To configure a device for a triggered acquisition, in ImpactControlCenter the property "Setting → Base → Camera → GenICam → Acquisition Control → Trigger Selector" ("GenICam interface layout") is available. For older devices without GenICam™ you will find the property here: "Image Setting → Camera → TriggerMode".

Note

The supported trigger modes of each sensor are described in the "More specific data" of each sensor in the corresponding product manual.

All trigger modes are defined by an enumeration:

• TCameraTriggerMode and TCameraTriggerSource

"For frame grabbers:"

• DeviceTriggerMode. However, not every device will offer all these trigger modes but a subset of them. Valid trigger modes therefore can be found by reading the properties translation dictionary.

A sample on how to query a property's translation dictionary can be found here:

• mvIMPACT::acquire::PropertyI::getTranslationDict (C++ developers)
• OBJ_GetDictSize() (C or VB developers)

There is also a chapter "Getting a triggered image" chapter, which is available in the Impact Acquire API manuals.