The GigE-V Framework supports devices equipped with TurboDrive™ technology, delivering high speed data transfers exceeding the GigE limit. TurboDrive uses advanced data modeling to boost data transfers up to 2 or 3 times faster than standard GigE Vision speeds – with no loss of image quality. These breakthrough rates are achieved using a proprietary, patent pending process that assembles data from the sensor to optimize throughput, simultaneously taking full advantage of both the sensor’s maximum frame rate and the camera’s maximum GigE data transfer speed (up to 115 Mbytes/s). Teledyne DALSA’s TurboDrive increases system dependability and robustness similar to Camera Link throughput on a GigE network.

The “transferTurboMode” feature sets the enable state of TurboDrive (1 = enable, 0 = disable). If TurboDrive is not supported this feature returns an error. Refer to the example programs (genicam_c_demo/genicam_cpp_demo) for source code on to how to utilize TurboDrive in your application.

 

Important: Actual Transfers with TurboDrive are image content dependent but in the best case scenario, transfers over a GigE Network can reach the camera’s internal acquisition limit of up to 252MB/sec. If transfers are less than the camera maximum acquisition rate, camera memory will be used as a circular frame buffer. Refer to the TurboDrive Primer on the Teledyne DALSA web site for more details.

 

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