National Instruments Image Acquisition Software user manual

IMAQ

NI-IMAQ™ User Manual

Image Acquisition Software

NI-IMAQ User Manual

June 1998 Edition

Part Number 371443A-01

™

UM.book Page 1 Monday, July 13, 1998 9:49 AM

Contents

Main Page Important Information Warranty Copyright Trademarks WARNING REGARDING MEDICAL AND CLINICAL USE OF NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS PRODUCTS Contents About This Manual Chapter 1 Introduction to NI-IMAQ Chapter 2 Software Overview Page Figures Tables About This Manual How to Use the NI-IMAQ Manual Set Organization of This Manual Conventions Used in This Manual National Instruments Documentation Related Documentation Customer Communication Introduction to NI-IMAQ About the NI-IMAQ Software Application Development Environments Fundamentals of Building Applications with NI-IMAQ The NI-IMAQ Libraries Creating an Application Sample Programs Software Overview Generic Functions High-Level Functions Snap Functions Grab Functions Ring and Sequence Functions Signal I/O Functions Miscellaneous Functions Low-Level Functions Acquisition Functions Attribute Functions Buffer Management Functions Interface Functions Utility Functions Programming with NI-IMAQ High-Level Functions Low-Level Functions Establishing Interface Connections and Sessions Interface Functions Session Functions Managing Buffers Camera Attributes NI-IMAQ Status Signals Introductory Programming Examples High-Level Snap Functions High-Level Grab Functions The hlgrab.c example demonstrates how to perform a grab using High-Level Sequence Functions High-Level Ring Functions Page High-Level Signal I/O Functions Advanced Programming Examples Performing a Snap Using Low-Level Functions Performing a Grab Using Low-Level Functions Performing a Sequence Acquisition Using Low-Level Functions Performing a Ring Acquisition Using Low-Level Functions StillColor Snap Programming Page A StillColor StillColor StillColor Composite Traditional Color Decoding Page Page Why StillColor? Composite Color Acquisition StillColor RGB RGB Color Acquisition Introduction to Color Page Image Representations RGB Color Planes Hue, Saturation, Luminance, and Intensity Planes 32-Bit HSL and HSI B Customer Communication Electronic Services Bulletin Board Support FTP Support Fax-on-Demand Support Telephone and Fax Support Country Telephone Fax Technical Support Form NI-IMAQ Hardware and Software Configuration Form National Instruments Products Other Products Documentation Comment Form Title: Edition Date: Part Number : Mail to: Technical Publications Fax to: Technical Publications Glossary Numbers/Symbols A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Index A B C D F G H I L M N P R S T U V W