ImageManager/Cvb.Net/FlowSetPool

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

Program.cs:

// Example of managing buffer allocation for image streaming.

 
using Stemmer.Cvb;
using Stemmer.Cvb.Driver;
using System;
 
namespace FlowSetPool
{
    class FlowSetPool
    {
        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);
                    stream.RegisterManagedFlowSetPool(100);
                    Console.WriteLine($"Buffers allocated: {stream.FlowSetCount}");
                    stream.DeregisterFlowSetPool();
                    stream.RegisterManagedFlowSetPool(200);
                    Console.WriteLine($"Buffers allocated: {stream.FlowSetCount}");
                    stream.Start();
                    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
                    {
                        WaitStatus status;
                        using (var image = stream.Wait(out status))
                        {
                            using (var nodeMaps = NodeMapDictionary.FromImage(image))
                            {
                                // processing here...
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    stream.Abort();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}