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Command:video
Contexts:Director console or command port
Function:Acquire sequential raw frames and deliver them to the video server
Required Parameters:none.
Optional Parameters:
nframes=[16] Number of raw frames/cycles
etime=*[0.005] Seconds of integration time per frame
intstart=*[0.005] Seconds after start (or end) of readout to start integration
width=[det-dependent] Width (columns) of readout per output
height=[det-dependent] Height (rows) of readout per output
videodest=[from-config] Video server destination IP, port, and feed name
keep=*[TRUE] If FALSE, read frame but discard the data
mod=Number of cycles after which to repeat pattern (must be < nframes)
ncpus=[2] Multi-threaded
dreg=*

(*) Options etime= intstart= dreg= and keep= take optional extensions to change to a new value on a given frame number. For example, to perform on reset and then readouts after:

  dreg=<regval_with_reset>,2:<regval_no_reset>

Without whitespace a comma, a frame number, a colon, and new value.