/// <summary>
/// Parses the Command Line Arguments
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">The command line arguments</param>
/// <param name="showFrameInfos">Flag to show frame information or not</param>
/// <param name="printhelp">Flag to decide if help information is shown</param>
/// <param name="cameraID">The camera ID</param>
private static void ParseCommandLine(string[] args, ref VimbaHelper.FrameInfos showFrameInfos, ref bool printhelp, ref string cameraID)
{
// Parse command line
foreach (string parameter in args)
{
if (parameter.Length < 0)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid parameter found.");
}
if (parameter.StartsWith("/"))
{
if (string.Compare(parameter, "/i", StringComparison.Ordinal) == 0)
{
if (showFrameInfos != VimbaHelper.FrameInfos.Off || printhelp)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid parameter found.");
}
showFrameInfos = VimbaHelper.FrameInfos.Show;
}
else
if (string.Compare(parameter, "/a", StringComparison.Ordinal) == 0)
{
if (showFrameInfos != VimbaHelper.FrameInfos.Off || printhelp)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid parameter found.");
}
showFrameInfos = VimbaHelper.FrameInfos.Automatic;
}
else
if (string.Compare(parameter, "/h", StringComparison.Ordinal) == 0)
{
if (null != cameraID || printhelp || showFrameInfos != VimbaHelper.FrameInfos.Off)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid parameter found.");
}
printhelp = true;
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid parameter found.");
}
}
else
{
if (null != cameraID)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid parameter found.");
}
cameraID = parameter;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">The command line arguments</param>
private static void Main(string[] args)
{
//VimbaHelper.FrameInfos showFrameInfos = VimbaHelper.FrameInfos.Off; // Show frame info's
// Joe: force to show information of each frame
VimbaHelper.FrameInfos showFrameInfos = VimbaHelper.FrameInfos.Show; // Show frame info's
bool printhelp = false; // Output help?
string cameraID = null; // The camera ID
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////");
Console.WriteLine("/// ///");
Console.WriteLine("/// Vimba NET API Asynchronous Console Grab Example ///");
Console.WriteLine("/// with missing/incomplete frames statistics functions ///");
Console.WriteLine("/// ///");
Console.WriteLine("/// For Truking, statistics of 16 multiframes test ver2 ///");
Console.WriteLine("/// Use FreeRun mode! ///");
Console.WriteLine("/// ///");
Console.WriteLine("/// ///");
Console.WriteLine("/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////");
Console.WriteLine();
try
{
ParseCommandLine(args, ref showFrameInfos, ref printhelp, ref cameraID);
// Print out help and end program
if (printhelp)
{
Console.WriteLine("Usage: AsynchronousGrab [CameraID] [/i] [/h]");
Console.WriteLine("Parameters: CameraID ID of the camera to use (using first camera if not specified)");
Console.WriteLine(" /i Show frame info's");
Console.WriteLine(" /a Automatically only show frame info's of corrupt frames\n");
Console.WriteLine(" /h Print out help");
}
else
{
// Create a new Vimba entry object
VimbaHelper vimbaHelper = new VimbaHelper();
vimbaHelper.Startup(); // Startup API
Console.WriteLine("Vimba .NET API Version {0}", vimbaHelper.GetVersion());
// Open camera
try
{
if (null == cameraID)
{
// Open first available camera
// Fetch all cameras known to Vimba
List <Camera> cameras = vimbaHelper.CameraList;
if (cameras.Count < 0)
{
throw new Exception("No camera available.");
}
foreach (Camera currentCamera in cameras)
{
// Check if we can open the camera in full mode
VmbAccessModeType accessMode = currentCamera.PermittedAccess;
if (VmbAccessModeType.VmbAccessModeFull == (VmbAccessModeType.VmbAccessModeFull & accessMode))
{
// Now get the camera ID
cameraID = currentCamera.Id;
Console.WriteLine("Finding camera with ID: " + cameraID);
//break;
}
}
if (null == cameraID)
{
throw new Exception("Could not open any camera.");
}
}
// Joe: appoint the special camera's ID or use the last one found before.
// cameraID = "DEV_1AB2280009CC";
Console.WriteLine("Opening camera with ID: " + cameraID + "\n");
// Start the continuous image acquisition
//vimbaHelper.StartContinuousImageAcquisition(cameraID, showFrameInfos);
vimbaHelper.OpenCamera(cameraID, showFrameInfos);
Console.WriteLine("Press <ctrl+c> to stop acquisition ...");
Console.WriteLine("Frame receiving ...\n\n");
#if false
// Joe: case 1 - only 'q' keystroke will stop the loop
char c = ' ';
while ((c = Console.ReadKey().KeyChar) != 'q')
{
if (c == 'c')
{
Console.WriteLine("\nStart capturing 16 photos ...");
vimbaHelper.StopCapture(); // stop the last round
vimbaHelper.StartCapture();
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("\nPress <q> to stop acquisition..., The current date and time: {0:MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss.fff}\n", DateTime.Now);
}
}
#else
// Joe: Case 2 - shot 16 frames periodly with multiframe feature enabled.
vimbaHelper.StartCapture();
long i = 0;
while (i < 1000000000000)
{
//while (i < 1) {
i++;
double temp = vimbaHelper.GetCameraTemprature();
Console.WriteLine("\nStart capturing 16 photos ..., i = {0:0000000000}, Temp = {1:00.0000}", i, temp);
vimbaHelper.Start16FramesCapturing(temp);
// Wait for 500 ms and continue the next round
Thread.Sleep(500);
vimbaHelper.Waiting16Frames(1000);
}
vimbaHelper.StopCapture(); // stop the last round
#endif
Console.ReadKey();
// Stop the image acquisition
vimbaHelper.StopContinuousImageAcquisition();
Console.WriteLine("\nAcquisition stopped. The current date and time: {0:MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss.fff}", DateTime.Now);
}
finally
{
// shutdown the vimba Api
vimbaHelper.Shutdown();
}
}
}
catch (VimbaException ve)
{
// Output in case of a vimba Exception
Console.WriteLine(ve.Message);
Console.WriteLine("Return Code: " + ve.ReturnCode.ToString() + " (" + ve.MapReturnCodeToString() + ")");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
// Output in case of a System.Exception
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any Key to exit!");
Console.ReadKey();
}
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="cameraID">Camera ID to open - leave blank for first available</param>
/// <param name="path">Image save folder path</param>
/// <param name="shotSize">Number of pictures in a shot</param>
/// <param name="GainAmt">Gain setting, default=0</param>
private static void Main(string cameraID = null, string path = ".\\", int shotSize = 3, float GainAmt = 0)
{
VimbaHelper.FrameInfos showFrameInfos = VimbaHelper.FrameInfos.Show; // Show frame info's
Console.WriteLine("\n//////////////////////////////////////////////////////");
Console.WriteLine("Vimba API Camera Trigger Saver (+ higher corrections)");
Console.WriteLine("//////////////////////////////////////////////////////\n");
try
{
// Create a new Vimba entry object
VimbaHelper vimbaHelper = new VimbaHelper(path, shotSize, GainAmt);
vimbaHelper.Startup(); // Startup API
Console.WriteLine("Vimba .NET API Version {0}", vimbaHelper.GetVersion());
// Open camera
try
{
if (null == cameraID)
{
// Open first available camera
// Fetch all cameras known to Vimba
List <Camera> cameras = vimbaHelper.CameraList;
if (cameras.Count < 0)
{
throw new Exception("No camera available.");
}
foreach (Camera currentCamera in cameras)
{
// Check if we can open the camera in full mode
VmbAccessModeType accessMode = currentCamera.PermittedAccess;
if (VmbAccessModeType.VmbAccessModeFull == (VmbAccessModeType.VmbAccessModeFull & accessMode))
{
// Now get the camera ID
cameraID = currentCamera.Id;
break;
}
}
if (null == cameraID)
{
throw new Exception("Could not open any camera.");
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Opening camera with ID: " + cameraID);
// Start the continuous image acquisition
vimbaHelper.StartContinuousImageAcquisition(cameraID, showFrameInfos);
Console.WriteLine("Press <enter> to stop acquisition...");
Console.ReadKey();
// Stop the image acquisition
vimbaHelper.StopContinuousImageAcquisition();
Console.WriteLine("\nAcquisition stopped.");
}
finally
{
// shutdown the vimba Api
vimbaHelper.Shutdown();
}
}
catch (VimbaException ve)
{
// Output in case of a vimba Exception
Console.WriteLine(ve.Message);
Console.WriteLine("Return Code: " + ve.ReturnCode.ToString() + " (" + ve.MapReturnCodeToString() + ")");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
// Output in case of a System.Exception
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any Key to exit!");
Console.ReadKey();
}
