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DCx Camera Functional Description and SDK Manual

4.2 How to Proceed

This chapter shows function blocks and workflows for important camera functions. The charts are

structured as follows:

Hint

Click the function names in the flowcharts to open the corresponding function description!

4.2.1 Preparing Image Capture

Querying information: Before you open one or more DCx Cameras, we recommend querying

some key information.

Opening and closing a camera

Allocating an image memory: This is necessary if you want to access image memory contents or

if you are not using Direct3D or OpenGL for image display.

Creating an image memory sequence is required when capturing live images.

4.2.1.1 Querying Information

It is recommended to query the following important information before opening one or more DCx

Cameras.

is_GetNumberOfCameras()

Determines the number of cameras connected to the

system.

is_GetCameraList()

Returns information on all connected cameras.

It is also very useful to have the message boxes for error output enabled during the programming

process

is_SetErrorReport()

Enables/disables dialog messages for error output.

With the following functions, you can read out additional information on cameras and software.

is_CameraStatus()

Returns the event counters and other information.

Enables standby mode.

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