fwt_software/src/camera/VimbaCameraSource.cpp

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#include "fgc/VimbaCameraSource.h"
// The SDK comes first on purpose. <VmbCPP/VmbCPP.h> pulls in
// VmbCPP/LoggerDefines.h, which on some SDK versions (the 2024-era /opt/VimbaX on
// the LattePanda, though not 2025-3) defines a FUNCTION-like LOG_ERROR(txt,
// errCode). Ours is object-like - `LOG_ERROR << "..."` - so whichever header is
// included last wins the redefinition, and when theirs wins the stream form never
// expands and fails to compile. Take the SDK's macros, drop them, then define
// ours over the top. The #undefs are harmless no-ops on SDKs that lack them.
#include <VmbCPP/VmbCPP.h>
#undef LOG_ERROR
#undef LOG_FREE_TEXT
#include "fgc/CameraStall.h"
#include "fgc/Logger.h"
#include <algorithm>
#include <atomic>
#include <chrono>
#include <cmath>
#include <memory>
#include <mutex>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <string>
#include <thread>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>
using namespace VmbCPP;
namespace fgc {
namespace {
long long nowMs() {
return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(
std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch())
.count();
}
// Cumulative per-camera acquisition stats. Lives in Impl (NOT the observer) so it
// survives the restart-on-stall, which recreates the observer each session.
struct CamStats {
std::atomic<long long> delivered{0};
std::atomic<long long> dropped{0};
std::atomic<long long> restarts{0};
std::atomic<unsigned> last_w{0};
std::atomic<unsigned> last_h{0};
std::atomic<long long> last_bytes{0};
// Brightness of the newest two measured frames, for the automatic settle
// wait. `measured` counts them; `measurable` is false while the stream's
// pixel format is one brightness() cannot read.
std::mutex bright_mutex;
long long measured = 0;
double bright_last = 0, bright_prev = 0; // percent of full scale
std::atomic<bool> measurable{true};
};
// Mean brightness, in percent of full scale, of an 8-bit frame (1 or 3 bytes per
// pixel), sampled every 7th pixel of every 7th row: plenty for a mean, and an
// odd stride visits every colour site of a Bayer mosaic. -1 for formats it
// cannot read (more than 8 bits, packed).
double brightness(const VmbUchar_t* buf, VmbUint32_t w, VmbUint32_t h, size_t size,
VmbPixelFormatType fmt) {
// PFNC: bits 16-23 of the format code are the bits each pixel occupies.
const unsigned bits = (static_cast<unsigned>(fmt) >> 16) & 0xFFu;
if (bits != 8 && bits != 24) return -1.0;
const size_t bpp = bits / 8;
if (size < static_cast<size_t>(w) * h * bpp) return -1.0;
constexpr VmbUint32_t kStride = 7;
unsigned long long sum = 0, n = 0;
for (VmbUint32_t y = 0; y < h; y += kStride) {
const VmbUchar_t* row = buf + static_cast<size_t>(y) * w * bpp;
for (VmbUint32_t x = 0; x < w; x += kStride)
for (size_t c = 0; c < bpp; ++c) {
sum += row[static_cast<size_t>(x) * bpp + c];
++n;
}
}
return n ? 100.0 * static_cast<double>(sum) / (255.0 * static_cast<double>(n)) : -1.0;
}
// Frame observer for the free-running stream: keeps the most recent COMPLETE
// frame. trigger() (once per scan waypoint) reads it out; the intermediate frames
// just give the on-camera auto-exposure/gain time to converge to the current
// light.
class FrameObserver : public IFrameObserver {
public:
FrameObserver(CameraPtr camera, int cam_id, CamStats* stats)
: IFrameObserver(camera), cam_id_(cam_id), stats_(stats) {}
// Copy out the latest complete frame; false if none has arrived yet.
bool takeLatest(Frame& out) {
std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
if (!has_) return false;
out = latest_;
return true;
}
// Timestamp of the latest complete frame (0 if none) - lets the source detect a
// stalled stream (timestamp stops advancing) without copying the whole frame.
long long latestTimestamp() {
std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
return has_ ? latest_.timestamp_ms : 0;
}
void FrameReceived(const FramePtr pFrame) override {
VmbFrameStatusType status;
VmbErrorType rc = pFrame->GetReceiveStatus(status);
if (rc == VmbErrorSuccess && status == VmbFrameStatusComplete) {
VmbUint32_t w = 0, h = 0, sz = 0;
const VmbUchar_t* buf = nullptr;
if (pFrame->GetWidth(w) == VmbErrorSuccess &&
pFrame->GetHeight(h) == VmbErrorSuccess &&
pFrame->GetBufferSize(sz) == VmbErrorSuccess &&
pFrame->GetBuffer(buf) == VmbErrorSuccess && buf && w && h) {
Frame f;
f.width = w;
f.height = h;
f.channels = static_cast<int>(sz / (static_cast<size_t>(w) * h));
f.cam_id = cam_id_;
f.timestamp_ms = nowMs();
f.data.assign(buf, buf + sz);
VmbPixelFormatType fmt{};
const double mean = pFrame->GetPixelFormat(fmt) == VmbErrorSuccess
? brightness(buf, w, h, sz, fmt) : -1.0;
{
std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
latest_ = std::move(f);
has_ = true;
}
if (stats_) {
stats_->measurable.store(mean >= 0.0);
if (mean >= 0.0) {
std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(stats_->bright_mutex);
stats_->bright_prev = stats_->bright_last;
stats_->bright_last = mean;
++stats_->measured;
}
stats_->delivered.fetch_add(1);
stats_->last_w.store(w);
stats_->last_h.store(h);
stats_->last_bytes.store(sz);
}
LOG_TRACE_CAT(LogCat::Camera)
<< "RX frame cam" << cam_id_ << ' ' << w << 'x' << h << ' ' << sz << 'B';
}
} else {
// Incomplete/invalid delivery - usually USB bandwidth starvation on large
// frames. Surface it instead of silently dropping.
if (stats_) stats_->dropped.fetch_add(1);
LOG_WARN << "camera cam" << cam_id_ << " dropped frame (status="
<< (rc == VmbErrorSuccess ? static_cast<int>(status) : -1) << ')';
}
m_pCamera->QueueFrame(pFrame);
}
private:
int cam_id_;
CamStats* stats_;
std::mutex mutex_;
Frame latest_;
bool has_ = false;
};
// Read a numeric/string feature, returning `fallback`/"" if absent (tolerant, for
// telemetry). Numeric takes an integer feature too: some are Int on one model and
// Float on another (IntensityControllerTolerance is Int on the Alvium 1800 U-1240c).
double getFloat(const CameraPtr& cam, const char* name, double fallback = 0.0) {
FeaturePtr f;
if (SP_ACCESS(cam)->GetFeatureByName(name, f) != VmbErrorSuccess) return fallback;
double v = fallback;
if (f->GetValue(v) == VmbErrorSuccess) return v;
VmbInt64_t i = 0;
if (f->GetValue(i) == VmbErrorSuccess) return static_cast<double>(i);
return fallback;
}
std::string getString(const CameraPtr& cam, const char* name) {
FeaturePtr f;
std::string v;
if (SP_ACCESS(cam)->GetFeatureByName(name, f) == VmbErrorSuccess && f->GetValue(v) == VmbErrorSuccess)
return v;
return {};
}
// Apply a profile by handing its settings XML to the SDK.
//
// This replaces a hand-rolled feature applier, and the reason is validity rather
// than brevity: GenICam writability is stateful (AcquisitionFrameRate is only
// writable once AcquisitionFrameRateEnable is set, Width's maximum depends on
// binning, and so on), so a text list applied line by line can be individually
// plausible and collectively wrong. The XML comes out of the VimbaX Viewer,
// which greys out invalid combinations as the operator configures, and
// LoadSettings replays exactly that. Nothing else may write settings.
bool applyProfile(const CameraPtr& cam, const CameraProfile& profile) {
VmbFeaturePersistSettings settings{};
settings.persistType = VmbFeaturePersistNoLUT;
// RemoteDevice only: the transport-layer and stream sections of the export
// describe the host that produced it, not the sensor.
settings.modulePersistFlags = VmbModulePersistFlagsRemoteDevice;
settings.maxIterations = 10; // features can need several passes to settle
settings.loggingLevel = VmbLogLevelWarn;
const VmbErrorType rc = SP_ACCESS(cam)->LoadSettings(profile.xml_path.c_str(), &settings);
if (rc != VmbErrorSuccess) {
LOG_ERROR << "camera: applying profile '" << profile.name << "' from "
<< profile.xml_path << " failed (error " << rc << ')';
return false;
}
LOG_INFO << "camera profile '" << profile.name << "' applied from " << profile.xml_path
<< " (" << profile.settings.entries.size() << " settings)";
return true;
}
// How far, in percent of full scale, a frame's brightness may sit outside the
// camera's own IntensityControllerTarget +- IntensityControllerTolerance and
// still count as settled. Slack for our sampled byte mean not being exactly the
// camera's measure. Not yet tuned on the rig: the per-waypoint TRACE line shows
// measured against target.
constexpr double kSettleMarginPct = 2.5;
// A camera's auto-exposure setup, read when a watch begins (a profile switch or
// `test camera` may have changed it since the last one).
struct AutoExposure {
bool known = false; // the camera has the features below
bool exposure_auto = false; // ExposureAuto is Continuous
bool gain_auto = false; // GainAuto is Continuous
double target = 0, tolerance = 0; // percent of full scale
double exposure_min = 0, exposure_max = 0; // us, the auto range
double gain_min = 0, gain_max = 0; // dB, the auto range
};
AutoExposure readAutoExposure(const CameraPtr& cam) {
AutoExposure a;
a.target = getFloat(cam, "IntensityControllerTarget", -1.0);
a.tolerance = getFloat(cam, "IntensityControllerTolerance", -1.0);
if (a.target < 0.0 || a.tolerance < 0.0) return a;
a.known = true;
a.exposure_auto = getString(cam, "ExposureAuto") == "Continuous";
a.gain_auto = getString(cam, "GainAuto") == "Continuous";
a.exposure_min = getFloat(cam, "ExposureAutoMin");
a.exposure_max = getFloat(cam, "ExposureAutoMax");
a.gain_min = getFloat(cam, "GainAutoMin");
a.gain_max = getFloat(cam, "GainAutoMax");
return a;
}
} // namespace
struct VimbaCameraSource::Impl {
Impl(std::vector<CameraSpec> s, std::vector<CameraProfile> p)
: specs(std::move(s)), profiles(std::move(p)), sys(VmbSystem::GetInstance()) {}
struct Identity { std::string id, model, serial; };
struct Telemetry {
double exposure_us = 0, gain_db = 0, temperature_c = 0, actual_fps = 0;
};
// One spec and one profile per camera, index-aligned and in open order, so a
// camera's settings are never those of the camera next to it.
std::vector<CameraSpec> specs;
std::vector<CameraProfile> profiles;
VmbSystem& sys;
std::vector<CameraPtr> cameras;
std::vector<IFrameObserverPtr> observers;
std::vector<std::unique_ptr<CamStats>> stats; // one per camera; survives restart
std::vector<Identity> identity; // read once at open()
std::vector<Telemetry> telemetry; // live values, cached ~1 Hz
long long telemetry_ms = 0; // last telemetry refresh
ICameraSource::FrameCallback callback;
bool started = false;
long long last_captured_ts = 0; // freshness watermark
long long last_no_frame_warn_ms = 0;
long long session_start_ms = 0; // this acquisition session
int failed_restarts = 0; // since the last frame arrived
// Per camera: the value each feature held before `test camera` first changed
// it, in the order changed - so it can be put back live, without stopping
// the stream (which is what a profile reload has to do).
std::vector<std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>>> touched;
// Automatic settle wait: per camera, the setup and the measured-frame count
// when the current watch began.
std::vector<AutoExposure> watch_ae;
std::vector<long long> watch_from;
bool watch_unknown_logged = false; // once per watch
// Begin/end a free-run acquisition session (fresh observers each time). Split out so
// trigger() can restart the stream when it stalls. Stats persist across restarts.
void startAcquisition() {
// Stop first, unconditionally. Clearing `observers` drops the last
// references to the FrameObserver objects, and until
// StopContinuousImageAcquisition() has returned the SDK's acquisition
// thread may still be calling FrameReceived on them - destroying them
// under it is a use-after-free, not a leak.
stopAcquisition();
// A fresh session has delivered nothing, so a watermark from the previous
// one would make every genuinely-new frame look stale to trigger().
last_captured_ts = 0;
session_start_ms = nowMs();
int cam_id = 0;
for (auto& cam : cameras) {
IFrameObserverPtr observer(new FrameObserver(cam, cam_id, stats[cam_id].get()));
if (cam->StartContinuousImageAcquisition(5, observer) != VmbErrorSuccess)
throw std::runtime_error("Could not start acquisition");
observers.push_back(observer);
++cam_id;
}
}
void stopAcquisition() {
for (auto& cam : cameras) cam->StopContinuousImageAcquisition();
observers.clear();
}
// Longest exposure any camera is set to, for how long a frame may take.
double longestExposureUs() {
double e = 0;
for (auto& cam : cameras) e = std::max(e, getFloat(cam, "ExposureTime"));
return e;
}
// Longest frame period any camera runs at (the rate it reports), 0 if unknown.
double slowestFramePeriodMs() {
double p = 0;
for (auto& cam : cameras) {
const double fps = getFloat(cam, "AcquisitionFrameRate");
if (fps > 0) p = std::max(p, 1000.0 / fps);
}
return p;
}
// Reboot one camera, reopen it by id and re-apply its profile. See
// CameraStall.h for why this exists.
bool resetOne(size_t idx) {
const std::string& id = specs[idx].id;
LOG_WARN << "camera '" << specs[idx].name << "': resetting it (DeviceReset)";
const bool was_started = started;
stopAcquisition();
FeaturePtr f;
if (SP_ACCESS(cameras[idx])->GetFeatureByName("DeviceReset", f) != VmbErrorSuccess ||
f->RunCommand() != VmbErrorSuccess) {
LOG_ERROR << "camera '" << specs[idx].name << "': DeviceReset is not available";
if (was_started) startAcquisition();
return false;
}
cameras[idx]->Close();
// It drops off the bus and re-enumerates: ~10 s for an Alvium 1800 U on
// tower 111. Reopen it by id as soon as it answers.
std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(3));
CameraPtr fresh;
const long long deadline = nowMs() + 45000;
bool opened = false;
while (!opened && nowMs() < deadline) {
CameraPtr c;
if (sys.GetCameraByID(id.c_str(), c) == VmbErrorSuccess &&
c->Open(VmbAccessModeFull) == VmbErrorSuccess) {
fresh = c;
opened = true;
} else {
std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
}
}
if (!opened) {
LOG_ERROR << "camera '" << specs[idx].name << "' did not come back within 45 s of "
"a DeviceReset - it needs a power cycle";
return false;
}
cameras[idx] = fresh;
if (idx < touched.size()) touched[idx].clear();
applyProfile(fresh, profiles[idx]);
if (was_started) startAcquisition();
LOG_INFO << "camera '" << specs[idx].name << "' is back after a reset";
return true;
}
// Newest frame timestamp across all cameras (0 if none delivered yet).
long long newestTs() {
long long t = 0;
for (auto& obs : observers)
t = std::max(t, SP_DYN_CAST<FrameObserver>(obs)->latestTimestamp());
return t;
}
};
VimbaCameraSource::VimbaCameraSource(std::vector<CameraSpec> specs,
std::vector<CameraProfile> profiles)
: impl_(std::make_unique<Impl>(std::move(specs), std::move(profiles))) {}
VimbaCameraSource::~VimbaCameraSource() {
try {
stop();
close();
} catch (const std::exception& e) {
LOG_WARN << "VimbaCameraSource shutdown: " << e.what();
}
}
void VimbaCameraSource::open() {
if (impl_->sys.Startup() != VmbErrorSuccess)
throw std::runtime_error("Could not start Vimba X API");
for (const auto& spec : impl_->specs) {
const std::string& id = spec.id;
CameraPtr cam;
if (impl_->sys.GetCameraByID(id.c_str(), cam) != VmbErrorSuccess)
throw std::runtime_error("Camera '" + spec.name + "' not found: " + id);
if (const VmbErrorType rc = cam->Open(VmbAccessModeFull); rc != VmbErrorSuccess) {
std::string why;
if (rc == VmbErrorInvalidAccess || rc == VmbErrorBusy)
why = " - another process has it open (is the VimbaX Viewer still running?)";
else if (rc == VmbErrorNotFound)
why = " - it disappeared between discovery and open (USB reset?)";
throw std::runtime_error("Could not open camera '" + spec.name + "': " + id +
" (Vimba error " + std::to_string(rc) + ")" + why);
}
impl_->cameras.push_back(cam);
// Per-camera stats (persist across restart) + identity (read once here).
impl_->stats.push_back(std::make_unique<CamStats>());
impl_->telemetry.emplace_back();
impl_->touched.emplace_back();
impl_->identity.push_back({id, getString(cam, "DeviceModelName"),
getString(cam, "DeviceSerialNumber")});
LOG_INFO << "Opened camera '" << spec.name << "' " << id << " ("
<< impl_->identity.back().model << ')';
}
// Configure each camera ONCE, here. Settings are GenICam features that live on
// the device and survive a stop/start of acquisition, so re-applying them
// whenever the stream starts is both wasted work (thousands of features) and
// wrong in principle: it lets a request to *stream* alter the *configuration*.
// A scan frame and a manual snapshot must come off an identically configured
// camera, and the only way to guarantee that is to never touch the
// configuration in between.
for (size_t i = 0; i < impl_->cameras.size() && i < impl_->profiles.size(); ++i)
applyProfile(impl_->cameras[i], impl_->profiles[i]);
}
void VimbaCameraSource::close() {
for (auto& cam : impl_->cameras) cam->Close();
impl_->cameras.clear();
impl_->sys.Shutdown();
}
// Start/stop the free-running stream. Configuration is NOT touched here - that
// happened at open(), and changes only through setProfile().
void VimbaCameraSource::start() {
// Idempotent. Several callers reach here without knowing whether another
// already has - `start` (scan), `snapshot`, and a [Startup] mode = auto -
// and re-entering would restart acquisition under the SDK's feet.
if (impl_->started) return;
impl_->startAcquisition();
impl_->started = true;
}
bool VimbaCameraSource::setProfile(int camera_index, const CameraProfile& profile) {
const size_t idx = static_cast<size_t>(camera_index);
if (camera_index < 0 || idx >= impl_->cameras.size() || idx >= impl_->profiles.size()) {
LOG_WARN << "camera: setProfile for unknown camera index " << camera_index;
return false;
}
impl_->profiles[idx] = profile;
// A profile sets every feature, so nothing is left to put back by hand.
if (idx < impl_->touched.size()) impl_->touched[idx].clear();
if (!impl_->started) {
// Idle: every feature is writable, so apply directly. start() no longer
// applies profiles, so skipping this would leave the camera on the old one.
return applyProfile(impl_->cameras[idx], profile);
}
// Binning, ROI and pixel format cannot be written while the stream runs, and a
// profile may change any of them, so always cycle the stream. Profile switches
// are rare; a per-feature "is this writable live" allow-list would be fragile.
try {
impl_->stopAcquisition();
const bool ok = applyProfile(impl_->cameras[idx], profile);
impl_->startAcquisition();
if (!ok) return false;
} catch (const std::exception& e) {
LOG_ERROR << "camera: applying profile '" << profile.name << "' failed: " << e.what();
return false;
}
// The next trigger() must not hand back a frame exposed under the old profile.
impl_->last_captured_ts = nowMs();
return true;
}
void VimbaCameraSource::stop() {
if (!impl_->started) return;
impl_->stopAcquisition();
impl_->started = false;
}
bool VimbaCameraSource::trigger() {
// Deliver the freshest complete frame per waypoint. This host's USB3 stream
// reliably delivers the first frames of a session but stalls after a burst; if
// no frame newer than the last capture is available, the stream has stalled -
// restart acquisition to unstick it and wait briefly for a fresh frame. Without
// this, keep-latest would hand the same stale frame to every remaining waypoint
// (all overwriting one file).
const long long newest = impl_->newestTs();
// A session that has delivered NOTHING is warming up, not stalled. These are
// different states that both fail the "no newer frame" test, and conflating
// them is expensive: restarting throws away the warm-up and blocks the control
// thread for 3 s, so a cold stream would be repeatedly reset just as it was
// about to produce its first frame. Return empty-handed instead; the caller
// retries every tick.
//
// But not forever. A session that never delivers is not warming up, and it
// used never to be restarted at all: tower 111's camera sat like that for 9
// minutes on 2026-09-24, capturing nothing and saying only "warming up".
// CameraStall.h decides when waiting has become a stall, allowing for long
// exposures, and when restarting has stopped helping.
if (newest == 0) {
const long long now = nowMs();
const long long waited = now - impl_->session_start_ms;
const double exposure = impl_->longestExposureUs();
switch (onNoFirstFrame(waited, exposure, impl_->failed_restarts)) {
case StallAction::Wait:
if (now - impl_->last_no_frame_warn_ms > 5000) {
LOG_WARN << "camera: no frame yet (stream warming up)";
impl_->last_no_frame_warn_ms = now;
}
break;
case StallAction::Restart:
LOG_WARN << "camera: no frame at all " << waited / 1000
<< " s into the stream; restarting it";
++impl_->failed_restarts;
for (auto& st : impl_->stats) st->restarts.fetch_add(1);
try {
impl_->stopAcquisition();
impl_->startAcquisition();
} catch (const std::exception& e) {
LOG_WARN << "camera: acquisition restart failed: " << e.what();
}
break;
case StallAction::Reset:
LOG_ERROR << "camera: still no frame after " << impl_->failed_restarts
<< " stream restarts; resetting the camera";
for (size_t i = 0; i < impl_->cameras.size(); ++i) impl_->resetOne(i);
impl_->failed_restarts = 0;
break;
}
return false;
}
if (newest <= impl_->last_captured_ts) {
// Nothing newer than the last frame kept - but with long exposures the
// next one may simply not be due yet. Restarting now would throw away the
// exposure in progress, so wait while that is still plausible.
const long long since_newest = nowMs() - newest;
if (onStaleFrame(since_newest, impl_->longestExposureUs(),
impl_->slowestFramePeriodMs()) == StallAction::Wait)
return false;
LOG_TRACE_CAT(LogCat::Camera) << "stream stale (" << since_newest
<< " ms since the newest frame); restarting acquisition";
for (auto& s : impl_->stats) s->restarts.fetch_add(1);
try {
impl_->stopAcquisition();
impl_->startAcquisition();
} catch (const std::exception& e) {
LOG_WARN << "camera: acquisition restart failed: " << e.what();
}
const long long deadline = nowMs() + 3000;
while (impl_->newestTs() <= impl_->last_captured_ts && nowMs() < deadline)
std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(50));
if (impl_->newestTs() <= impl_->last_captured_ts &&
onRestartFailed(++impl_->failed_restarts) == StallAction::Reset) {
LOG_ERROR << "camera: the stream stays stale after " << impl_->failed_restarts
<< " restarts; resetting the camera";
for (size_t i = 0; i < impl_->cameras.size(); ++i) impl_->resetOne(i);
impl_->failed_restarts = 0;
}
}
bool any = false;
for (auto& obs : impl_->observers) {
Frame f;
if (SP_DYN_CAST<FrameObserver>(obs)->takeLatest(f)) {
LOG_TRACE_CAT(LogCat::Camera) << "capture cam" << f.cam_id << " ts=" << f.timestamp_ms;
impl_->last_captured_ts = std::max(impl_->last_captured_ts, f.timestamp_ms);
if (impl_->callback) impl_->callback(f);
any = true;
impl_->failed_restarts = 0;
}
}
if (!any) {
// Frames HAVE arrived this session (the newest == 0 case returned above), so
// this is the restart-did-not-help path. The scheduler retries every tick,
// so rate-limit.
long long now = nowMs();
if (now - impl_->last_no_frame_warn_ms > 5000) {
LOG_WARN << "camera: stream stalled and did not recover after a restart";
impl_->last_no_frame_warn_ms = now;
}
}
return any;
}
void VimbaCameraSource::setFrameCallback(FrameCallback cb) { impl_->callback = std::move(cb); }
void VimbaCameraSource::beginExposureWatch() {
const size_t n = impl_->cameras.size();
impl_->watch_ae.assign(n, {});
impl_->watch_from.assign(n, 0);
impl_->watch_unknown_logged = false;
for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
impl_->watch_ae[i] = readAutoExposure(impl_->cameras[i]);
std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(impl_->stats[i]->bright_mutex);
impl_->watch_from[i] = impl_->stats[i]->measured;
}
}
// Settled when the last two frames since the watch began sit on the camera's own
// target. Comparing exposure and gain between frames is not enough: auto-exposure
// moves in steps and pauses, and "unchanged for 3 frames" fired while brightness
// was still 17-300 % off (docs/camera-capture-measurements.md). Off target with
// exposure and gain pinned at their auto limits is AtLimit: waiting cannot help.
ExposureState VimbaCameraSource::exposureState() {
if (impl_->watch_ae.size() != impl_->cameras.size() || impl_->cameras.empty())
return ExposureState::Unknown;
ExposureState worst = ExposureState::Settled;
for (size_t i = 0; i < impl_->cameras.size(); ++i) {
const AutoExposure& ae = impl_->watch_ae[i];
CamStats& st = *impl_->stats[i];
if (!ae.known || !st.measurable.load()) {
if (!impl_->watch_unknown_logged) {
impl_->watch_unknown_logged = true;
LOG_DEBUG << "exposure cam" << i << ": cannot tell - "
<< (!ae.known ? "no IntensityControllerTarget/Tolerance readout"
: "pixel format is not 8-bit");
}
return ExposureState::Unknown;
}
long long since;
double last, prev;
{
std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(st.bright_mutex);
since = st.measured - impl_->watch_from[i];
last = st.bright_last;
prev = st.bright_prev;
}
// Two fresh frames: the first after standstill may have been exposed partly
// during the slew.
ExposureState s = ExposureState::Converging;
double exp = -1, gn = -1; // read only when off target
if (since >= 2) {
const double half = ae.tolerance + kSettleMarginPct;
const bool dark = last < ae.target - half && prev < ae.target - half;
const bool bright = last > ae.target + half && prev > ae.target + half;
const bool in_band =
std::abs(last - ae.target) <= half && std::abs(prev - ae.target) <= half;
if (in_band || (!ae.exposure_auto && !ae.gain_auto)) {
s = ExposureState::Settled;
} else if (dark || bright) {
const auto& cam = impl_->cameras[i];
exp = getFloat(cam, "ExposureTime");
gn = getFloat(cam, "Gain");
const bool exp_pinned = !ae.exposure_auto ||
(dark ? exp >= ae.exposure_max * 0.98 : exp <= ae.exposure_min * 1.02);
const bool gain_pinned = !ae.gain_auto ||
(dark ? gn >= ae.gain_max - 0.1 : gn <= ae.gain_min + 0.1);
if (exp_pinned && gain_pinned) s = ExposureState::AtLimit;
}
}
LOG_TRACE_CAT(LogCat::Camera)
<< "exposure cam" << i << ": brightness " << last << " % (previous " << prev
<< ") vs target " << ae.target << " +- " << ae.tolerance << ", " << since
<< " frames since rest"
<< (exp >= 0 ? ", exposure " + std::to_string(exp) + " us (auto " +
std::to_string(ae.exposure_min) + ".." +
std::to_string(ae.exposure_max) + "), gain " +
std::to_string(gn) + " dB (auto max " +
std::to_string(ae.gain_max) + ")"
: std::string());
worst = std::min(worst, s);
}
return worst;
}
int VimbaCameraSource::cameraCount() const { return static_cast<int>(impl_->cameras.size()); }
std::vector<CameraDeviceInfo> VimbaCameraSource::deviceInfo() {
// Refresh the live sensor telemetry at most ~1 Hz - deviceInfo() is called every UI
// tick (~10 Hz) but runs on the control thread (serialized with trigger()), and reading
// camera features is not free. Identity + stats come from cached/atomic state.
const long long now = nowMs();
if (now - impl_->telemetry_ms > 1000) {
impl_->telemetry_ms = now;
for (size_t i = 0; i < impl_->cameras.size(); ++i) {
auto& cam = impl_->cameras[i];
auto& t = impl_->telemetry[i];
t.exposure_us = getFloat(cam, "ExposureTime");
t.gain_db = getFloat(cam, "Gain");
t.temperature_c = getFloat(cam, "DeviceTemperature");
t.actual_fps = getFloat(cam, "AcquisitionFrameRate");
}
}
std::vector<CameraDeviceInfo> out;
out.reserve(impl_->cameras.size());
for (size_t i = 0; i < impl_->cameras.size(); ++i) {
const CamStats& s = *impl_->stats[i];
const Impl::Telemetry& t = impl_->telemetry[i];
CameraDeviceInfo d;
d.id = impl_->identity[i].id;
d.model = impl_->identity[i].model;
d.serial = impl_->identity[i].serial;
d.streaming = impl_->started && !impl_->observers.empty();
d.width = s.last_w.load();
d.height = s.last_h.load();
d.payload_bytes = s.last_bytes.load();
d.exposure_us = t.exposure_us;
d.gain_db = t.gain_db;
d.temperature_c = t.temperature_c;
d.actual_fps = t.actual_fps;
d.frames_delivered = s.delivered.load();
d.frames_dropped = s.dropped.load();
d.restarts = s.restarts.load();
out.push_back(std::move(d));
}
return out;
}
// ---- `test camera` -------------------------------------------------------------
bool VimbaCameraSource::grabFrame(int camera_index, Frame& out, int timeout_ms) {
const size_t idx = static_cast<size_t>(camera_index);
if (camera_index < 0 || idx >= impl_->observers.size()) return false; // not streaming
auto* obs = SP_DYN_CAST<FrameObserver>(impl_->observers[idx]).get();
// Strictly newer than now: a frame that was already waiting was exposed
// before the caller asked, possibly under settings it has since changed.
const long long since = nowMs();
const long long deadline = since + timeout_ms;
while (nowMs() < deadline) {
if (obs->latestTimestamp() > since) return obs->takeLatest(out);
std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
}
return false;
}
bool VimbaCameraSource::setFeature(int camera_index, const std::string& name,
const std::string& value) {
const size_t idx = static_cast<size_t>(camera_index);
if (camera_index < 0 || idx >= impl_->cameras.size()) return false;
FeaturePtr f;
VmbFeatureDataType type = VmbFeatureDataUnknown;
if (SP_ACCESS(impl_->cameras[idx])->GetFeatureByName(name.c_str(), f) != VmbErrorSuccess ||
f->GetDataType(type) != VmbErrorSuccess)
return false;
// The value before the first change, so restoreProfile() can put it back
// live. Only the first: a second change must not record the test's own value.
auto& mine = impl_->touched[idx];
const bool seen = std::any_of(mine.begin(), mine.end(),
[&](const std::pair<std::string, std::string>& t) {
return t.first == name;
});
if (!seen) {
std::string before;
switch (type) {
case VmbFeatureDataFloat: {
double v = 0;
if (f->GetValue(v) == VmbErrorSuccess) {
char b[40]; std::snprintf(b, sizeof(b), "%.17g", v); before = b;
}
break;
}
case VmbFeatureDataInt: {
VmbInt64_t v = 0;
if (f->GetValue(v) == VmbErrorSuccess) before = std::to_string(v);
break;
}
case VmbFeatureDataBool: {
bool v = false;
if (f->GetValue(v) == VmbErrorSuccess) before = v ? "true" : "false";
break;
}
case VmbFeatureDataEnum:
case VmbFeatureDataString: f->GetValue(before); break;
default: break;
}
if (!before.empty()) mine.emplace_back(name, before);
}
auto write = [&]() -> VmbErrorType {
try {
switch (type) {
case VmbFeatureDataFloat: return f->SetValue(std::stod(value));
case VmbFeatureDataInt: return f->SetValue(static_cast<VmbInt64_t>(std::stoll(value)));
case VmbFeatureDataBool: return f->SetValue(value == "true" || value == "1");
case VmbFeatureDataEnum:
case VmbFeatureDataString: return f->SetValue(value.c_str());
default: return VmbErrorWrongType;
}
} catch (const std::exception&) {
return VmbErrorBadParameter; // text that is not a number for a numeric feature
}
};
VmbErrorType rc = write();
// Some features cannot change while the camera streams - BlackLevel on the
// Alvium 1800 answers InvalidAccess (measured on tower 121) where ExposureTime
// and Gain are fine. Stop, write, and start again, as setProfile() does.
if (rc == VmbErrorInvalidAccess && impl_->started) {
try {
impl_->stopAcquisition();
rc = write();
impl_->startAcquisition();
} catch (const std::exception& e) {
LOG_WARN << "camera: restarting the stream around " << name << " failed: " << e.what();
rc = VmbErrorInternalFault;
}
}
if (rc != VmbErrorSuccess) {
LOG_WARN << "camera: setting " << name << " = " << value << " failed (error " << rc << ')';
return false;
}
LOG_DEBUG << "camera cam" << camera_index << ": " << name << " = " << value;
return true;
}
bool VimbaCameraSource::featureRange(int camera_index, const std::string& name, double& min,
double& max) {
const size_t idx = static_cast<size_t>(camera_index);
if (camera_index < 0 || idx >= impl_->cameras.size()) return false;
FeaturePtr f;
VmbFeatureDataType type = VmbFeatureDataUnknown;
if (SP_ACCESS(impl_->cameras[idx])->GetFeatureByName(name.c_str(), f) != VmbErrorSuccess ||
f->GetDataType(type) != VmbErrorSuccess)
return false;
if (type == VmbFeatureDataFloat) return f->GetRange(min, max) == VmbErrorSuccess;
if (type == VmbFeatureDataInt) {
VmbInt64_t a = 0, b = 0;
if (f->GetRange(a, b) != VmbErrorSuccess) return false;
min = static_cast<double>(a);
max = static_cast<double>(b);
return true;
}
return false;
}
bool VimbaCameraSource::restoreProfile(int camera_index) {
const size_t idx = static_cast<size_t>(camera_index);
if (camera_index < 0 || idx >= impl_->profiles.size()) return false;
// Put back what setFeature() changed, live and in reverse order - values
// first, then the auto modes that take over from them. No stream restart:
// stopping and starting it repeatedly is exactly what preceded tower 111's
// camera getting stuck (known-issues #15).
auto undo = std::move(impl_->touched[idx]);
impl_->touched[idx].clear();
bool ok = !undo.empty();
for (auto it = undo.rbegin(); ok && it != undo.rend(); ++it) {
FeaturePtr f;
VmbFeatureDataType type = VmbFeatureDataUnknown;
if (SP_ACCESS(impl_->cameras[idx])->GetFeatureByName(it->first.c_str(), f) != VmbErrorSuccess ||
f->GetDataType(type) != VmbErrorSuccess) { ok = false; break; }
VmbErrorType rc = VmbErrorWrongType;
try {
switch (type) {
case VmbFeatureDataFloat: rc = f->SetValue(std::stod(it->second)); break;
case VmbFeatureDataInt: rc = f->SetValue(static_cast<VmbInt64_t>(std::stoll(it->second))); break;
case VmbFeatureDataBool: rc = f->SetValue(it->second == "true"); break;
case VmbFeatureDataEnum:
case VmbFeatureDataString: rc = f->SetValue(it->second.c_str()); break;
default: break;
}
} catch (const std::exception&) { rc = VmbErrorBadParameter; }
ok = rc == VmbErrorSuccess;
}
if (ok) {
LOG_INFO << "camera: " << undo.size() << " setting(s) put back live";
return true;
}
// Nothing recorded, or a write refused: the whole profile, the slow way.
// setProfile() cycles the stream when one is running, since a profile may
// carry features that are not writable live.
return setProfile(camera_index, impl_->profiles[idx]);
}
bool VimbaCameraSource::resetCamera(int camera_index) {
const size_t idx = static_cast<size_t>(camera_index);
if (camera_index < 0 || idx >= impl_->cameras.size()) return false;
const bool ok = impl_->resetOne(idx);
impl_->failed_restarts = 0;
return ok;
}
} // namespace fgc