tcam-ctrl

tcam-ctrl is a commandline tool to allow inspection and configuration of devices.

Arguments

-h, --help

Print available options.

-l, --list

Print available cameras.

Sample Output

Available devices:
Model             Type        Serial

DFK 72UB02        V4L2        37410696
DFK 39GX265-Z20   Aravis      12919949
DFK AFU050-L34    LibUsb      04614259

-p, --properties <SERIAL>

Print available properties.

Requires the serial number of the camera to be queried.

-f, --format <SERIAL>

Print information about available video formats.

Requires the serial number of the camera to be queried.

-c, --caps <SERIAL>

Print GStreamer 1.0 caps the device offers.

Requires the serial number of the camera to be queried.

These caps are offered directly by the device. Implicitly converted caps offered by the tcambin through conversion are not included.

--version

Print version information about the used tiscamera and aravis versions.

Print information about the library versions of tiscamera and aravis.

-t,--type {aravis,v4l2,libusb,unknown}

Device type that shall be used. When a device offers multiple backends, this flag allows the user to choose the appropriate backend. Defaults to ‘unknown’, which causes the first device with matching serial to be choosen.

--save <SERIAL>

Prints a JSON description of the device properties and their values.

Requires the serial number of the camera to be queried.

--load <SERIAL> <JSON>

Load the JSON string and set the properties to the specified values. Alternatively a file path to a file containing the JSON description can be used.

See State for a JSON description.

# load from file
tcam-ctrl --load <SERIAL> <FILEPATH>

# load string
tcam-ctrl --load <SERIAL> '{\"Exposure\":3000,"Exposure\ Auto\":false}'