Chapter 5 Configuration Utility©National Instruments Corporation5-7PCI/PXI-1408 and NI-IMAQ for Win95/NTBasic Camera SettingsFigure 5-6 shows the Basic dialog box.Figure 5-6. Basic Camera SettingsBasic settings include:• Camera Description—You can enter a description of up to 64characters for this camera.• Camera Type—Use this setting to select your camera type. If youare using a standard camera, choose RS-170, NTSC, CCIR, orPAL. If you are using a nonstandard camera, choose AREA SCAN.• Mode—You can place the 1408 device in frame or field mode. Useframe mode with interlaced video signals. In frame mode, thePCI/PXI-1408 waits for a programmable (odd or even) field beforestarting a video acquisition. In addition, the 1408 device combinesthe odd and even fields into one video frame in system memory foranalysis.Use field mode with either interlaced or noninterlaced videosignals. In field mode, the 1408 device acquires any video field andtransfers it to PCI system memory.
