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commands

List available commands for GigE Vision or GenICam compliant camera

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Syntax

commands(vobj)
cmds = commands(vobj)

Description

commands(vobj) displays the available commands for the specified camera or video source.

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cmds = commands(vobj) returns the list of available commands as a string array or cell array of character vectors, depending on the input argument.

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Examples

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Use the commands function for a list of the available commands for your camera.

Discover your cameras with gigecamlist.

gigecamlist
ans = 

	Model              Manufacturer           IPAddress       SerialNumber
  ____________________   ___________________   _______________    ______________

  'MV1-D1312-80-G2-12'   'Photonofocus AG'     '169.254.192.165'  '022600017445'

Create a camera object and connect to the camera.

g = gigecam
g = 

   Display Summary for gigecam:

          DeviceModelName: 'MV1-D1312-80-G2-12'
             SerialNumber: '022600017445'
                IPAddress: '169.254.192.165'
              PixelFormat: 'Mono8'
    AvailablePixelFormats: {'Mono8'  'Mono10Packed'  'Mono12Packed'  'Mono10'  'Mono12'}
                   Height: 1082
                    Width: 1312

   Show Beginner, Expert, Guru properties.
   Show Commands.

Display the supported commands from the camera. You can click Show Commands in the command window output, or you can use the commands function.

commands(g)
  Available commands:

    ADCBoardDeviceTemperature_Update
    Average_Update
    CameraHeadFactoryReset
    CameraHeadReset  
    Correction_BusyUpdate
    Correction_CalibrateBlack
    Correction_CalibrateGrey
    Correction_SaveToFlash
    Counter_ImageReset
    Counter_ImageUpdate
    Counter_MissedBurstTriggerReset
    Counter_MissedBurstTriggerUpdate
    Counter_MissedTriggerReset
    Counter_MissedTriggerUpdate
    PLC_ts_trig_Arm
    PLC_ts_trig_FIFOClear
    SensorBoardDeviceTemperature_Update
    SensorDeviceTemperature_Update

Use the executeCommand function to execute any of these commands.

Connect to a GenICam™ GenTL camera, and create a video source object for it.

vid = videoinput("gentl");
src = getselectedsource(vid);

To get a list of supported commands for the camera, click Show Commands in the command output, or use the commands function.

cmds = commands(src)
  18×1 string array

    "ADCBoardDeviceTemperature_Update"
    "Average_Update"
    "CameraHeadFactoryReset"
    "CameraHeadReset"
    "Correction_BusyUpdate"
    "Correction_CalibrateBlack"
    "Correction_CalibrateGrey"
    "Correction_SaveToFlash"
    "Counter_ImageReset"
    "Counter_ImageUpdate"
    "Counter_MissedBurstTriggerReset"
    "Counter_MissedBurstTriggerUpdate"
    "Counter_MissedTriggerReset"
    "Counter_MissedTriggerUpdate"
    "PLC_ts_trig_Arm"
    "PLC_ts_trig_FIFOClear"
    "SensorBoardDeviceTemperature_Update"
    "SensorDeviceTemperature_Update"

Use executeCommand to execute any of these commands.

Input Arguments

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Camera or video source, specified as:

  • A gigecam object representing a GigE Vision® camera.

  • A videosource object, derived from a videoinput object created for a GenICam compliant camera using the 'gige' or 'gentl' adaptor.

Data Types: gigecam | videosource

Output Arguments

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Available commands returned as:

  • A cell array of character vectors for a gigecam object input.

  • A string array for a videosource object input.

The content of the output depends on the commands that are supported by your specific hardware.

Version History

Introduced in R2014b

See Also

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