/// <summary>
/// Initializes the camera driver
/// </summary>
/// <param name="cameraIndex">If only one Point Grey camera is connected, then use '0'.
/// If more than one Point Grey cameras connected, then use between '0' and 'number of
/// Point Grey cameras connected - 1'</param>
/// <param name="frameRate">The frame rate you desire</param>
/// <param name="videoMode"></param>
/// <param name="grayscale"></param>
unsafe public void Initialize(int cameraIndex, PGRFlyModule.FlyCaptureFrameRate frameRate,
PGRFlyModule.FlyCaptureVideoMode videoMode, bool grayscale)
{
this.cameraIndex = cameraIndex;
int flycapContext;
int ret;
// Create the context.
ret = PGRFlyDllBridge.flycaptureCreateContext(&flycapContext);
if (ret != 0)
ReportError(ret, "flycaptureCreateContext");
// Initialize the camera.
ret = PGRFlyDllBridge.flycaptureInitialize(flycapContext, cameraIndex);
if (ret != 0)
ReportError(ret, "flycaptureInitialize");
// Get the info for this camera.
ret = PGRFlyDllBridge.flycaptureGetCameraInformation(flycapContext, ref flycapInfo);
if (ret != 0)
ReportError(ret, "flycaptureGetCameraInformation");
if (flycapInfo.CameraType ==
PGRFlyModule.FlyCaptureCameraType.FLYCAPTURE_BLACK_AND_WHITE && !grayscale)
throw new GoblinException("This Point Grey camera is B&W, so you need to initialize " +
"the video capture device with grayscale");
cameraType = flycapInfo.CameraType;
cameraModel = flycapInfo.CameraModel;
// Start FlyCapture.
/*if (cameraModel == PGRFlyModule.FlyCaptureCameraModel.FLYCAPTURE_DRAGONFLY2)
ret = PGRFlyDllBridge.flycaptureStart(flycapContext,
PGRFlyModule.FlyCaptureVideoMode.FLYCAPTURE_VIDEOMODE_640x480RGB, frameRate);
else*/
ret = PGRFlyDllBridge.flycaptureStart(flycapContext, videoMode, frameRate);
if (ret != 0)
ReportError(ret, "flycaptureStart");
this.flycapContext = flycapContext;
}
unsafe public static extern int flycaptureSaveImage(int flycapContext,
ref PGRFlyModule.FlyCaptureImage image, string filename,
PGRFlyModule.FlyCaptureImageFileFormat fileFormat);
unsafe public static extern int flycaptureGrabImage2(int flycapContext,
ref PGRFlyModule.FlyCaptureImage image);
public static extern int flycaptureGetCameraInformation(int flycapContext,
ref PGRFlyModule.FlyCaptureInfo arInfo);
public static extern int flycaptureStart(int flycapcontext,
PGRFlyModule.FlyCaptureVideoMode videoMode,
PGRFlyModule.FlyCaptureFrameRate frameRate);
public static extern int flycaptureConvertImage(int flycapContext,
ref PGRFlyModule.FlyCaptureImage image, ref PGRFlyModule.FlyCaptureImage imageConvert);
