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Application Programming Interface

The PixeLINK Application Programming Interface (API) offers application software developers a means to adapt existing programs or develop new imaging applications for PixeLINK cameras. It allows rapid development of custom applications for camera operation by simplifying the most common tasks associated with configuring and controlling the cameras.

The Pixelink Application Programming Interface
The Pixelink Application Programming Interface (API) offers application software developers a means to adapt existing programs or develop new imaging applic...
Fri, 31 Jul, 2020 at 5:05 PM
What's New with the API
Revision Notes 12.0 Added new feature FEATURE_COMPRESSION. Currently, it supports Pixelink10 lossless image compression. Added support for n...
Thu, 17 Oct, 2024 at 4:36 PM
PixeLINK_SDK_ROOT Environment Variable
During SDK installation, the environment variable PIXELINK_SDK_ROOT was created for you. It is set to the root directory of the SDK files.  For example,...
Thu, 13 Jun, 2019 at 3:46 PM
.NET API
PixeLINK.API.dll Assembly for the PixeLINK 4.0 API PixeLINK.API.dll is a Common Language Specification (CLS) compliant strong-named .NET assembly for us...
Fri, 13 Sep, 2024 at 4:11 PM
PixeLINK+ API Introduction
Here at PixeLINK we write a lot of code that uses our API. Most of the time the code has to be generic so that it can be used with all of our cameras. Over ...
Fri, 14 Jun, 2019 at 11:13 AM
Configuring Your Project To Use PixeLINK+
There are two options: PixeLINK.lib a static library Your project will have all the required object files in the library statically linked into ...
Fri, 14 Jun, 2019 at 11:18 AM
GigE Heartbeat
As required by the GigE Vision specification, Pixelink GigE cameras use a 'heartbeat' between the camera and the host to determine the 'liveness...
Tue, 5 Apr, 2022 at 1:54 PM
Programmable Features
The rich feature set of Pixelink cameras is enabled by software.  There are many features and many ways to control them.  This article provides information ...
Tue, 5 Jan, 2021 at 3:04 PM