{"id":11711,"date":"2025-09-04T14:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T05:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sentech.co.jp\/faq\/faq-7732"},"modified":"2025-09-27T18:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T09:42:20","slug":"faq-7732","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/sentech.co.jp\/en\/faq\/faq-7732","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between a software trigger and a hardware trigger?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A software trigger is activated by a software command.<br\/>A hardware trigger is activated by an external trigger signal input through the camera\u2019s external I\/O connector.<br\/>(For USB3 Vision and GigE Vision cameras, the external I\/O connector is a 6-pin connector.)<\/p>\n\n<p>How to set triggers in StViewer:<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stop image acquisition.<br\/>Go to RemoteDevice -&gt; AcquisitionControl -&gt; TriggerMode and set it to ON.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In RemoteDevice -&gt; AcquisitionControl -&gt; TriggerSource, select:<br\/>\u201cSoftware\u201d for software trigger<br\/>\u201cLineN\u201d (N = 0, 1, or 2) for hardware trigger<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>Note:<br\/>When LineN is selected, the camera operates with hardware trigger input from the corresponding external I\/O connector pin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","faq_cate":[250,256,247,258],"class_list":["post-11711","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq_cate-gige-vision","faq_cate-gige-vision-camera-settings","faq_cate-usb3-vision","faq_cate-usb3-vision-camera-settings"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is the difference between a software trigger and a hardware trigger? | FAQ | OMRON SENTECH CO., LTD.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sentech.co.jp\/en\/faq\/faq-7732\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is the difference between a software trigger and a hardware trigger? | FAQ | OMRON SENTECH CO., LTD.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A software trigger is activated by a software command.A hardware trigger is activated by an external trigger signal input through the camera\u2019s external I\/O connector.(For USB3 Vision and GigE Vision cameras, the external I\/O connector is a 6-pin connector.) 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