Sigma LBA-400 Manuel D’Utilisation

The Integration control is found in the Options, Capture, dialog box.  If you purchased a digital 

camera from Spiricon that is compatible with external integration capabilities, then the Integration 

edit control will become operational when the matching camera type has been selected.  The Spiricon 
supplied camera power cable will have the integration circuits prewired into the cable. 
The only thing required to enable multiple frame integration is to set the Integration value to a 

number greater than 1.  This number represents the number of frame periods that the camera will 

use for each frame of output video. 
 

The largest growing segment of the camera market involves a rapid increase in the numbers and types 

of digital cameras available for both commercial and scientific uses.  As a result, most of our recent 

efforts in camera testing and evaluating have involved digital cameras.  Most all RS-422 and RS-644 
(LVDS) digital cameras can be interfaced to any of Spiricon’s new LBA-7XXPC-D (digital option) frame 

grabbers.  The only major limitation has to do with the size of the image that can be captured.  This 

limitation is impacted by the throughput of the frame grabber and the pixel clock and video frame 

format of the camera.  In most cases this impact is limited to a reduction in the frame size or frame 

resolution that can be reliably acquired from the camera.  The Spiricon supplied camera configuration 

files will take these limitations into account and will adjust the image size or resolution to insure stable 
operation. 
The following section will discuss some of the operating features often seen in modern digital cameras 

and how those features may or may not be used with the LBA-PC software. 

Digital cameras often have a large number of control features.  The number and methods for 
controlling these features varies greatly from one manufacturer to another.  The basic control 

methods fall into two categories.  The oldest control method employs switches and dials located on 

the outside and inside of the camera.  More modern designs employ micro-processors inside the 

camera that can control the operations via serial commands issued from your PC’s serial port.  The 

manufactures of these cameras usually provide a camera control console application that must be run 
on your PC.  A few manufactures require you to write your own control application.  Some cameras 

have simple command protocols and can be controlled by typing commands into a simple terminal 

emulator program like Windows Hyper Terminal.Most digital cameras will power up in a default mode 

of operation.  Some can have the default mode changed by the user.  Others will always start 

operating in one mode and the user must change it to the desired configuration every time power is 

restored.  The LBA-PC camera files are very specific to how certain of these features are configured.  
The camera file name will often include a reference to a critical feature.  Most often these critical 

settings concern the image format of the camera. 
 

5.4.1.1  Digital Camera Binning Effects 

Many digital cameras support electronic pixel binning.  This feature is usually used to increase 
the frame rate of the camera by decreasing the total number of pixels in the image.  If a camera 

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