TriggerImage

TriggerImage 1:

Send the 'SoftwareTriggerCommands' defined in the TcVnGevImageProvider TcCOM module to the camera.

Syntax

Definition:

METHOD TriggerImage : HRESULT

TriggerImage 2: Return value

HRESULT

Further information

Configuring the camera: Image acquisition and trigger

State transitions

With TriggerImage the camera is to acquire only one image while remaining in the current ACQUIRING or OPENED state. As the image acquisition normally takes several cycles, the camera usually briefly enters the intermediate state TRIGGERING.

TriggerImage 3:
State transitions with FB_VN_GevCameraControl.TriggerImage

All possible state transitions and their return codes are shown in the following transition matrix:

Return Codes (HRESULT)

Result state

OPENED

ACQUIRING

TRIGGERING

ERROR

Initial state

OPENED

BUSY

-

PENDING

FAILED

ACQUIRING

-

BUSY

TRIGGERING

SUCCESS

SUCCESS

BUSY