2 CONTENTS
1 About this manual
1.1 Composition of the manual
This manual is based on a modular concept and contains several individual books. That means like in many object-
oriented programming languages for each specific functionality you will have your own "class". Instead of classes,
you have books. For example, if you want to know anything about the GUI based applications, then you have to go
to the Application Usage (p. 77) book. If you want to know how images are acquired with your device, have a look
in the respective programming language chapter.
Here is a short summary about all books that form this manual:
• The manual starts with technical data about the device like sensors (for cameras) or electrical characteristics
as well as a quick start chapter.
Afterwards, you will find the different books:
• The installation package comes with a couple of tools offering a graphical user interface (GUI (p. 77)) to
control mvIMPACT Acquire compliant devices.
– wxPropView (p. 77) can be used to capture image data and to change parameters like AOI or gain
– mvDeviceConfigure (p. 116) can be used to e.g. perform firmware updates, assign a unique ID to a
device that is stored in non-volatile memory or to configure to log-message output.
• HRTC - Hardware Real-Time Controller (p. 124)
– It is possible to define sequences of operating steps to control acquisition or time critical I/O. This FPGA
built-in functionality is called Hardware Real-Time Controller (short: HRTC).
• DirectShow developers (p. 133)
– This is the documentation of the MATRIX VISION DirectShow_acquire interface.
• Use cases (p. 139)
– This book offers solutions and explanations for standard use cases.
For C, C++, .NET developers, there are separate mvIMPACT Acquire manuals describing the API. Please refer to
the Programming (p. 6) section
These documents can either be downloaded from http://www.matrix-vision.com or come as part of an
installation package. The manuals e.g. contain information about
• how to link and build applications using mvIMPACT Acquire
• how the log output for mvIMPACT Acquire devices is configured and how it works in general
• how to create custom client installers packages for Windows and Linux
• the API itself
1.2 How to get started?
This chapter gives you a short overview, how to get started with your device and where to find the necessary
information in the manual. It will also explain or link to the concepts behind the driver and the image acquisition.
Furthermore it explains how to get started programming own applications.
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