Basler A400K User Manual

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Configuring the CameraBasler A400k 4-3DRAFTTo simplify navigation, parameters areorganized in related groups. For example, allparameters related to the camera output canbe found in the Output group.When you click on the plus or minus signbeside a group (+ or -), the parameters in thisgroup will be shown or hidden, respectively.To get an overview of all parametersavailable on the connected camera,maximize the CCT+ window and click the+ sign beside each group.The camera parameter names alwaysappear in the left column of the list. Thecurrent setting for each parameter appears inthe right column.By default, a Parameter Description window is displayed. In this window, you can find basicinformation on the selected parameter and if present, on the dependencies that may exist betweenthe selected parameter and other parameter(s).Modifiable parameter settings and available commands appear in black while read-only settingsand unavailable commands appear in gray.If you make a change to one of the parameter settings, that change will immediately be transmittedfrom the CCT+ to the camera’s Work Set. Because the parameters in the Work Set control thecurrent operation of the camera, you will see an immediate change in the camera’s operation. Ifthe change limits the range of available settings for other parameters, the available ranges willautomatically be refreshed.By default, the CCT+ also automatically updates the displayed settings every 5 seconds. Thefeature behind this behavior is called Auto Refresh. If auto refresh is not enabled, the display willnot update when a camera setting is changed using another tool, when power to the camera isswitched off and on, or when the connected camera is exchanged while the CCT+ is displayingthe camera settings. To manually refresh the display, you can use the Refresh button in the topright corner of the tool.4.1.4 Configuration Tool HelpThe CCT+ includes a complete on-line help file which explains how to change parameter settings.It also explains how to copy the work set to a saved user set file and how to copy a saved userset file or the factory set file to the work set. To access on-line help, press the F1 key wheneverthe configuration tool is active.L Keep in mind that the work set is stored in the camera’s volatile memory. Anychanges you make to the work set using the configuration tool will be lost when thecamera is switched off. To save changes you make to the work set, save the modifiedwork set to one of the camera’s four user set files. The user set files are stored innon-volatile memory and will not be lost when the camera is switched off (see Sec-tion 3.14).Alternatively, you can also save the Work Set to the hard disk of your computer andload it from hard disk.Figure 4-1: Output Group