Handle camera and library

Detailed Description

Functions for management of cameras and the library.

Functions
UINT32 DLL_FG_API	FG_get_camera_type (enum eFG_CAMERA_TYPE *camera_type)
	Returns the installed camera type.
UINT32 DLL_FG_API	FG_get_last_error (char *error_sting, UINT32 max_string_size)
	Returns an error description for the last failed library call.
UINT32 DLL_FG_API	FG_get_version (FG_VERSION *lib_version)
	Returns the library version.
UINT32 DLL_FG_API	FG_install_camera (enum eFG_CAMERA_TYPE camera_type,...)
	Opens and initializes the camera.
UINT32 DLL_FG_API	FG_uninstall_camera (void)
	Closes the camera.

Function Documentation

FG_get_camera_type()

UINT32 DLL_FG_API FG_get_camera_type

(

enum eFG_CAMERA_TYPE *

camera_type

)

Returns the installed camera type.

This function is useful if automatic detection of the camera type was used when calling FG_install_camera() (e.g. FG_CAMERA_TYPE_X_X_IMAGO_Vxx_AUTO).

Parameters

camera_type

Pointer for storing the camera type

Returns

FG_ERROR_CODE_NoError (0) for success, other values indicate an error (see eFG_ERROR_CODE)

FG_get_last_error()

UINT32 DLL_FG_API FG_get_last_error	(	char *	error_sting,
		UINT32	max_string_size )

Returns an error description for the last failed library call.

Note

• This function can be called multiple times without clearing the error description.
• The message should not be parsed by the application because the message text can change for new versions of the library.
• Beginning with library version 1.4.0.0, error messages are stored for each thread separately. Therefore, this function must be called by the same thread as the function which failed.
• Beginning with library version 1.4.0.0, the error message is updated for all types of errors, not only for FG_ERROR_CODE_ExtraErrorInformation.

Parameters

error_sting	A pointer to a preallocated buffer, which contains a zero-terminated string after a successful call.
max_string_size	The total size of the passed buffer. The string will be truncated if the error message is too long.

Returns

FG_ERROR_CODE_NoError (0) for success, other values indicate an error (see eFG_ERROR_CODE)

Example:

The following helper function checks the result of a library function and throws an exception with the error description in case of an error.

void TestFGResultAndThrowException(UINT32 fgResult)
{
    if (fgResult == FG_ERROR_CODE_NoError)
        return;
    else if (fgResult == FG_ERROR_CODE_ExtraErrorInformation)
    {
        char ErrText[500];
        FG_get_last_error(ErrText, sizeof(ErrText));
        throw std::runtime_error(ErrText);
    }
    else if (fgResult == FG_ERROR_CODE_InvalidArgument)
        throw std::runtime_error("Invalid argument");
    else if (fgResult == FG_ERROR_CODE_InvalidCameraChannel)
        throw std::runtime_error("Invalid camera channel");
    else if (fgResult == FG_ERROR_CODE_GrabTimeOut)
        throw std::runtime_error("Acquisition timeout");
    else if (fgResult == FG_ERROR_CODE_BrokenImage)
        throw std::runtime_error("Image is broken");
    else if (fgResult == FG_ERROR_CODE_Unknown)
        throw std::runtime_error("Unknown error");
    else
        throw std::runtime_error(std::string("Unknown error code: ") + std::to_string(fgResult));
}

The helper function can then be used like follows:

try {
    TestFGResultAndThrowException(FG_install_camera(FG_CAMERA_TYPE_X_X_IMAGO_Vxx_AUTO));
} catch (std::exception &err) {
    printf("FG Camera function failed:\n%s\n", err.what());
}

FG_get_version()

UINT32 DLL_FG_API FG_get_version

(

FG_VERSION *

lib_version

)

Returns the library version.

A short summary which features the dependencies can be found in the Introduction. But this library is part of a complete SDK and inside this you will find a release document which describes the changes from version to version in detail.

Parameters

lib_version

Pointer for storing the libary version

// read and print the version
FG_VERSION lib_version;
if( FG_get_version(&lib_version) == FG_ERROR_CODE_NoError )
    printf("\nuse FGCamera: \n - v%d.%d.%d.%d\n\n",
         lib_version.major, lib_version.minor, lib_version.patchlevel, lib_version.buildnumber);

Returns

FG_ERROR_CODE_NoError (0) for success, other values indicate an error (see eFG_ERROR_CODE)

FG_install_camera()

UINT32 DLL_FG_API FG_install_camera	(	enum eFG_CAMERA_TYPE	camera_type,
			... )

Opens and initializes the camera.

This function must be called before other camera functions can be used. All sensor parameters are initialized with default values.

Parameters

camera_type	Selects the camera type to use. The value FG_CAMERA_TYPE_X_X_IMAGO_Vxx_AUTO can be used for automatic detection. Call FG_get_camera_type() to get the installed type.
...	For GigE cameras, the function expects a 32-bit value containing the device's IPv4 address.

Returns

FG_ERROR_CODE_NoError (0) for success, other values indicate an error (see eFG_ERROR_CODE)

FG_uninstall_camera()

UINT32 DLL_FG_API FG_uninstall_camera

(

void

)

Closes the camera.

Before calling this function, image acquisition should be stopped and all image buffers should be released, please refer to the example code.

Returns

FG_ERROR_CODE_NoError (0) for success, other values indicate an error (see eFG_ERROR_CODE)