double QuantixCamera::getFrameRefreshTime(EventMetadatum &eventMetadatum)
{
uns16 pixelWriteTimeNS;
double parallelShiftTimeNS = 80000; // 80 microseconds
double serialDiscardRateNS = 100; // 0.1 microseconds
double serialRecordRateNS;
int16 pixTime;
if (!pl_get_param (cameraHandle, PARAM_PIX_TIME, ATTR_CURRENT, &pixTime))
throw CameraException("Can't access pixel time for frame refresh");
serialRecordRateNS = (double) pixTime;
if(!pl_get_param(cameraHandle, PARAM_PIX_TIME, ATTR_CURRENT, (void *) &pixelWriteTimeNS))
{
char msg[ERROR_MSG_LEN]; // for error handling
pl_error_message(pl_error_code(), msg);
std::cerr << "Pixel readout time error: " << msg << std::endl;
throw CameraException("Error getting pixel readout time.");
}
int parallelRows = (cameraState->imageWidth.getSize());
int totalPixels = (cameraState->imageHeight.getSize())*(cameraState->imageWidth.getSize());
int recordedRows = eventMetadatum.cropVector.at(2) + 1;
int recordedPixels = recordedRows*(eventMetadatum.cropVector.at(3) + 1);
int binSize;
if (!STI::Utils::stringToValue(cameraState->binSize.get(), binSize))
throw CameraException("Error transforming string to value");
//Based off the 6303 data sheet
double refreshTime = 0;
refreshTime += recordedRows*parallelShiftTimeNS; //Time to shift relevant rows.
refreshTime += recordedPixels*serialRecordRateNS / binSize / binSize; //Time to record (and discard?) relevent pixels
refreshTime += (totalPixels - recordedPixels)*serialDiscardRateNS; //Time to discard non-relevant pixels
std::cerr << "Frame Rate (s): " << refreshTime/1000000000 << std::endl;
return refreshTime;
}
void QuantixCamera::printError()
{
char msg[ERROR_MSG_LEN]; // for error handling
pl_error_message(pl_error_code(), msg);
std::cout << "Quantix Camera error: " << msg << std::endl;
}
int main(void)
{
/*camera name */
char cam_name[CAM_NAME_LEN];
/*camera handle */
int16 hCam;
/*initialize PVCAM library, before this runs only error checking function "pl_error_code" will work */
rs_bool init_error = pl_pvcam_init();
/*error checking*/
if(init_error == TRUE)
{
printf("Library initialization error: << %i >>.\n ", pl_error_code() );
}//if
else
{
printf("PVCAM successfully initialized.\n")
}//else
/*get name of camera, takes parameters referring to cameras starting from 0, which is the first camera by definition*/
rs_bool name_error = pl_cam_get_name(0, cam_name);
/*error checking*/
if(name_error == TRUE){
printf("Camera name error: << %i >>.\n ", pl_error_code() );
}//if
else
{
printf("Camera found: << %s >>.\n", cam_name);
}//else
/*reserves and initializes camera hardware. provides sole camera access to current user, until "pl_pvcam_uninit" is called*/
rs_bool camera_error = pl_cam_open(cam_name, &hCam, OPEN_EXCLUSIVE);
/*error checking*/
if(camera_error == TRUE){
printf("Camera initialization error: << %i >>.\n ", pl_error_code() );
}//if
else
{
printf("Camera initialized, ready to accepts commands. You can try collecting data now.\n");
}//else
/*close current camera*/
pl_cam_close(hCam);
/*un-initialize the PVCAM library and free all resources used by it*/
pl_pvcam_uninit();
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}//main