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($"Pixel format set to: {pixelFormat.Value}");
            stream.Start();
            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
            {
                using var composite = stream.Wait(out WaitStatus status);
                using var nodeMaps = NodeMapDictionary.FromImage(composite);
                Console.WriteLine($"Acquired image: {i}");
            }
            stream.Abort();
        }
    }
}