Snapping an image (single image acquisition)

1. Click File»Acquire Image. Vision Assistant displays the Acquisition Functions palette.
2. Click the appropriate acquisition step. The Devices window displays all NI image acquisition devices and channels or ports available for the computer.
3. Select the device and channel or port you want to use to acquire an image.
4. Click Acquire Single Image to acquire a single image with the NI image acquisition device and display it. This operation is known as a snap.
5. Click Store Acquired Image in Browser to send the image to the Image Browser.
6. Click Close to add the acquisition step and close the setup window.
7. Process the image as you would any other image in Vision Assistant.

Note  Refer to the NI Vision Acquisition Software Release Notes for more information about configuring NI image acquisition devices.

Related Topics

Simulating image acquisitions

Acquiring a sequence of images

Acquiring images in color

Grabbing an image (continuous image acquisition)

Image Acquisition in Vision Assistant