Re: Software triggering a PCDig

["M.Stein" <matthias@gom.com>]

On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Will Lockhart wrote:

> M.Stein writes:
>  > You are right, please set EXSYNC_MODE to EXSYNC_SOFT_TRIG; then start
>  > normally (NOT with the -t option) test_itifg an on another terminal
>  > swtrig_itifg -k; when you press a key you trigger by software.
>  > To use the external trigger input, set EXSYNC_MODE to EXSYNC_TRIG1 connect
>  > a trigger source to trigger input 0, choose the TRIGGER_SRC in the config
>  > file (ttl,opto,diff) - that's hopefully all (I have test this already).
> 
> I tried doing this and nothing happened - no image is grabbed. Is
> there anything else I need to do - download a different FPGA file perhaps?
>

Please download at first the FPGA-files I use. They are included into the 
itifg-0.7.0beta package, downloadable from our ftp server ftp.gom.com.

What kind of trigger impulse do your camera need (period time, low time,
high time)? Do you use the EXSYNC and/or PRI output?

					matthias