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++)
            {
                using var image = stream.Wait(out WaitStatus status);
                using var nodeMaps = NodeMapDictionary.FromImage(image);
                // processing here...
            }
            stream.Abort();
        }
    }
}