Changelog

List of changes in each version

v1.12

Features

• Add new functions to control digital black
• Add host side lookup table(LUT)

Bug Fixes

• Fix compatibility issues with XCP and XC models regarding trigger and auto features.
• Fix ROI offset for auto white balance and brightness when ROI is changed
• Fix potential compilation error when building samples without CMake

v1.11

• Add new functions to rotate image via pixel pipeline. See peak_IPL_Rotation_Angle_Set
• Add new functions to create a histogram. See Histogram
• Add new functions to control the black level. See BlackLevel
• Revise the IO channel interface:
  • Rename io channels
    • Add new enumeration entries for io channels PEAK_IO_CHANNEL_LINE_0, ... PEAK_IO_CHANNEL_LINE_7
    • Add new functions that return the new io channels:
      • peak_IOChannel_GetListForDirection
      • peak_Trigger_Mode_Config_Get
      • peak_Flash_Mode_Config_Get
    • Mark as deprecated:
      • PEAK_IO_CHANNEL_TRIGGER_INPUT
      • PEAK_IO_CHANNEL_FLASH_OUTPUT
      • PEAK_IO_CHANNEL_GPIO_1
      • PEAK_IO_CHANNEL_GPIO_2
      • peak_IOChannel_GetList
      • peak_Trigger_Mode_Get
      • peak_Flash_Mode_Get
    • Use the PEAK_NO_WARN_DEPRECATED define to ignore deprecation warnings
  • Add new function to set a constant level of an io channel peak_IOChannel_Level_SetHigh
  • Add new peak_io_direction and related functions peak_IOChannel_Direction_GetAccessStatus, and peak_IOChannel_Direction_Get
  • Add new peak_io_type and related functions peak_IOChannel_Type_GetAccessStatus and peak_IOChannel_Type_Get
• Add new functions to control bandwidth via ThroughputLimit, see Bandwidth
• Add new functions to control IPO thread, see IPO
• Fix a bug that the input frame was modified within the pixel pipeline when peak_IPL_ProcessFrame was used.

v1.10

• Add new functions to control binning and decimation via subsampling engine. See Binning manual and Decimation manual
• Add new functions to control binning and decimation via pixel pipeline. See Binning and Decimation
• Add new functions to retrieve a list of supported pixel formats for sharpness measurement. See peak_IPL_Sharpness_GetList
• Add new functions to set scaling factors. See Scaling
• Fix a bug that Binning or Decimation could not be used if the camera does not support a horizontal or vertical factor

v1.9

• Add new functions to control camera status LED and camera network LED. See LED
• Add new functions to save frames as images to the filesystem. See ImageWriter
• Add new functions and associated messages for camera firmware upload. See Firmware Update
• Add new functions to set roi size and offset. See ROI (Region Of Interest)
• Add new functions to control image test pattern. See Test pattern
• Add new functions to control the buffer handling mode. See Buffer handling
• Add new functions to control the loss handling mode. See Loss handling

v1.8

• Add functions to change brightness algorithm for Auto brightness control
• Add functions to specify the Auto brightness control gain component
• Fix peak_CameraMemory_Area_Data_Write always writing the entire memory area

v1.7

• Add functions to control skip frames for Auto brightness control
• Add functions to control skip frames for Auto white balance control
• Add functions to control exposure limit for Auto brightness control
• Fix ROI (Region Of Interest) increment calculation with some sensors

v1.6.1

• Improve performance of binning and decimation functions

v1.6

• Add functions for Reconnect.
• Add function peak_Library_InterfaceTechnology_IsSupported to retrieve supported interface technologies.
• Add function peak_Camera_IsConnected
• Add function peak_Camera_Reboot
• Add new messages device found, device lost, device reconnected, device disconnected and the corresponding functions.

v1.5.1

• Speed up initial device list update for Ethernet cameras.

v1.5

• Add new functions for a Message Queue.
• Add new functions for I2C.

v1.4

• Add new functions for running inferences.
• Add new function peak_IPL_Sharpness_Measure for measuring sharpness of an image.
• Add new functions for host side edge enhancement
• Fix user provided hotpixel list getting overwritten on first call to peak_IPL_ProcessFrame or peak_IPL_ProcessFrameInplace.
• Fix user provided hotpixel list getting reset when calling peak_IPL_HotpixelCorrection_Sensitivity_Set or changing the region of interest
• Fix hotpixel list passed to peak_IPL_HotpixelCorrection_SetList as non-const pointer.
• Fix peak_camera_descriptor.userDefinedName not updated if the name has been changed. The name will now be updated when calling peak_CameraList_Update.
• Breaking changes
  • peak_IPL_HotpixelCorrection_Sensitivity_Set will no longer reset the hotpixel list, if provided by the user
  • The hotpixel list will no longer be reset when the region of interest changes, if the list was manually provided by the user

v1.3

• Add access to the user defined name property of a camera.
• Add new functions for controlling the active focus and auto focus.
• Add new functions peak_Camera_UserDefinedName_Set and peak_Camera_UserDefinedName_Get to control the user defined name of a camera.
• Add new function peak_Camera_ID_FromUserDefinedName to enable opening a camera by its user defined name.
• Add the user defined name to the peak_camera_descriptor.
• Add the property saturation to the host color correction feature.
  • Add new functions peak_IPL_ColorCorrection_Saturation_Get, peak_IPL_ColorCorrection_Saturation_Set, and peak_IPL_ColorCorrection_Saturation_GetRange.
• Fix possible use after free if the process is closed and peak_Library_Exit has not been called.
• Fix an issue where peak_IPL_AutoBrightness_TargetTolerance_Set sets the target value instead of the tolerance value
• Fix an issue where peak_Binning_Set and peak_Decimation_Set returns PEAK_STATUS_SUCCESS instead of PEAK_STATUS_OUT_OF_RANGE
• Fix an issue where peak_PixelFormat_GetList reports non-selectable pixelformats

v1.2

• Add new Video functions to encode frames and append them inside a video file
• Add new CameraMemory functions to access file storage on cameras
• Fix an issue where peak_ColorCorrection_GetAccessStatus for uEye camera models returns PEAK_ACCESS_READWRITE instead of PEAK_ACCESS_READONLY
• Fix an issue where peak_IOChannel_Xxx_GetAccessStatus returns PEAK_ACCESS_INVALID instead of PEAK_ACCESS_NOT_SUPPORTED for not supported io channels
• Fix an issue where peak_Acquisition_Start would return an error when starting the acquisition a second time in manual buffer management mode if buffers are not revoked between acquisitions

v1.1

• Add functionality to save and load .ini parameterset files from uEye to peak_CameraSettings_DiskFile_Store and peak_CameraSettings_DiskFile_Apply.
• Add new functions peak_IPL_AutoBrightness_ROI_Offset_GetRange and peak_IPL_AutoBrightness_ROI_Size_GetRange to query the current range of valid values for the host auto brightness ROI offset and dimensions
• Add new functions peak_IPL_AutoWhiteBalance_ROI_Offset_GetRange and peak_IPL_AutoWhiteBalance_ROI_Size_GetRange to query the current range of valid values for the auto white balance ROI offset and dimensions
• Add PEAK_STATUS_VALUE_ADJUSTED as return value to the function peak_PixelClock_Set to address an issue for uEye camera models with a discrete list of valid pixel clock values.
• Add new cmake function ids_peak_comfort_c_generate_starter_script to generate a .sh script to start your application, which will take care of setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH, GENICAM_GENTL32_PATH and GENICAM_GENTL64_PATH, especially when using the .tar.gz package
• The cmake function peak_windeploy has been marked as deprecated and replaced by ids_peak_comfort_c_deploy to resolve naming conflicts with generic SDK packages
• Fix an issue where the C99 standard would not be set automatically when using newer cmake versions (>= 3.8)
• Fix an issue where peak_IPL_ColorCorrection_Matrix_Set did not work as expected
• Fix an issue where all peak_AutoBrightness_ROI_Xxx and peak_AutoWhiteBalance_ROI_Xxx functions return PEAK_STATUS_OUT_OF_RANGE instead of PEAK_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
• Fix an issue where peak_GFA_Enumeration_GetList reports all existing entries and not just the selectable ones
• Fix an issue where peak_Trigger_Mode_Set returned PEAK_STATUS_OUT_OF_RANGE instead of PEAK_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
• Fix an issue where peak_IPL_AutoBrightness_TargetPercentile_Set did not work as expected
• Fix an issue with the internal image buffer management in Manual Buffer Preparation mode
• Breaking changes
  • peak_Acquisition_Stop always returns PEAK_STATUS_SUCCESS now, even if no acquisition is running.
  • peak_Acquisition_Stop will now block until parallel stop calls (or the automatic stop in case of a finite acquisition sequence) have finished

v1.0

• Initial release