2 How to Modify the dm.config File to Change Camera and System Assignments System Components If you find yourself running demonstrations from a laptop for customers or other users and you have more than one GigE camera, be sure to follow the guidelines from the last few pages. If you don't, you won't be able to demonstrate the software as cleanly as you would otherwise. Omron Microscan recommends that you delete the dm.config file before running a GigE demonstration. The file will be created correctly the first time you start up FrontRunner. If you really don't want to delete it then give it a new name so you can go back to it later.
Partial Scan Acquisition All of the new Visionscape GigE cameras support partial scan mode. This is easy to use if you don’t mind “getting your hands dirty” modifying the camera definition file. Here’s how to do it. Imagine you’re using a CMG03. The camdef file is in the C:\Vscape\Drivers\CamDefs directory and it’s called: microscan_visionscape_cmg03_656x494_gigevision.cam Open this file with the text editor of your choice (Notepad, for example). It looks like this:
Camera Name Microscan VISIONSCAPE CMG03 656x494 Digitizer Type 1073741824 // GigeVision Camera Help File Stride 656 Rows 494 X Offset 0 Y Offset 0 Bits Per Pixel 8 Pixel Type 0 Image Structure 1 Vertical Binning 1 Horizontal Binning 1 Async Control 1 // 1=async, 0=continuous (formerly "shutter type") Usecs Per Frame 33333 Usecs Per Line x 10 674 Sensors 1 Strobes 1 GPIO Edit Mask 0x0 GPIO Defaults 0x0 GPIO Count 0 GPIO Inputs 0 GPIO Outputs 0 Visionscape GigE Camera Guide 2-49