Initialization und termination
Hardware initialization |
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Replaced by is_InitBoard() (further valid) |
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Closes the card and deallocates memory |
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Replaced by is_ExitBoard() (further valid) |
Image acquisition and memory management
Stops live video |
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Acquires live video |
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Copies image to memory as defined by programmer |
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Copies single lines to memory as defined by programmer |
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Acquires image and writes to destination address |
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Allocates image memory |
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Frees allocated image memory |
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Makes image memory active |
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Reduces the number of images over PCI bus |
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Returns pointer to image memory |
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Returns line offset (n) to (n+1) |
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Returns number of active image memory |
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Returns image memory’s properties |
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Has the image acquisition started? |
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Has the image acquisition finished? |
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Makes external memory to image memory |
Double and multiple buffering
Records image memory in sequence list |
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Deletes sequence list |
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Determines the image memory which is currently being used for the sequence. |
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Protects image memory of the sequence from being overwritten. |
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Allows image memory of the sequence to be overwritten. |
Selection of operating modes and return of properties
Gets event counter and counter value |
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Selection of video input signal |
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Sets brightness |
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Sets contrast |
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Gets type of board (FALCON, FALCONplus, FALCONquattro, EAGLE) |
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Sets color saturation |
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Sets hue value |
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Selection of video standard |
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Selects image display mode |
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Activates/deactivates gamma correction |
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Sets sync level for critical video sources (VCR) |
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Selects color mode |
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Toggles scaler on and off; sets scaling ratio |
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Sets the size of the image |
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Sets image position within image window |
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Sets acquisition mode |
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Activates/deactivates error output |
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Sets horizontal interpolation filter |
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Sets vertical interpolation filter |
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Calls error message |
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Returns currently active field (odd or even) |
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Gets the interrupt used from the card |
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Returns the number of the PCI slot the board is plugged in |
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Calls operating system type |
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Output of VSYNC counter |
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Sets the digital area of interest on the image |
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Resets handle to output window |
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Set the handle of the parent or main window |
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Gets current color mode from VGA card |
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Changing the input after every frame |
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Sets real time ROP effects |
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Returns the version of falcon.dll |
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Returns the number of installed boards |
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Rules one of the video inputs to the video output |
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Controls the hardware watchdog |
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Sets the time of the hardware watchdog |
Reading from and writing to EEPROMS
Writes own data to EEPROM |
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Reads own data from EEPROM |
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Reads reprogrammed manufacturer's information |
Saving and loading images
Saves video image as a bitmap (BMP) |
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Saves image memory as a bitmap (BMP) |
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Loads a bitmap image |
Image output
Displays images in a window |
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Displays refresh with DirectDraw |
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Displays color bars from pattern generator |
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Sets the mode for the display refresh |
Supplementary DirectDraw functions
Toggles DirectDraw overlay memory |
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Switches off DirectDraw overlay memory |
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Displays overlay memory |
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Hides overlay memory |
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Returns pointer to DirectDraw surface |
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Retrieves the device context handle’s overlay memory |
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Releases the device context handle’s overlay memory |
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Update cycle of image output with DirectDraw |
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Enables access to overlay memory |
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Disables access to overlay memory |
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Enables VGA card to access the back buffer |
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Disables VGA card to access the back buffer |
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Sets the keying colour for the overlay display. |
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Changes position of overlay display. |
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Switches off overlay surface when the window is moved |
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Initializes image stealing |
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Steals image from a DirectDraw live mode |
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Scales overlay if video image becomes scaled |
Event Handling
Sets up event handler |
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Exits event handler |
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Enable object event |
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Disable object event |
Control of sync generator and input/outputs
Activates external trigger input |
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Sets the flash/strobe output |
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Activates the internal sync generator for the synchronization of more than one camera |
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Sets digital output or reads digital input |