Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

<[email protected]> · Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:24:09 +0000

Hi Mark,

I have a G234B with firmware 1.54.15954. At full framesize with a 10ms exposure and PixelFormat Mono8  the value of register "AcquisitionFrameRateLimit" (the max the camera is capable of with the current image dimensions etc.) is 40.1 fps. Setting "AcquisitionFrameRateAbs"  to 40.1 gives out frames at this rate using the aravis driver. 

My camera at this firmware version does not have SensorReadoutMode. What firmware version are you on?

Thanks,
Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:tech-talk-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Rivers
> Sent: 09 March 2018 18:07
> To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Mako G-234B (6408) - Prosilica Area Detector question
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> 
> 
> I have never seen that problem.  It seems strange that with
> PixelFormat=Mono8 it would be reading in 12-bit mode.  Can you set that to
> 8-bits with their Windows GUI software?  And if so does it revert to 12 bits
> when you power-cycle the camera?
> 
> 
> 
> It would probably be a good idea to expose the SensorReadoutMode feature
> in the EPICS driver.
> 
> 
> 
> It would also be a good idea to write a new driver based on their Vimba SDK,
> rather than old PvAPI SDK we are currently using :)
> 
> 
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Mark Engbretson [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2018 9:37 AM
> To: [email protected]; Mark Rivers <[email protected]>
> Subject: Mako G-234B (6408) - Prosilica Area Detector question
> 
> 
> 
> Mark,
> 
> 
> 
> I recently deployed  a GigE camera Mako G-234B from Allied Vision with the
> Prosilica Area Detector but noticed a bit of oddness with the expected frame
> rate. The camera data sheet lists 41.2 FPS as the readout rate,10-bit sensor
> readout but the Xml file from the camera shows feature(s) of
> 
> 
> 
> <Feature Name="AcquisitionFrameRateAbs" Type="Float"
> Access="R/W">31.872511</Feature>
> 
> <Feature Name="PixelFormat" Type="Enumeration"
> Access="R/W">Mono8</Feature>
> 
> <Feature Name="SensorReadoutMode" Type="Enumeration"
> Access="R/W">Readout12Bits</Feature>
> 
> 
> 
> Which is the frame rate which Area Detector seems to acquiring at.
> 
> 
> 
> I am assuming that I would have to implement "SensorReadoutMode" to be
> able to get the expected FPS, or am I missing an existing parameter that
> might already do this?
> 
> 
> 
> Me
> 
> 

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