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Ring and sequence functions, Signal i/o functions – National Instruments Image Acquisition Software User Manual

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imgGrabArea

Performs a transfer from a continuous
acquisition. Call this function only after
calling

imgGrabSetup

.

Ring and Sequence Functions

Ring and sequence functions start and stop a continuous acquisition of
multiple fields or frames.

imgRingSetup

Prepares a session for acquiring
continuously and looping into a buffer
list.

imgSequenceSetup

Prepares a session for acquiring a full
sequence into the buffer list.

imgSessionStartAcquisition

Starts a session acquisition identified by
the session ID.

imgSessionStopAcquisition

Stops a session acquisition identified by
the session ID.

Signal I/O Functions

Signal I/O functions control the trigger lines on IMAQ devices.

imgSessionTriggerConfigure

Configures an acquisition to start based
on an external trigger.

imgSessionLineTrigSource

Configures triggering per line for
acquisition from a line scan camera.

imgSessionTriggerClear

Disables all triggers on the session.

imgSessionTriggerDrive

Configures the specified trigger line to
drive a signal out.

imgSessionTriggerRead

Reads the current value of the specified
trigger line.

imgSessionWaitSignal

Waits for a signal to be asserted. This
function will return when the specified
signal is asserted.

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