[Elphel-support] elphel queries

[Venkat Subbiah]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Oleg <support-list at support.elphel.com>wrote:

> Hi Venkat,
>
>
> 1) Does the elphel support RAW format? Is the raw format readable by dcraw?
>>
>
> No. We use our own raw format - JP4<http://wiki.elphel.com/index.php?title=JP4>.
> We have tools for converting it to other formats.
>
>
>> 2)  is sw support available to remotely drive it to take picture and
>> transfer it to PC.
>
>
> There are several options:
> 1. Install an NFS server on the host PC, mount it to the camera (from the
> camera's command line), then start recording - the images will be recorded
> in MOV format - that can be splitted afterwards.
>


> 2. The newest image is available at "http://camera-ip:8081/bimg" - we
> don't have an application or script for auto downloading but it's very easy
> to create
>
>> *wget http://192.168.0.9:8081/bimg -O path/image.jpeg* (or jp4)
>
>
>
>> If so how long does is the time interval between asking the elphel to
>> grab a 5 megapixel  frame and having the frame full downloaded using the
>> gigabit interface to a remote PC
>
>
> The camera can run in different modes:
> a. the default is "free run" - after an image is requested the latest one
> willl be downloaded.
>
Don't get what this means? Where will it be downloaded to?


> b. internal trigger from an internal counter
> b. external trigger through the sync port
> c. external trigger through the network
>
> The trigger command for c. is:
>
>> *http://192.168.0.9:8081/trig/pointers*
>
> Is there a wget or CGI command to trigger taking a picture then?


>
> The camera's network interface is limited to 100Mb/s. At a compression
> quality of 100% and the file size 2.5MB - the download time is ~200ms. The
> delay from the trigger command to the image acquisition (starting of the
> exposure) over the network is about ~1us.
>
> Best regards,
> Oleg Dzhimiev
> Electronics Engineer
> phone: +1 801 783 5555 x124
> Elphel, Inc.
>
>
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