You can save all settings in the Camera Control tool window as parameter sets and load them again at any point in time. Use this when you want to set certain defined acquisition conditions for specific samples, for example.
Using camera settings in a macro
The Macro Manager tool window offers you the possibility to quickly and easily automate work procedures that you use repeatedly. The settings in the Camera Control tool window aren't recorded in a macro. When you require certain camera settings in a macro, you can use the Camera Control tool window to save the settings you want in a parameter set. In the macro, you can load this parameter set before you acquire an image.
You can find more information on working with macros here.
See also
Saving camera settings
You can save camera settings that you often use.
1.Use the View > Tool Windows > Camera Control command to make the Camera Control tool window appear.
2.Switch to the live mode, and select the optimal settings for your acquisition, in the Camera Control tool window. For example, you can set different resolutions for the live-image and the acquired image.
Note: All of the current settings in the Camera Control tool window are saved.
The only exception is the image comments from the Note group. These image comments are not saved in the camera settings.
Note: It is possible to connect more than one camera to your software. Camera settings are automatically saved for each camera separately.
3.In the toolbar of the Camera Control tool window, click the Save Camera Settings button. Alternatively, you can also find a corresponding button on the Camera Control toolbar.
4.A dialog box for saving parameter sets opens.
4.Enter a name for the camera settings in the Name field. You can then reload the camera settings under this name at a later date.
Give it a descriptive name, so that you and other users will be able to easily recognize the reason for using the camera settings.
5.In the Save Camera Settings As dialog box, you can find a list of all of the camera settings that have already been saved for this camera and you have access to. You can also select one of the camera settings available here and overwrite them with the current settings in the Camera Control tool window.
5.In the Access options at the bottom of the dialog box, you specify whether the camera settings are to be available only to yourself, or to all of the users.
•The system is preset in such a way that a new parameter set is initially only available to the user who set it up. You recognize this status by the small icon (
) next to the name.
•Select the Public option. The parameter set can now be used by other users. You will be able to recognize this by the small icon (
) next to the parameter set's name.
6.Click the Close button to save the camera settings.
Loading camera settings
1.Click this button to load saved camera settings. You can find this button either in the Camera Control tool window or on the Camera Control toolbar.
2.The Load Camera Settings dialog box opens. Here, you can find a list of all of the camera settings that have already been saved for this camera and you have access to. Camera settings that were saved for another camera are not offered here.
2.Select an entry, and click the Load button to load the camera settings.
3.When you load camera settings, all of the current settings in the Camera Control tool window will be overwritten.
Managing camera settings
You can delete saved camera settings and change the access settings.
Deleting camera settings
1.In the toolbar of the Camera Control tool window, click the Save Camera Settings button.
2.The Save Camera Settings As dialog box opens. Here, you can find a list of all of the camera settings that have already been saved for this camera and you have access to.
2.Select the camera settings you want to delete.
3.Click the right mouse button and select the Delete command in the context menu.
4.Click the Cancel button, to close the dialog box.
Note: Don't use the Save button to close the dialog box, as this would create a new parameter set with camera settings. The newly saved camera settings would then have the name of the parameter set that you had deleted just before.
Changing the access settings
1.Open the Save Camera Settings As dialog box.
2.Select the camera settings you want to edit.
3.From the Access column, select either the Private () or Public () entry.
4.Click the Replace button, to close the dialog box.
Changing the name of the camera settings
1.Open the Save Camera Settings As dialog box.
2.Click the button with the three points [...] to the right of the entry in the Name column.
3.You can then edit the name of the camera settings.
3.Click the Replace button, to close the dialog box.
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