Confused about supported pixel format using SpinView GUI and ImageFormatControl.cpp

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Christopher Ta

• March 20, 2024 20:26

Here's the context...

I'm working through the provided examples in the Spinnaker SDK and I'm trying to figure out how to change the pixel format in ImageFormatControl.cpp.

In the 'int ConfigureCustomImageSettings(INodeMap &nodeMap)' function is where the Mono8 pixel format is set in the ImageFormatControl.cpp file.

So I figured since the SpinView GUI lets me change the pixel format to Mono8, Mono16, Mono10Packed, Mono12Packed, Mono10p, and Mono12p, I assumed I could pass those as parameters in 'CEnumEntryPtr ptrPixelFormatMono8 = ptrPixelFormat->GetEntryByName("Mono16");'

At this point with the SpinView GUI, I only used the Mono8 pixel format in continuous mode and that was working fine.

But when I compiled and tried running ImageFormatControl.cpp when I passed Mono16, Mono10Packed, Mono12Packed, and Mono12p as a parameter in 'GetEntryByName()' I kept getting the following error

[FATAL SpinnakerConsole] 2024-03-20 14:36:49,812 [140391598258112] Spin Trace: Public/CameraBase.cpp, line 125, BeginAcquisition: Message = Could not start acquisition. Please try reconnecting the device. Error Code = SPINNAKER_ERR_IO (-1010)
Error: Spinnaker: Could not start the acquisition. Please try reconnecting the device. [-1010]
Camera 0 example complete...

 

So I backtracked to the SpinView GUI and changed the 'Pixel format' to Mono16, Mono10p, etc. When I set the 'Acquisition Mode' to continuous with any of those values I get the following error in my WSL terminal 

[FATAL SpinnakerConsole] 2024-03-20 15:13:24,388 [140183999587904] Spin Trace: Public/CameraBase.cpp, line 125, BeginAcquisition: Message = Could not start acquisition. Please try reconnecting the device. Error Code = SPINNAKER_ERR_IO (-1010)

 

For what it's worth I have the Blackfly S BFS-U3-32S4M-C 

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So to summarize:

 

I'm trying to change the pixel format in the ImageFormatControl.cpp example from the default Mono8 to Mono16, Mono10Packed, Mono12Packed, Mono12p and I got the following error after compiling/running the program

[FATAL SpinnakerConsole] 2024-03-20 14:36:49,812 [140391598258112] Spin Trace: Public/CameraBase.cpp, line 125, BeginAcquisition: Message = Could not start acquisition. Please try reconnecting the device. Error Code = SPINNAKER_ERR_IO (-1010)
Error: Spinnaker: Could not start the acquisition. Please try reconnecting the device. [-1010]
Camera 0 example complete...

 

So I tried doing the same by cycling through the image format options in the SpinView GUI and got the following error when trying to run the camera in continuous mode

 

[FATAL SpinnakerConsole] 2024-03-20 15:13:24,388 [140183999587904] Spin Trace: Public/CameraBase.cpp, line 125, BeginAcquisition: Message = Could not start acquisition. Please try reconnecting the device. Error Code = SPINNAKER_ERR_IO (-1010)

 

 

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  Christopher Ta

  • March 25, 2024 19:41

  Update : I was able to cycle through the pixel formats with the SpinView GUI just fine with my laptop that's running Ubuntu 22.04 on it just fine

  Kinda bummed that I can't use WSL to write the C++ code I originally intended, but it is what it is
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  TDY_Manuel

  Community team

  • March 21, 2024 09:34

  

  Hello Christopher, 

  What operating system and what USB3 controller do you use? 

  Best regards,

  Manuel 

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  Christopher Ta

  • March 21, 2024 12:54

  I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 in WSL on my Windows 11 machine
  I also have the BFS-U3-32S4M-C USB 3.1 Blackfly® S, Monochrome Camera as the USB3 controller 

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  TDY_Manuel

  Community team

  • March 21, 2024 13:16

  

  Does it work fine when you install Spinnaker on Windows 11 directly? 

  Could you please try to increase the USBFS buffer size on Ubuntu? https://www.flir.com/support-center/iis/machine-vision/application-note/understanding-usbfs-on-linux/ 

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  Christopher Ta

  • March 22, 2024 19:31

  Using the SpinView GUI in Windows 11 I'm able to switch between all the pixel formats just fine

  But when I increased the USBFS buffer from it's original 1000 MB --> 5000 MB --> 100000 MB I'm still seeing the same error.

  [FATAL SpinnakerConsole] 2024-03-21 11:25:09,220 [140521327846144] Spin Trace: Public/CameraBase.cpp, line 125, BeginAcquisition: Message = Could not start acquisition. Please try reconnecting the device. Error Code = SPINNAKER_ERR_IO (-1010)

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  TDY_Manuel

  Community team

  • March 25, 2024 08:48

  

  I'm wondering if it is some limitation of WSL then. Can you start the camera when you configure a small image size and small number of buffers (StreamBufferCountManual) in SpinView? You have to set StreamBufferCountMode to manual be able to configure the number of buffers. 

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  Christopher Ta

  • March 25, 2024 16:20

  I did some short testing with a laptop that has Ubuntu installed on it and a Raspberry PI

  Both devices were able to 'cycle' through the supported pixel formats when using the SpinView GUI and I'm heavily assuming that changing the pixel formats in any of the provided C++ examples would work

  I can confirm those findings with you later this week

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