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6.12 Action Control
The Action chapter describes all features related to Action Signals in the device.
Feature Description Interface Access
ActionUnconditionalMode Enables the unconditional action
command mode where action
commands are processed even
when the primary control
channel is closed.
IEnumeration RW
ActionDeviceKey Provides the device key that
allows the device to check the
validity of action commands
IInteger W
ActionQueueSize Indicates the size of the
scheduled action commands
queue. This number represents
the maximum number of
scheduled action commands
that can be pending at a given
point in time.
IEnumeration R
ActionSelector Selects to which Action Signal
further Action settings apply
IInteger RW
ActionGroupKey Provides the key that the device
will use to validate the action on
reception of the action protocol
message
IInteger RW
ActionGroupMask Provides the mask that the
device will use to validate the
action on reception of the action
protocol message
IInteger RW
Table 26: Action command Control Features
6.12.1 Action Command
Action Command allows the user to trigger actions on one or more GigE cameras at roughly the
same time on the ethernet network. Action signals are not synchronous on all devices like hardware
triggers because the system is affected by ethernet network latencies, therefore the signal does
not reach the devices at the same time. Anyway, using the action command the user can avoid
other hardware connections to trigger the camera and use only the ethernet line. Also, action
command trigger is better than software trigger on multiple cameras, because only one command
is forwarded to all of them.
The Itala camera support one action command, so the user can configure an ActionDeviceKey,
an ActionGroupKey and an ActionGroupMask. The camera checks that the command information
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