Glossary

B
• Buffer module
  GenTL module that represents a memory buffer. Buffers must be announced to the data stream that will fill them with image data
C
• Callback model
  Defines when and where (in which thread) callback functions are executed. eGrabber supports three callback models named respectively CallbackOnDemand, CallbackSingleThread and CallbackMultiThread.
• CIC
  Acronym for Camera and Illumination Controller
• Camera and illumination controller
  Part of a frame grabber card that controls a camera and its associated illumination devices. Hosted in the device module.
• Coaxlink
  Euresys product series name of CoaXPress frame grabbers
• Coaxlink card
  Euresys CoaXPress frame grabber
• Coaxlink driver
  Euresys software driver for Coaxlink cards (superseded by eGrabber driver since release 12.8)
• CoaXPress
  Interface and communication standard for industrial cameras using single or multiple coaxial cables. It supports the asymmetric high-speed transmission of images and related control data. This digital interface standard, hosted by the JIIA (Japan Industrial Imaging Association), has been developed for high-speed image data transmission in machine vision applications. (Source:http://www.coaxpress.com/)
• CXP
  Acronym for CoaXPress
• Common transport interface
  GenTL producer
• CTI
  Acronym for Common Transport Interface
D
• Data Stream module
  GenTL module that handles buffers
• Device module
  GenTL module that contains the frame grabber settings relating to the camera. Parent of the data stream module. Sibling of the remote device.
E
• eGrabber card
  Euresys frame grabber driven by eGrabber
• eGrabber driver
  Euresys software driver for the latest generation of image acquisition products (Coaxlink)
• EMVA
  Acronym for European Machine Vision Association
G
• GenApi
  GenICam standard that deals with camera and frame grabber configuration
• GenApi feature
  Camera or frame grabber feature, defined in a register description. Either a set/get parameter, or a command with side effects.
• GenApi features
  Camera or frame grabber feature, defined in a register description. Either a set/get parameter, or a command with side effects.
• GenICam
  Set of EMVA standards. It consists of GenApi, GenTL, the SFNC and the PFNC.
• GenTL
  GenICam standard that deals with data transport. TL stands for Transport Layer.
• GenTL producer
  Software library that implements the GenTL API. File with the cti extension (e.g., coaxlink.cti).
• Grablink card
  Euresys Camera Link frame grabber
I
• I/O toolbox
  Part of eGrabber card that controls digital I/O lines and implements tools such as rate converters, delay lines, etc. Hosted in the interface module.
• Info command
  Numerical identifier used to query a specific piece of information from a GenTL module. Info commands are defined either in the standard GenTL header file, or in a vendor-specific header file (e.g., info commands specific to eGrabber are defined in include/GenTL_v1_5_EuresysCustom.h).
• Interface module
  GenTL module that represents a frame grabber. Parent of the device module.
P
• PFNC
  Acronym for Pixel Format Naming Convention
R
• Register description
  XML file mapping low-level hardware registers to camera or frame grabber features
• Remote device
  Camera connected to a frame grabber. The term remote is used to distinguish this from the GenTL device module.
S
• SFNC
  Acronym for Standard Features Naming Convention
• source
  Corresponds to the GenTL producer in GenICam (for example coaxlink.cti).
• System module
  GenTL module that represents the GenTL producer. Also known as TLSystem. Parent of the interface module.
T
• Timestamp
  The time at which an event occurs. For Coaxlink, timestamps are always 64-bit integers and are expressed as the number of microseconds that have elapsed since the computer was started.