4.1 Camera states
The feature CameraState indicates the current state of the camera. The cam-
era has 4 states:
n IDLE: the camera is in IDLE state
n LIVE: the camera is streaming live frames from the camera to the host
n RECORDING: the camera is in recording mode. Recorded frames will be
stored in the camera's internal buffer. If LIVE streaming was enabled when
recording starts, a live image stream is send to the host while recording is
running.
n STREAMING: the camera streams recorded frames from the cameras
internal buffer to the host.
The accessibility of camera features depends on the current camera state. The
table below shows these dependencies.
State Available Not available
IDLE all states -
LIVE all „read only“ features
ExposureTimeRaw
GainRaw
BlackLevelRaw
MultipleSlopsMode
MultipleSlopsDualRaw
MultipleSlopsTripleRaw
AcquisitionStop
RecordStart
others
RECORDING all „read only“ features
AcquisitionStop
RecordStop
others
STREAMING all „read only“ features
AcquisitionStop
others
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