About this manual

Table of Contents

• Goal of the manual
• Contents of the manual

Goal of the manual

This manual gives you an overview of the mvVirtualDevice, which can be used to try mvIMPACT SDK functions and implement hardware specific parts without having the MATRIX VISION hardware installed yet. Programming the device is detailed in a separate documentation, which will be available in an online format.

Contents of the manual

At the beginning of the manual, you will get an introduction to the possible usages of the device. The following chapters contain general information about the device including:

• Quickstart followed by

The general information is followed by the description of the

• Software tools for the camera including the tools
• Developing applications using the mvIMPACT Acquire SDK
• DirectShow developers documents MATRIX VISION's mvIMPACT Acquire to DirectShow interface(DirectShow_acquire).
• Use Cases describes solutions for general tasks and
• A Glossary explains abbreviations and technical terms.

• Appendix A. Device Feature And Property List makes it possible to filter all features of the each camera which is available in the family. E.g. it is possible to look if a specific camera supports a specific feature.