Emergent Vision Technologies Camera Documentation

Welcome to the technical documentation site for Emergent Vision Technologies high-speed cameras!

This documentation is  organized into five main subjects, which you access through the tabs on the top navigation bar:

• Cameras:
  • Introduces Emergent Vision Technologies and its high-speed camera families
  • Details the camera feature parameters
  • Explains the modes for triggering area-scan and line-scan cameras
  • Describes the camera hardware, including data interfaces, GPIO ports, LEDs, and mounts
• Software:
  • The Software Quick Start Guide explains how to install the required hardware and software, acquire images with eCapture Pro, and run eSDK Pro examples.
  • Advanced System Configuration explains how to configure link speeds, RDMA, multicast streaming, and PTP synchronization.
  • The eCapture Pro Users Guide describes the user interface and workflows for configuring cameras, processing and recording images, managing plugins, and reviewing and exporting recordings.
  • The eSDK Pro Programmers Guide explains how to develop pipeline-based vision applications and provides API references for eSDK Pro and its plugin system.
  • The eSDK Programmers Guide explains how to control cameras and acquire images through the eSDK API.
• Cards: Coming soon
• Accessories: Describes power supplies and GPIO breakout cables for HE (Eros) cameras, including their specifications and connector pinouts.
• Resources: Provides links to system-design tools, product files, technical articles, white papers, case studies, and technical presentations on the main Emergent Vision Technologies website.

To search the documentation:

1. Enter search terms in the search field on the top navigation bar and press Enter or click the search icon. The search results will display topics that best match the search terms.
   Note: Currently you can't limit search results to exact matches.
2. Click on a result link to view the topic.

To browse the documentation:

1. Select a tab on the top navigation bar—currently, Cameras and Software are available.
2. In the left navigation panel, choose a topic. The main panel displays the content.
   Tip: Longer topics have a right navigation panel that lets you jump to sections in the topic.
3. To return to the documentation home page, click the Cameras tab.

To view topics in the Camera Features section on the Cameras tab:

1. Select a Camera Family on the left navigation panel.
2. Select a Camera Model.
3. Select a Camera Feature. The main panel displays the topic.

To visit the Emergent Vision Technologies main website, click the company logo on the top navigation bar.

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About Emergent Vision Technologies

Emergent Vision Technologies is a leading provider of GigE Vision industrial cameras for machine vision, sports technology, volumetric capture, the metaverse, and virtual reality imaging applications. Our award-winning area scan and line scan cameras feature the latest CMOS image sensors from Sony and Gpixel, designed to address today’s toughest imaging challenges and enable exciting new applications.

In addition to industrial cameras, Emergent Vision Technologies offers comprehensive imaging software, network interface cards, switches, cables, lens mounts, and power and I/O products, making us your one-stop shop for high-speed imaging needs.

For more information about Emergent Vision Technologies and its products, visit the main Emergent Vision Technologies website.

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Camera Families and Models

Emergent’s camera models are grouped into area-scan and line-scan GigE camera families.

Area-scan camera families

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Line-scan camera families

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Camera Features

Emergent’s camera features (or parameters) allow you to configure and use the camera with either the eCapture application or API.

The features of each camera model depend on its firmware and corresponding GenICam XML file. In this documentation, when you select a camera model, the XML file is used to list only that model's current features in the left navigation bar.

The software and documentation group the features as follows:

• Device information
• Image format control
• Acquisition control
• Analog control
• Transport layer control
• GPIO control

Camera Trigger Modes

Emergent’s cameras support various trigger modes, allowing flexible image acquisition control.

Area-scan camera trigger modes:

• AS-A: All internal triggering
• AS-B: Software triggers
• AS-C: PTP triggers
• AS-D1: Hardware triggers with internal exposure settings
• AS-D2: Hardware triggers with external exposure settings

Line-scan camera trigger modes:

• LS-A: All internal triggering
• LS-B: External frame triggers
• LS-C: External frame triggers and encoder line time triggers
• LS-D: Encoder frame triggers and encoder line time triggers
• LS-E: External trigger masks/pulses and encoder line time triggers

Tip: The trigger mode topics are in the Camera Image Acquisition section on the left navigation panel.

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