Video Class |
Defines the IVideo Interface. - NOW DEPRECATED, ONLY RETAINED FOR BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
Inheritance HierarchyNamespace: ASCOM.DriverAccess
Assembly: ASCOM.DriverAccess (in ASCOM.DriverAccess.dll) Version: 7.0.0-rc.0+0
SyntaxThe Video type exposes the following members.
ConstructorsProperties| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | BitDepth | Reports the bit depth the camera can produce. |
| CameraState | Returns the current camera operational state. |
| CanConfigureDeviceProperties | Returns True if the driver supports custom device properties configuration via the ConfigureDeviceProperties method. |
| Connected |
Set True to connect to the device hardware. Set False to disconnect from the device hardware.
You can also read the property to check whether it is connected. This reports the current hardware state.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| Connecting |
Returns True while the device is undertaking an asynchronous connect or disconnect operation.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| Description |
Returns a description of the device, such as manufacturer and model number. Any ASCII characters may be used.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| DeviceState |
Returns the device's operational state in a single call.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| DriverInfo |
Descriptive and version information about this ASCOM driver.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| DriverVersion |
A string containing only the major and minor version of the driver.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| ExposureMax | The maximum supported exposure (integration time) in seconds. |
| ExposureMin | The minimum supported exposure (integration time) in seconds. |
| FrameRate | The frame rate at which the camera is running. |
| Gain | Index into the Gains array for the selected camera gain. |
| GainMax | Maximum value of Gain. |
| GainMin | Minimum value of Gain. |
| Gains | Gains supported by the camera. |
| Gamma | Index into the Gammas array for the selected camera gamma. |
| GammaMax | Maximum value of Gamma. |
| GammaMin | Minimum value of Gamma. |
| Gammas | Gammas supported by the camera. |
| HasConnectAndDeviceState |
Returns if the device has a Platform 7 or later interface that supports Connect / Disconnect and DeviceState
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| Height | Returns the height of the video frame in pixels. |
| IntegrationRate | Index into the SupportedIntegrationRates array for the selected camera integration rate. |
| InterfaceVersion |
The interface version number that this device supports.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| LastVideoFrame | Returns an IVideoFrame with its ImageArray property populated. |
| Name |
The short name of the driver, for display purposes
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| PixelSizeX | Returns the width of the CCD chip pixels in microns. |
| PixelSizeY | Returns the height of the CCD chip pixels in microns. |
| SensorName | Sensor name. |
| SensorType | Type of colour information returned by the camera sensor. |
| SupportedActions | Returns the list of custom action names supported by this driver. (Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| SupportedIntegrationRates | Returns the list of integration rates supported by the video camera. |
| VideoCaptureDeviceName | The name of the video capture device when such a device is used. |
| VideoCodec | Returns the video codec used to record the video file. |
| VideoFileFormat | Returns the file format of the recorded video file, e.g. AVI, MPEG, ADV etc. |
| VideoFramesBufferSize | The size of the video frame buffer. |
| VideoState | VideoState device state |
| Width | Returns the width of the video frame in pixels. |
Methods| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Action | Invokes the specified device-specific custom action. (Inherited from AscomDriver) |
 | Choose | Brings up the ASCOM Chooser Dialogue to choose a Video device |
| CommandBlind |
Transmits an arbitrary string to the device and does not wait for a response.
Optionally, protocol framing characters may be added to the string before transmission.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| CommandBool |
Transmits an arbitrary string to the device and waits for a boolean response.
Optionally, protocol framing characters may be added to the string before transmission.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| CommandString |
Transmits an arbitrary string to the device and waits for a string response.
Optionally, protocol framing characters may be added to the string before transmission.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| ConfigureDeviceProperties | Displays a device properties configuration dialog that allows the configuration of specialized settings. |
| Connect |
Connect to the device asynchronously
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| Disconnect |
Disconnect from the device asynchronously
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| Dispose |
This method is a "clean-up" method that is primarily of use to drivers that are written in languages such as C# and VB.NET where resource clean-up is initially managed by the language's
runtime garbage collection mechanic. Driver authors should take care to ensure that a client or runtime calling Dispose() does not adversely affect other connected clients.
Applications should not call this method.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| SetupDialog |
Launches a configuration dialogue box for the driver. The call will not return
until the user clicks OK or cancel manually.
(Inherited from AscomDriver) |
| StartRecordingVideoFile | Starts recording a new video file. |
| StopRecordingVideoFile | Stops the recording of a video file. |
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