger before taking the first
image (see section 13)
nexpframe [N]
Query or set the number of exposures per frame. This is
the number of times to enable the detector before
reading out the image (see section 13)