retrieve camera properties from camera using CameraFileGenerator

[JGS]

Hello,

I got today a camera link interface PCI-1426.

Using Measurement and Automation, I can already retrieve images.

And with the CameraFileGenerator, I can adjust setting defaults and setting range when these are different for my camera.

Is it possible (how?) to add with CameraFileGenerator camera properties that are "get" controls ?

I like to retrieve the camera type from the camera itself and I know which command to send.

I like to retrieve current camera settings before sending a reset command.

But I do not know how to enter such read-only strings/values in CameraFileGenerator.

Regards,

Jos

[Brad]

You can send commands that get info from the camera, but there's not really a good way to use it in the camera file. I would recommend doing this in a programming language. You can call NI-IMAQ functions to send serial commands and read serial responses from the camera and then do operations programatically based on the camera response. 

Hope this helps,

Brad

[JGS]

Thanks Brad,

The information helps, but also it doesn't.

I want to access the camera from within matlab. But as this is not going as smooth as hoped for, I wanted a button for myself and other users in Measurement and Automation that retrieves and displays some camera information. At this moment I only see buttons to send new values such as gain and exposure time.

Thanks anyway, Jos