Free Run Trigger Model

The Free Run trigger model requires no software start() and no external event to perform image acquisitions.

The acquisition engine starts acquiring images as soon as triggers are enabled. To obtain an acquired image, you only need to call complete().

In many cases, the free run trigger model runs faster than queued manual starts, because the underlying frame grabber can be placed into a continuously acquiring state.

On the MVS-8600, using this trigger model in line scan acquisition is the only way to obtain continuous, gapless acquisitions, one frame to the next. For this combination, other trigger models may place an indeterminate number of dropped lines between frames.