| Imprint | |
| Legal Notice | |
| Revisions | |
| Symbols and Conventions | |
| Important Information | |
| Introduction | |
| ▼Quickstart | |
| System Requirements | |
| ►Installing The Impact Acquire Package | |
| ►Windows | |
| Unattended Setups | |
| Installation Options | |
| ►Linux | |
| Installation Options | |
| Unattended Setups | |
| ►Connecting The Camera | |
| Communicating With The Camera | |
| Setting Up The Camera | |
| About Settings | |
| Software Concept | |
| Relationship Between Framework, Firmware And SDK | |
| Optimizing USB Performance | |
| Using USB3 Vision™ Devices In A Docker Container | |
| Technical Data | |
| Sensor Overview | |
| Filters and lenses | |
| GUI Tools | |
| GenICam™ and advanced features | |
| Developing applications using the Impact Acquire SDK | |
| DirectShow Interface | |
| ▼Troubleshooting | |
| Error code list | |
| Accessing log files | |
| ►General Issues | |
| The error counter increases | |
| I get an oscillating frame rate | |
| Why does updating the device list take so long | |
| ►Windows® | |
| Calling AcquisitionStart For The First Time In A Process Takes A Longer Time | |
| BVS CA-SF or other USB3 Vision™ devices connected to the system are not detected by Impact Acquire or cannot be initialised | |
| After installing updating an existing version of Impact Acquire or after initially installing the Impact Acquire package, USB3 Vision™ devices are not accessible | |
| VLC Media Player Issues | |
| ►Linux | |
| No GenICam™ devices are detected on a Linux system | |
| Image transfer From USB3 Vision™ Devices Stops Randomly On A Linux System | |
| Glossary | |
| Related Manuals | |
| ▼Use Cases | |
| ►Introducing acquisition / recording possibilities | |
| Acquiring a number of images | |
| Recording sequences with pre-trigger | |
| Creating acquisition sequences (Sequencer Control) | |
| Generating very long exposure times | |
| Working with multiple AOIs (mv Multi Area Mode) | |
| Using the mvMultiExposureCount feature | |
| Working with burst mode buffer | |
| Using the SmartFrameRecall feature | |
| Using The Linescan mode | |
| Using the BlockScan feature | |
| Working with Event Control | |
| Polarized Data Extraction | |
| Using Video Stream Recording | |
| Using the Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) shutter feature | |
| ►Improving the acquisition / image quality | |
| Correcting image errors of a sensor | |
| Optimizing the color/luminance fidelity of the camera | |
| Reducing noise by frame averaging | |
| Optimizing the bandwidth | |
| Setting a flicker-free auto expose and auto gain | |
| Working with binning / decimation | |
| Minimizing sensor pattern of onsemi MT9J003 | |
| Working with the dual gain feature of BVS CA-SF2-[0071Z|0071A] / mvBlueFOX3-[2071|2071a] | |
| Working With Gain And Black-Level Values Per Color Channel | |
| ►Improving the communication | |
| Optimizing the bandwidth | |
| ►Working with triggers | |
| Processing triggers from an incremental encoder | |
| Generating a pulse width modulation (PWM) | |
| Outputting a pulse at every other external trigger | |
| Creating different exposure times for consecutive images | |
| Detecting overtriggering | |
| Triggering of an indefinite sequence with precise starting time | |
| Low latency triggering | |
| ►Working with I/Os | |
| Controlling strobe or flash at the outputs | |
| Creating a debouncing filter at the inputs | |
| ►Working with HDR (High Dynamic Range Control) | |
| Adjusting sensor of camera models with onsemi MT9M034 | |
| Adjusting sensor of camera models with e2v EV76C560 and EV76C570 | |
| Adjusting sensor of camera models with Aptina AR0331 | |
| ►Working with LUTs | |
| Introducing LUTs | |
| Working with LUTValueAll | |
| Implementing a hardware-based binarization | |
| ►Saving data on the device | |
| Creating user data entries | |
| Creating user set entries | |
| Working with the UserFile section (Flash memory) | |
| ►Working with device features | |
| Working with the temperature sensors | |
| Reset timestamp by hardware | |
| Synchronizing camera timestamps | |
| Using the standby mode | |
| Working With The Serial Interface (mv Serial Interface Control) | |
| Working with the I2C interface (mv I2C Interface Control) | |
| ►Working with several cameras simultaneously | |
| Creating synchronized acquisitions | |
| ►Working with 3rd party tools | |
| Using VLC Media Player | |
| Working with ROS (Robot Operating System) | |
| Using USB3 Vision™ Devices In A Docker Container | |
| Working with GStreamer - The Impact Acquire GenICam GStreamer Plugin | |
| ▼Appendix A. Specific Camera / Sensor Data | |
| ►A.1 Pregius CMOS | |
| ►Pregius S | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2051d / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0051D (5.1 Mpix [2472 x 2064]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2051dG / [BVS CA-SF1|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0051DG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2051dC / [BVS CA-SF1|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0051DC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2081a / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0081A (8.1 Mpix [2856 x 2848]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2081aG / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0081AG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2081aC / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0081AC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2124d / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0124D (12.4 Mpix [4128 x 3008]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2124dG / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0124DG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2124dC / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0124DC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2162 / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0162A (16.2 Mpix [5328 x 3040]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2162G / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0162AG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2162C / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0162AC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2204 / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0204A (20.5 Mpix [4512 x 4512]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2204G / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0204AG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2204C / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0204AC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2246 / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0246A (24.6 Mpix [5328 x 4608]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2246G / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0246AG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2246C / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0246AC Features | |
| ►Pregius | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2004 / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0004F (0.4 Mpix [728 x 544]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2004G / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0004FG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2004C / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0004FC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2016 / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0016Z (1.6 Mpix [1456 x 1088]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2016G / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0016ZG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2016C / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0016ZC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2017 / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0017Z (1.8 Mpix [1600 x 1104]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2017G / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0017ZG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2017C / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0017ZC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2024 / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0024ZG (2.4 Mpix [1936 x 1216]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2024G / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0024ZG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2024C / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0024ZC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2024a / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0024A (2.4 Mpix [1936 x 1216]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2024aG / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0024AG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2024aC / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0024AC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2024b / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0024B (2.4 Mpix [1936 x 1216]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2024bG / [BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0024BG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2024bC / [BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0024BC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2032 / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0032Z (3.2 Mpix [2064 x 1544]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2032G / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0032ZG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2032C / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0032ZC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2032a / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0032A (3.2 Mpix [2064 x 1544]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2032aG / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0032AG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2032aC / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0032AC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2051 / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0051Z (5.1 Mpix [2464 x 2056]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2051G / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0051ZG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2051C / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0051ZC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2051a / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0051A (5.1 Mpix [2464 x 2056]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2051aG / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0051AG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2051aC / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0051AC Features | |
| ►BVS CA-SF2-0071Z / mvBlueFOX3-2071 (7.1 Mpix [3216 x 2208]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| BVS CA-SF2-0071ZG / mvBlueFOX3-2071G Features | |
| BVS CA-SF2-0071ZC / mvBlueFOX3-2071C Features | |
| ►BVS CA-SF2-0071A / mvBlueFOX3-2071a (7.1 Mpix [3216 x 2208]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| BVS CA-SF2-0071AG / mvBlueFOX3-2071aG Features | |
| BVS CA-SF2-0071AC / mvBlueFOX3-2071aC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2089 / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0089Z (8.9 Mpix [4112 x 2176]) | |
| ►Device Features And Property Lists | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2089G / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0089ZG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2089C / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0089ZC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2089a / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0089A (8.9 Mpix [4112 x 2176]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2089aG / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0089AG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2089aC / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0089AC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2124 / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0124Z (12.4 Mpix [4112 x 3008]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2124G / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0124ZG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2124C / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0124ZC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2124a / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0124A (12.4 Mpix [4112 x 3008]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2124aG / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0124AG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2124aC / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0124AC Features | |
| ►[BVS CA-SF4|BF3-4]-0169Z / [BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0169Z (16.9 Mpix [5472 x 3080]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| [BVS CA-SF4|BF3-4]-0169ZG / [BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0169ZG Features | |
| [BVS CA-SF4|BF3-4]-0169ZC / [BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0169ZC Features | |
| ►[BVS CA-SF4|BF3-4]-0196Z / [BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0196Z (19.6 Mpix [4432 x 4432]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| [BVS CA-SF4|BF3-4]-0196ZG / [BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0196ZG Features | |
| [BVS CA-SF4|BF3-4]-0196ZC / [BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0196ZC Features | |
| ►[BVS CA-SF4|BF3-4]-0315Z / [BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0315Z (31.5 Mpix [6480 x 4856]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| [BVS CA-SF4|BF3-4]-0315ZG / [BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0315ZG Features | |
| [BVS CA-SF4|BF3-4]-0315ZC / [BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0315ZC Features | |
| ►A.2 Starvis CMOS | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2064 / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF3|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0064Z (6.4 Mpix [3096 x 2080]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2064G / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF3|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0064ZG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2064C / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF3|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0064ZC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2124r / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0124R (12.4 Mpix [4064 x 3044]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2124rG / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0124RG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2124rC / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0124RC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-2205 / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0205Z (20.5 Mpix [5544 x 3692]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2205G / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0205ZG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2205C / [BVS CA-SF2|BVS CA-SF5|BF3-5M]-0205ZC Features | |
| ►A.3 Polarsens CMOS | |
| ►BVS CA-SF2-0051P / mvBlueFOX3-2051p (5.1 Mpix [2464 x 2056]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| BVS CA-SF2-0051PG / mvBlueFOX3-2051pG Features | |
| BVS CA-SF2-0051C / mvBlueFOX3-2051pC Features | |
| ►A.4 SenSWIR CMOS | |
| ►BVS CA-SF2-0003SG / mvBlueFOX3-2003sG (0.3 Mpix [656 x 520]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2003sG / BVS CA-SF2-0003SG Features | |
| ►BVS CA-SF2-0013SG / mvBlueFOX3-2013sG (1.3 Mpix [1296 x 1032]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2013sG / BVS CA-SF2-0013SG Features | |
| ►BVS CA-SF2-0053SG / mvBlueFOX3-2053sG (5.3 Mpix [2592 x 2056]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-2053sG / BVS CA-SF2-0053SG Features | |
| ►A.5 CMOS | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-1012b (1.2 Mpix [1280 x 960]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-1012bG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-1012bC Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-1012d (1.2 Mpix [1280 x 960]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-1012dG Features | |
| mvBlueFOX3-1012dC Features | |
| ►BVS CA-SF1-0013Z / mvBlueFOX3-1013 (1.3 Mpix [1280 x 1024]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| BVS CA-SF1-0013ZG / mvBlueFOX3-1013G Features | |
| BVS CA-SF1-0013EG / mvBlueFOX3-1013GE Features | |
| BVS CA-SF1-0013ZC / mvBlueFOX3-1013C Features | |
| ►BVS CA-SF1-0020Z / mvBlueFOX3-1020 (1.9 Mpix [1600 x 1200]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| BVS CA-SF1-0020ZG / mvBlueFOX3-1020G Features | |
| BVS CA-SF1-0020ZC / mvBlueFOX3-1020C Features | |
| ►BVS CA-SF1-0020A / mvBlueFOX3-1020a (1.9 Mpix [1600 x 1200]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| BVS CA-SF1-0020AG / mvBlueFOX3-1020aG Features | |
| BVS CA-SF1-0020AC / mvBlueFOX3-1020aC Features | |
| ►BVS CA-SF1-0031Z / mvBlueFOX3-1031 (3.2 Mpix [2048 x 1536]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| BVS CA-SF1-0031ZC / mvBlueFOX3-1031C Features | |
| ►BVS CA-SF1-0107Z / mvBlueFOX3-1100 (11 Mpix [3856 x 2764]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| BVS CA-SF1-0107ZG / mvBlueFOX3-1100G Features | |
| BVS CA-SF1-0107ZC / mvBlueFOX3-1100C Features | |
| ►mvBlueFOX3-1140 (14 Mpix [4384 x 3288]) | |
| ►Device Feature And Property List | |
| mvBlueFOX3-1140C Features | |
| Appendix B. Product Comparison | |
| ▼Appendix C. Tested ARM platforms | |
| ►C.1 ARM64 based devices | |
| NVIDIA Jetson™ AGX Orin | |
| NVIDIA Jetson™ AGX Xavier | |
| NVIDIA Jetson™ Xavier NX | |
| NVIDIA Jetson™ Nano | |
| NVIDIA Jetson™ TX2 | |
| Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 | |
| i.MX8M Mini | |
| ►C.2 ARMhf based devices | |
| Raspberry Pi 4 | |
