Using double frame mode with a Hamamatsu C8484-05 and a PCI 1426

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Hi,
I am using a hamamatsu C8484-05 CCD camera (http://sales.hamamatsu.com/en/products/system-division/machine-vision/part-c8484-05.php), with a PCI-1426. 
Despite the NI site saying that they are compatible, Hamamatsu tell me that the camera is only compatible with the 1426 using the NI drivers , and not the Hamamatsu vi's. (http://sales.hamamatsu.com/index.php?id=13200492&language=1&)
I located the .icd file for the C8484-05 on the NI website, and using IMAQ, i can control most of the settings using the set camera attribute vi. 
However, there does not seem to be an option to set double exposure mode for PIV (i.e. 2 frame 2 exposure using double buffering)
Do I have to do this manually using the low-level buffer controls? For a previous camera (IDT X3) I was able to select this option in their provided VI.
If so, could you point me in the direction of some good tutorials for the use of buffers? 
Additionally, is there an easy way to get all of the options without copying the text from each menu in MAX and using multiple case structures?
Kind regards
Joe Sherwood
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Hi Zeyad,
The HiSense MkII is just a DANTEC relabelled C8484-05C, apparently it has some differences, but I have found none (except the price tag!). For me, the icd file in the previous post (and this one) work for both cameras.
The file I uploaded was a quick fix, but some of the options were not available when in PIV mode. The attached file is one i I improved at a later date, so you may have more luck with it (see note below) When you say you open it with IMAQ, what do you mean specifically? Vision Assistant, or IMAQ within labview? I personally check functionality using MAX, via the acquisition card (PCI 1426).
So to answer your questions,
1) If you just mean have I used it in LabVIEW, yes. It also works in Vision assistant and MAX
2) I have used it to acquire double frame images with no problems
I have used the camera at full exposure, and it was fine, but of course this is dependent on the illumination. If you are using laser pulses and your room is sufficiently dark the exposure should not matter.
I should mention that the one problem I have had is that IMAQ within labview seems incapable of changing the camera mode from double to single, so I have to change it in MAX (I had a guy from LabVIEW look at this, but he couldn't solve it).
Perhaps I could help more if you gave me a little more idea about your setup/application/ details of the errors etc.
Regards
Joe
I could not upload an icd file (interesting choice from NI), so I have saved it as a txt, you will just have to odify the extension to use it
Attachments:
Hamamatsu C8484-05-C2.txt ‏74 KB