ImageManager/Cvb.Net/DeviceConfiguration

This example program is located in your CVB installation under %CVB%Tutorial/ImageManager/Cvb.Net/DeviceConfiguration.

Program.cs:

// Example that demonstrates buffer updates when modifying a parameter that affects the buffer size.

 
using Stemmer.Cvb;
using Stemmer.Cvb.Driver;
using Stemmer.Cvb.GenApi;
using System;
 
namespace DeviceConfiguration
{
    class DeviceConfiguration
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (var devices = DeviceFactory.Discover(DiscoverFlags.IgnoreVins))
            {
                using (var device = DeviceFactory.Open(devices[0], AcquisitionStack.GenTL))
                {
                    var stream = ((GenICamDevice)device).GetStream<ImageStream>(0);
                    // do some acquisition
                    var nodes = device.NodeMaps[NodeMapNames.Device];
                    var pixelFormat = nodes["PixelFormat"] as EnumerationNode;
                    try
                    {
                        // this is an example for changing buffer size with a
                        // nodemap entry (assume that Mono10 is supported)
                        pixelFormat.Value = "Mono10";
                    }
                    catch
                    {
                        // handle the error if setting the value failed
                    }
                    // update the flow_set_pool (buffers)
                    stream.DeregisterFlowSetPool();
                    Console.WriteLine($"Pixel format set to: {pixelFormat.Value}");
                    stream.Start();
                    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
                    {
                        WaitStatus status;
                        using (var composite = stream.Wait(out status))
                        {
                            using (var nodeMaps = NodeMapDictionary.FromImage(composite))
                            {
                                Console.WriteLine($"Acquired image: {i}");
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    stream.Abort();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}