Table 9: Device control standard SFNC parameters
Parameter Type Description Visibility Access
DeviceScanType enum Scan type of the sensor of the device.
Ranger3 uses this parameter to control if 2D images
(Areascan) or 3D profiles (Linescan3D) are acquired.
Changing the DeviceScanType automatically sets the rele‐
vant device features for the selected mode. see "Device
scan type", page 34 for details.
Values:
Areascan
Linescan3D
Expert R(W)
DeviceVendorName string Name of the manufacturer of the device. Beginner R
DeviceModelName string Model of the device. Beginner R
DeviceVersion string Version of the device.
Used to note hardware version.
Beginner R
DeviceFirmwareVersion string Version of the firmware in the device. Beginner R
DeviceManufacturerInfo string Manufacturer information about the device. Beginner R
DeviceSerialNumber string Device's serial number. Expert R
DeviceUserID string User-programmable device identifier. Beginner RW
DeviceSFNCVersionMajor int Major version of the Standard Features Naming Con‐
vention that was used to create the device's GenICam
XML.
Beginner R
DeviceSFNCVersionMinor int Minor version of the Standard Features Naming Con‐
vention that was used to create the device's GenICam
XML.
Beginner R
DeviceSFNCVersionSubMinor int Sub minor version of Standard Features Naming Con‐
vention that was used to create the device's GenICam
XML.
Beginner R
DeviceTLType enum Transport Layer type of the device.
Values:
GigEVision
Beginner R
DeviceTLVersionMajor int Major version of the Transport Layer of the device. Beginner R
DeviceTLVersionMinor int Minor version of the Transport Layer of the device. Beginner R
DeviceTLVersionSubMinor int Sub minor version of the Transport Layer of the device. Beginner R
DeviceMaxThroughput int Maximum bandwidth of the data that can be streamed
out of the device. This can be used to estimate if the
physical connection(s) can sustain transfer of free-run‐
ning images from the camera at its maximum speed.
Expert R
DeviceLinkSpeed int Indicates the speed of transmission negotiated on the
specified link.
Expert R
DeviceLinkThroughputLimit int Limits the maximum bandwidth of the data that will be
streamed out by the device on the selected Link.
Expert RW
DeviceCharacterSet enum Character set used by the strings of the device's boot‐
strap registers.
Values:
UTF8
Guru R
DeviceRegistersValid bool Returns true if the current register set is valid and con‐
sistent.
Updated after the DeviceRegistersStreamingEnd com‐
mand.
Expert R
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