1.15. FireGrabber#

Summary:

Firewire - Fire Package Capture (Windows) / FireForLinux (Linux)

Type:

DataIO

License:

licensed under LGPL

Platforms:

Windows, Linux

Devices:

Cameras supported by FirePackage from Allied Vision and remotely controlled via Itom LibUSB Plugin.

Author:

G. Baer, A. Bielke, M. Gronle, ITO, University Stuttgart

1.15.1. Overview#

Camera plugin that uses the FireGrab driver from the AVT FirePackage in order to communicate with corresponding cameras. The cameras are connected to the computer via firewire.

This plugin can only be loaded and used once the AVT FirePackage driver has been correctly installed on your computer. For more information about AVT FirePackage and their license browse to http://www.alliedvisiontec.com. This plugin was mainly tested with the cameras AVT Malin, Guppy and Pike. Not all parameters are supported by this plugin.

For cameras from Allied Vision it is recommended to use the new Vimba interface and the itom plugin AVTVimba. This supports more types of cameras and features than the deprecated FirePackage driver from Allied Vision.

1.15.2. Initialization#

The following parameters are mandatory or optional for initializing an instance of this plugin:

1.15.3. Dependencies#

FireGrabber plugin depends on LibUSB.

1.15.4. Installation#

For using this plugin, please install the AVT FirePackage available at: https://www.alliedvision.com/de/support/software-downloads/

Decompress the zip file and install the necessary drivers.

1.15.5. Parameters#

An instance of this plugin has the following internal parameters:

bpp: {int}

bit depth of camera

brightness: {float}

Brightness value (if supported)

cameraID: {int}, read-only

camera ID of the camera

frame_time: {float}, read-only

Transmission time per frame in s

gain: {float}

Virtual gain

gamma: {int}

Gamma correction (0: off, 1: on, default: off)

integration_time: {float}

Integrationtime of CCD programmed in s

modelName: {str}, read-only

model name of the camera [if connected]

name: {str}, read-only

name of plugin

offset: {float}, read-only

Offset not used here.

sizex: {int}, read-only

Pixelsize in x (cols)

sizey: {int}, read-only

Pixelsize in y (rows)

timebase: {int}, read-only

timebase (step width of integration_time) in µs

vendorID: {int}, read-only

vendor ID of the camera

vendorName: {str}, read-only

vendor name of the camera [if connected]

x0: {int}

Startvalue for ROI

x1: {int}

Stopvalue for ROI

y0: {int}

Startvalue for ROI

y1: {int}

Stopvalue for ROI

1.15.6. Changelog#

  • itom setup 1.2.0: Release

  • itom setup 4.3.0: plugin runs with AVTFirePackage3_1_1