Ximea Tango device

This is the reference documentation of the Ximea Tango device.

You can also find some useful information about the camera models/prerequisite/installation/configuration/compilation in the Ximea camera plugin section.

Properties

Property name

Mandatory

Default value

Description

camera_id

Yes

N/A

Camera ID

trigger_gpi_port

No

PORT_2

GPI port used by default for trigger input

gpo_port

No

PORT_2

GPO port used for output when camera active

gpo_mode

No

FRAME_ACTIVE

GPO port used for output when camera active

timeout

No

200

Timeout for internal loop (on top of exposure time)

startup_temp_control_mode

No

AUTO

Startup temperature control mode

startup_target_temp

No

25.0

Startup target temperature

startup_mode

No

2_12_HDR_HL

Startup camera mode

Attributes

Attribute name

RW

Type

Description

trigger_polarity

rw

DevString

Select trigger polarity

software_trigger

w

DevBoolean

Software trigger; write to generate trigger, reads always false

gpi_selector

rw

DevString

Select GPI to configure

gpi_mode

rw

DevString

Select GPI mode

gpi_level

r

DevLong

Read GPI level

gpi_level_at_exp_start

r

DevLong

Read GPI level at exposure start

gpi_level_at_exp_end

r

DevLong

Read GPI level at exposure end

gpi_debounce

rw

DevBoolean

Enable GPI debounce

gpo_selector

rw

DevString

Select GPO to configure

gpo_mode

rw

DevString

Select GPO mode

led_selector

rw

DevString

Select LED to configure

led_mode

rw

DevString

Select LED mode

mode

rw

DevString

Select configuration preset

gain_selector

rw

DevString

Select gain type

gain

rw

DevLong

Gain value

is_cooled

r

DevLong

Is the camera cooled

temp_control_mode

rw

DevString

Temperature control mode

temp_target

rw

DevDouble

Target temperature

thermometer

rw

DevString

Select thermometer

temperature

r

DevDouble

Thermometer temperature

temp_chip

r

DevDouble

Camera sensor temperature

temp_housing

r

DevDouble

Camera housing temperature

temp_back

r

DevDouble

Camera housing back side temperature

temp_sensor

r

DevDouble

Sensor board temperature

thermal_element

rw

DevString

Thermal control element

thermal_element_value

rw

DevDouble

Thermal element control value

exposure_selector

rw

DevString

Exposure mode selector

burst_count

rw

DevLong

Burst count

downsampling

rw

DevString

Downsampling value

downsampling_type

rw

DevString

Downsampling type

test_pattern_generator

rw

DevString

Test pattern generator

test_pattern

rw

DevString

Test pattern

image_format

rw

DevString

Image format

shutter

rw

DevString

Shutter mode

taps

rw

DevString

Sensor taps

auto_exposure_gain

rw

DevBoolean

Auto exposure and gain control

auto_white_balance

rw

DevBoolean

Auto white balance control

horizontal_flip

rw

DevBoolean

Horizontal flip

vertical_flip

rw

DevBoolean

Vertical flip

interline_exp_mode

rw

DevString

Interline exposure mode

binning_engine

rw

DevString

Binning engine selector

horizontal_binning_pattern

rw

DevString

Binning horizontal pattern

vertical_binning_pattern

rw

DevString

Binning vertical pattern

decimation_engine

rw

DevString

Decimation engine selector

horizontal_decimation

rw

DevLong

Horizontal decimation value

vertical_decimation

rw

DevLong

Vertical decimation value

horizontal_decimation_pattern

rw

DevString

Decimation horizontal pattern

vertical_decimation_pattern

rw

DevString

Decimation vertical pattern

exposure_priority

rw

DevDouble

Exposure priority (e.g. 0.8 - exposure 80%, gain 20%)

auto_gain_limit

rw

DevLong

Gain limit for AEAG procedure

auto_exposure_limit

rw

DevLong

Exposure limit for AEAG procedure

auto_intensity_level

rw

DevDouble

Target average intensity for AEAG procedure

bandwidth_limit

rw

DevDouble

Bandwidth limit

bandwidth_limit_enabled

rw

DevBoolean

Enable bandwidth limiting

available_bandwidth

r

DevDouble

Measured available bandwidth

frame_rate

rw

DevDouble

Frame rate (or limit)

counter_selector

rw

DevString

Counter selector

counter_value

r

DevLong

Selected counter value

acq_timing_mode

rw

DevString

Acquisition timing mode

trigger_delay

rw

DevLong

Trigger delay

acq_status

r

DevBoolean

Acquisition status

feature_selector

rw

DevString

Sensor additional features

feature_value

rw

DevLong

Selected feature value

plugin_version

r

DevString

Plugin version number

timeout

rw

DevLong

Timeout for internal loop (on top of exposure time)

camera_serial_number

r

DevString

Camera serial number

readout_time

r

DevDouble

Mean readout time in seconds

readout_time_last_frame

r

DevDouble

Readout time of last frame in seconds

Commands

Command name

Arg. in

Arg. out

Description

Init

DevVoid

DevVoid

Do not use

State

DevVoid

DevLong

Return the device state

Status

DevVoid

DevString

Return the device state as a string

getAttrStringValueList

DevString: Attribute name

DevVarStringArray: String value list

Return the authorized string value list for a given attribute name