# Acquisition Panel

The Acquisition panel allows you to adjust the settings for point cloud acquisitions. To open the Acquisition panel, click on the Acquisition tab above the Spreadsheet toolbars.

The Acquisition panel consists of the following sections:

Item | Panel element | Description
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1 | Trigger buttons | The trigger buttons allow you to trigger acquisition from the vision system in the following ways: Trigger Profile - single trigger for acquiring a static profile Live Profile - self trigger for acquiring a continuous live profile Trigger PointCloud - single trigger for acquiring a 3D point cloud Note: If you trigger an acquisition with the laser disabled, the acquisition proceeds, but the Acquisition Panel returns a notification that the LaserEnable input line is low.
2 | Configuration settings | The configuration settings pane allows you to modify the acquisition parameters. Configuration parameters are separated into the following tabs: Trigger - for more information, see Trigger Settings. Profile - for more information, see Profile Settings. Correction - for more information, see Correction Settings. Point Cloud - for more information, see Point Cloud Settings. Filters - for more information, see Filter Settings.
3 | Acquisition display | The acquisition display shows the latest 3D point cloud acquisition.
4 | Status bar | The status bar provides the following information: Current Motion: Shows the currently applicable motion. This indicator is disabled for time-based acquisitions. If Encoder Type is set to Single-Channel, the parameter shows Stopped or Moving. If the Encoder Type is set to Dual-Channel, the parameter shows Laser to Lens, Lens to Laser, or Stopped. For accurate reporting, make sure that the Positive Encoder (+) parameter under the Correction settings is correctly defined. If there is a mismatch between the indicator and the actual motion direction, the Positive Encoder parameter is incorrectly defined. : Indicates the point cloud acquisition status with the following icons: : No acquisition is performed. : Acquisition is in progress. : The acquired point cloud data is being downloaded to the device. : Indicates the status of the device acquisition settings with the following icons: : The configured acquisition settings are valid for the next acquisition. : The configured acquisition settings are currently synced and being applied. This typically occurs for a couple seconds after performing any changes in the acquisition settings. While the changes are being synced, and this icon is shown, recent changes in the acquisition settings are not applied to the current acquisition. Field Correction: Indicates the field correction status of the device: Manual: Correction settings have been set manually without using any Cognex frustum models. Target: The device has been corrected with a Cognex frustum. Max Profile Rate: Indicates the number of profiles or lines the device can make in a second with the currently configured settings. Note: This value is only valid for 3D acquisitions, not for Raw acquisitions.