# Advanced Acquisition Settings

With Advanced Acquisition Acquisition is the process or result of the vision system acquiring a new image. Settings, you can adjust the settings for the next image acquisition. To see advanced acquisition settings, click on the cogwheel button on the right side of the Setting Image pane. The Advanced Acquisition Settings are only available in Camera mode.

After Advanced Acquisition Settings mode becomes visible on the right side of the screen, you can find the action bar on the top of the Image pane.

Icons | Action
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| To undo last action, click Undo.
| To redo last action, click Redo.
| To reset the settings back to the property values in-use when first connected to the device, click Reset Settings.
| To reset acquisition settings to the default values, click Reset Acquisition.
| To toggle visibility of settings that currently have no effect, click Show/hide no effect settings.
| To set the source of images to the camera, click Camera Mode.
| To set the source of images to the image folder, click Image Folder Mode.

To further adjust the configurations for triggering, image formation, and calibration, use the tools under Current Job A job is a user-configured program in Spreadsheet consisting of functions and designed for specific applications. You can create and edit jobs using the Spreadsheet interface, and load them on a vision system for deployment in a live environment. Acquisition Settings.

Section | Setting | Description | Values
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Trigger | Trigger Type | Defines the type of trigger signal that begins an image acquisition. | Single: An external trigger event triggers the start of an acquisition and an inspection.
Self: Acquisitions and inspections occur periodically.
Trigger Interval (ms) Appears in Self Trigger mode only. | Defines the time in milliseconds between acquisitions, when Self trigger type is selected. | [0, 10000]
Trigger Source (ms) Appears in Single Trigger mode only. | Defines the trigger source for the acquisition: | Trigger Input Line: Trigger acquisition when the trigger input of the vision system line goes high.
Camera Trigger Button: Trigger acquisition by pressing the trigger button on the vision system.
Native Mode: Trigger acquisition by sending a Native Mode command to the vision system.
Network (UDP): Trigger acquisition when the vision system receives a specifically formatted UPD package.
Factory Protocols: Trigger acquisition by toggling a bit with the configured industrial protocol.
WebHMI The operator interface through which the operator interacts with the vision system. Trigger Button: Trigger acquisition by pressing the trigger button in the WebHMI.
Debounce (ms) Appears in Single Trigger mode only. | Defines the time in milliseconds that a camera trigger has to last to a trigger an acquisition. | [0, 10]
Delay (ms) Appears in Single Trigger mode only. | Defines the delay between the time that the vision system receives a trigger to acquire an image, and the time the vision system begins the image acquisition. | [0,10000]
General | Exposure (ms) | Defines the exposure time. When the vision system receives an image acquisition trigger signal, light is integrated into the image sensor array for the specified duration. Note: The maximum exposure value varies based on the capabilities of the connected illumination. | [0, 6.5]
Override Max Exposure | Allows setting the exposure time to values greater than the recommended maximum. Note: When enabled, if the exposure time exceeds the capability of the illumination accessory, the illumination accessory will not remain on during the entire exposure. | [Enabled, Disabled]
Offset | Brightens the image additively. Enhances dark areas but loses detail on bright spots. Most useful when combined with Gain. | [0, 255]
Gain | Brightens the image multiplicatively. Enhances dark areas but loses detail on bright spots, and increases image noise. Most useful when combined with Offset. | [1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 6x, 8x]
Orientation | Defines the orientation at which In-Sight processes the acquired image. | [Normal, Mirrored horizontally, Flipped vertically, Rotated 180 degrees]
Image Buffers | Defines the number of image buffers allocated for acquisition. Considerations for setting the image buffer: The first available buffer is for image acquisition. Once acquisition is complete, another buffer is locked to use for the next acquisition. The buffered image is sent to the job for execution. The buffer stays locked until the job is executed. Some functions (for example, WriteImage) can keep a buffer locked after the job is executed, but the job can receive another buffered image even if a function Functions are tools that are available in Spreadsheet for processing and analyzing acquisitions or other results. You can add functions to your Spreadsheet job to create tool chains and produce results for specific applications. has a buffer locked. Buffered images are queued if a job is being executed or if images are queued for display (from In-Sight EasyBuilder or HMI). Note: When in Single Trigger mode, if a trigger is received but no buffer is available for image acquisition, the image acquisition does not occur. In addition, if a Discrete Output line is configured to use ERR: Missed Acquisition, this signal is raised for each acquisition until a buffer becomes available. | [6, 25]
Autoexposure | A single button to auto-set the exposure based on current light settings. |
Image size | Start Row | Defines the first row to transfer from the image sensor into the memory of the vision system. | [0, 1079] Note: For IS2800, ADV182, and IS3800 models, values must be divisible by 4.
Number of Rows | Defines the number of image sensor rows to transfer into the memory of the vision system. | [1, 1080] Note: For IS2800, ADV182, and IS3800 models, values must be divisible by 4.
High Dynamic Range | HDR Mode | Enables or disables High Dynamic Range (HDR) processing. | [None, HDR, HDR+] Note: HDR+ is only available on IS3800 models. HDR is not available on color units. If you load a job with HDR+ settings on a vision system that only supports HDR, the job settings automatically switch to HDR. If you load a job with HDR or HDR+ settings on a vision system that does not support any HDR, the job settings automatically switch to None. If you load a job with HDR+ settings with an incompatible kernel size setting on a supported vision system, the kernel size is automatically set to default.
Illumination | Mode | Defines the illumination device. | [Disabled, Integrated Illumination, External Illumination]
Intensity | Specifies the intensity of the illumination device. | [0, 100]
Always On | When enabled, the illumination device is on continuously. | [Disabled, Enabled]
Banks Enabled Appears in Integrated Illumination mode only. | Check or uncheck the checkboxes inside the banks on the graphic to enable or disable each bank. Note: Banks graphics can vary depending on the illumination hardware attached to the vision system. |
Light Color Appears in Integrated Illumination mode only. | Defines the color of the illumination. | [WHITE, RED, GREEN, BLUE]
Strobe Start Appears in External Illumination mode only. | Defines when the strobe fires. | [Camera Trigger, Acquisition Start]
Strobe Polarity Appears in External Illumination mode only. | Defines the signal that fires a connected strobe. | [Low, High]
Focus Note: Focus options appear only when a liquid lens is attached to the vision system. | Focus Distance (mm) | Focus distance in millimeters. | [65, 4043]
Autofocus | A single button to auto-set the focus position based on current settings. |

To return to Source and Lighting settings view, click the cogwheel button in the right top corner of the Image pane.