CAMERA MODE IDENTIFICATION -- SIMULATION or REAL . . . .

mbatchelor

2022-10-21-153628

All --

Is there CODE that an APP can use to learn whether the CAPTURE TOOL is running in SIMULATION MODE or whether it is communicating with a REAL CAMERA?

Thanks.

-- Matt

TreyM

Hi Matt,

The active camera is set to the one which is selected in the UI. Here is some code which will determine whether a real camera, simulation, or no camera is the active camera. No camera is the case when there is no real camera attached and the simulation is turned off.

This code requires a reference to MediaCy.IQL.Capture.Manager.

Imports MediaCy.IQL.Capture.Manager

Public Module Module1

    Function IsCameraSimulation(Optional ByRef noCamera As Boolean = False) As Boolean
        Dim captObj As IMcCaptureManagerDevice2

        With Capture.CaptureCommands.GetDeviceObject(Nothing)
            .Run()
            captObj = .Output.Value
        End With

        If captObj Is Nothing Then noCamera = True
        If captObj IsNot Nothing AndAlso captObj.Information.DeviceName.Contains("Capture Simulation") Then Return True

        Return False

    End Function

    Sub WhichCamera()
        Dim cameraSim As Boolean = False
        Dim cameraNone As Boolean = False

        cameraSim = IsCameraSimulation(cameraNone)

        ThisApplication.Output.Show()
        If cameraSim Then
            ThisApplication.Output.PrintMessage("Capture Simulation is the active camera")
        ElseIf cameraNone Then
            ThisApplication.Output.PrintMessage("There is no currently active camera")
        Else
            ThisApplication.Output.PrintMessage("There is a real camera active")
        End If

    End Sub

End Module

mbatchelor

2022-11-01-142938

Trey --

Thank you for the information and code.

I apologize for my slow response.  I had to put this project on STANDBY for a bit.

Thanks again.

-- Matt