Feature

class vmbpy.BoolFeature

The BoolFeature is a feature represented by a boolean value.

get() → bool

Get current feature value of type bool.

Returns:: Feature value of type bool.
Raises:: VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.

get_access_mode() → Tuple[bool, bool]

Get features current access mode.

Returns:: A pair of bool. In the first bool is True, read access on this Feature is granted. If the second bool is True write access on this Feature is granted.

get_category() → str: Get Feature category, e.g. ‘/Discovery’

get_description() → str: Long feature description.

get_display_name() → str: Get lengthy Feature name e.g. ‘Discovery Interface Event’

get_flags() → Tuple[FeatureFlags, ...]: Get a set of FeatureFlags, e.g. (FeatureFlags.Read, FeatureFlags.Write)

get_name() → str: Get Feature Name, e.g. ‘DiscoveryInterfaceEvent’

get_polling_time() → int: Predefined Polling Time for volatile features.

get_representation() → str: Representation of a numeric feature.

get_sfnc_namespace() → str: Namespace of this feature

get_tooltip() → str: Short Feature description.

get_type() → Type[_BaseFeature]: Get Feature Type, e.g. IntFeature

get_unit() → str: Get unit of this Feature, e.g. ‘dB’ on Feature ‘GainAutoMax’

get_visibility() → FeatureVisibility: UI visibility of this feature

has_selected_features() → bool: Indicates if this feature selects other features.

is_readable() → bool

Is read access on this Features granted?

Returns:: True if read access is allowed on this feature. False is returned if read access is not allowed.

is_streamable() → bool: Indicates if a feature can be stored in /loaded from a file.

is_writeable() → bool

Is write access on this Feature granted?

Returns:: True if write access is allowed on this feature. False is returned if write access is not allowed.

Register Callable on the Feature.

The Callable will be executed as soon as the Feature value changes. The first parameter on a registered handler will be called with the changed feature itself. The methods returns early if a given handler is already registered.

Parameters:: handler – The Callable that should be executed on change.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameters do not match their type hint.

set(val)

Set current feature value of type bool.

Parameters:

val – The boolean value to set.

Raises:

VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.
VmbFeatureError – If called with an invalid value.
VmbFeatureError – If executed within a registered change_handler.

unregister_all_change_handlers(): Remove all registered change handlers.

Remove registered Callable from the Feature.

Removes a previously registered handler from this Feature. In case the handler that should be removed was never added in the first place, the method returns silently.

Parameters:: handler – The Callable that should be removed.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameters do not match their type hint.

class vmbpy.FloatFeature

The FloatFeature is a feature represented by a floating point number.

get() → float

Get current value (float).

Returns:: Current float value.
Raises:: VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.

get_access_mode() → Tuple[bool, bool]

Get features current access mode.

Returns:: A pair of bool. In the first bool is True, read access on this Feature is granted. If the second bool is True write access on this Feature is granted.

get_category() → str: Get Feature category, e.g. ‘/Discovery’

get_description() → str: Long feature description.

get_display_name() → str: Get lengthy Feature name e.g. ‘Discovery Interface Event’

get_flags() → Tuple[FeatureFlags, ...]: Get a set of FeatureFlags, e.g. (FeatureFlags.Read, FeatureFlags.Write)

get_increment() → float | None

Get increment (steps between valid values, starting from minimum value).

Returns:: The increment or None if the feature currently has no increment.
Raises:: VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.

get_name() → str: Get Feature Name, e.g. ‘DiscoveryInterfaceEvent’

get_polling_time() → int: Predefined Polling Time for volatile features.

get_range() → Tuple[float, float]

Get range of accepted values

Returns:: A pair of range boundaries. First value is the minimum, second value is the maximum.
Raises:: VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.

get_representation() → str: Representation of a numeric feature.

get_sfnc_namespace() → str: Namespace of this feature

get_tooltip() → str: Short Feature description.

get_type() → Type[_BaseFeature]: Get Feature Type, e.g. IntFeature

get_unit() → str: Get unit of this Feature, e.g. ‘dB’ on Feature ‘GainAutoMax’

get_visibility() → FeatureVisibility: UI visibility of this feature

has_selected_features() → bool: Indicates if this feature selects other features.

is_readable() → bool

Is read access on this Features granted?

Returns:: True if read access is allowed on this feature. False is returned if read access is not allowed.

is_streamable() → bool: Indicates if a feature can be stored in /loaded from a file.

is_writeable() → bool

Is write access on this Feature granted?

Returns:: True if write access is allowed on this feature. False is returned if write access is not allowed.

Register Callable on the Feature.

The Callable will be executed as soon as the Feature value changes. The first parameter on a registered handler will be called with the changed feature itself. The methods returns early if a given handler is already registered.

Parameters:: handler – The Callable that should be executed on change.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameters do not match their type hint.

set(val: float)

Set current value of type float.

Parameters:

val – The float value to set.

Raises:

VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.
VmbFeatureError – If value is out of bounds.
VmbFeatureError – If executed within a registered change_handler.

unregister_all_change_handlers(): Remove all registered change handlers.

Remove registered Callable from the Feature.

Removes a previously registered handler from this Feature. In case the handler that should be removed was never added in the first place, the method returns silently.

Parameters:: handler – The Callable that should be removed.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameters do not match their type hint.

class vmbpy.IntFeature

The IntFeature is a feature represented by an integer.

get() → int

Get current value (int).

Returns:: Current int value.
Raises:: VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.

get_access_mode() → Tuple[bool, bool]

Get features current access mode.

Returns:: A pair of bool. In the first bool is True, read access on this Feature is granted. If the second bool is True write access on this Feature is granted.

get_category() → str: Get Feature category, e.g. ‘/Discovery’

get_description() → str: Long feature description.

get_display_name() → str: Get lengthy Feature name e.g. ‘Discovery Interface Event’

get_flags() → Tuple[FeatureFlags, ...]: Get a set of FeatureFlags, e.g. (FeatureFlags.Read, FeatureFlags.Write)

get_increment() → int

Get increment (steps between valid values, starting from minimal values).

Returns:: The increment of this feature.
Raises:: VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.

get_name() → str: Get Feature Name, e.g. ‘DiscoveryInterfaceEvent’

get_polling_time() → int: Predefined Polling Time for volatile features.

get_range() → Tuple[int, int]

Get range of accepted values.

Returns:: A pair of range boundaries. First value is the minimum, second value is the maximum.
Raises:: VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.

get_representation() → str: Representation of a numeric feature.

get_sfnc_namespace() → str: Namespace of this feature

get_tooltip() → str: Short Feature description.

get_type() → Type[_BaseFeature]: Get Feature Type, e.g. IntFeature

get_unit() → str: Get unit of this Feature, e.g. ‘dB’ on Feature ‘GainAutoMax’

get_visibility() → FeatureVisibility: UI visibility of this feature

has_selected_features() → bool: Indicates if this feature selects other features.

is_readable() → bool

Is read access on this Features granted?

Returns:: True if read access is allowed on this feature. False is returned if read access is not allowed.

is_streamable() → bool: Indicates if a feature can be stored in /loaded from a file.

is_writeable() → bool

Is write access on this Feature granted?

Returns:: True if write access is allowed on this feature. False is returned if write access is not allowed.

Register Callable on the Feature.

The Callable will be executed as soon as the Feature value changes. The first parameter on a registered handler will be called with the changed feature itself. The methods returns early if a given handler is already registered.

Parameters:: handler – The Callable that should be executed on change.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameters do not match their type hint.

set(val: int)

Set current value of type int.

Parameters:

val – The int value to set.

Raises:

VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.
VmbFeatureError – If value is out of bounds or misaligned to the increment.
VmbFeatureError – If executed within a registered change_handler.

unregister_all_change_handlers(): Remove all registered change handlers.

Remove registered Callable from the Feature.

Removes a previously registered handler from this Feature. In case the handler that should be removed was never added in the first place, the method returns silently.

Parameters:: handler – The Callable that should be removed.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameters do not match their type hint.

class vmbpy.StringFeature

The StringFeature is a feature represented by a string.

get() → str

Get current value (str)

Returns:: Current str value.
Raises:: VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.

get_access_mode() → Tuple[bool, bool]

Get features current access mode.

Returns:: A pair of bool. In the first bool is True, read access on this Feature is granted. If the second bool is True write access on this Feature is granted.

get_category() → str: Get Feature category, e.g. ‘/Discovery’

get_description() → str: Long feature description.

get_display_name() → str: Get lengthy Feature name e.g. ‘Discovery Interface Event’

get_flags() → Tuple[FeatureFlags, ...]: Get a set of FeatureFlags, e.g. (FeatureFlags.Read, FeatureFlags.Write)

get_max_length() → int

Get maximum string length the Feature can store.

Note

In this context, string length does not mean the number of characters, it means the number of bytes after encoding. A string encoded in UTF-8 could exceed the maximum length. Additionally the last byte of the string feature is reserved for a null-byte to indicate the end of the string.

Returns:: The number of ASCII characters the Feature can store.
Raises:: VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.

get_name() → str: Get Feature Name, e.g. ‘DiscoveryInterfaceEvent’

get_polling_time() → int: Predefined Polling Time for volatile features.

get_representation() → str: Representation of a numeric feature.

get_sfnc_namespace() → str: Namespace of this feature

get_tooltip() → str: Short Feature description.

get_type() → Type[_BaseFeature]: Get Feature Type, e.g. IntFeature

get_unit() → str: Get unit of this Feature, e.g. ‘dB’ on Feature ‘GainAutoMax’

get_visibility() → FeatureVisibility: UI visibility of this feature

has_selected_features() → bool: Indicates if this feature selects other features.

is_readable() → bool

Is read access on this Features granted?

Returns:: True if read access is allowed on this feature. False is returned if read access is not allowed.

is_streamable() → bool: Indicates if a feature can be stored in /loaded from a file.

is_writeable() → bool

Is write access on this Feature granted?

Returns:: True if write access is allowed on this feature. False is returned if write access is not allowed.

Register Callable on the Feature.

The Callable will be executed as soon as the Feature value changes. The first parameter on a registered handler will be called with the changed feature itself. The methods returns early if a given handler is already registered.

Parameters:: handler – The Callable that should be executed on change.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameters do not match their type hint.

set(val: str)

Set current value of type str.

Parameters:

val – The str value to set.

Raises:

VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.
VmbFeatureError – If value exceeds the maximum string length.
VmbFeatureError – If executed within a registered change_handler.

unregister_all_change_handlers(): Remove all registered change handlers.

Remove registered Callable from the Feature.

Removes a previously registered handler from this Feature. In case the handler that should be removed was never added in the first place, the method returns silently.

Parameters:: handler – The Callable that should be removed.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameters do not match their type hint.

class vmbpy.EnumFeature

The EnumFeature is a feature where only EnumEntry values are allowed. All possible values of an EnumFeature can be queried through the Feature itself.

get() → EnumEntry

Get current feature value of type EnumEntry.

Returns:: Feature value of type EnumEntry.
Raises:: VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.

get_access_mode() → Tuple[bool, bool]

Get features current access mode.

Returns:: A pair of bool. In the first bool is True, read access on this Feature is granted. If the second bool is True write access on this Feature is granted.

get_all_entries() → Tuple[EnumEntry, ...]: Get a set of all possible EnumEntries of this feature.

Note

It is possible that not all EnumEntries returned by this area have currently valid values. See also get_available_entries()

get_available_entries() → Tuple[EnumEntry, ...]: Get a set of all currently available EnumEntries of this feature.

get_category() → str: Get Feature category, e.g. ‘/Discovery’

get_description() → str: Long feature description.

get_display_name() → str: Get lengthy Feature name e.g. ‘Discovery Interface Event’

get_entry(val_or_name: int | str) → EnumEntry

Get a specific EnumEntry.

Parameters:

val_or_name – Look up EnumEntry either by its name or its associated value.

Returns:

EnumEntry associated with Argument val_or_name.

Raises:

TypeError – If int_or_name is not of type int or type str.
VmbFeatureError – If no EnumEntry is associated with val_or_name

get_flags() → Tuple[FeatureFlags, ...]: Get a set of FeatureFlags, e.g. (FeatureFlags.Read, FeatureFlags.Write)

get_name() → str: Get Feature Name, e.g. ‘DiscoveryInterfaceEvent’

get_polling_time() → int: Predefined Polling Time for volatile features.

get_representation() → str: Representation of a numeric feature.

get_sfnc_namespace() → str: Namespace of this feature

get_tooltip() → str: Short Feature description.

get_type() → Type[_BaseFeature]: Get Feature Type, e.g. IntFeature

get_unit() → str: Get unit of this Feature, e.g. ‘dB’ on Feature ‘GainAutoMax’

get_visibility() → FeatureVisibility: UI visibility of this feature

has_selected_features() → bool: Indicates if this feature selects other features.

is_readable() → bool

Is read access on this Features granted?

Returns:: True if read access is allowed on this feature. False is returned if read access is not allowed.

is_streamable() → bool: Indicates if a feature can be stored in /loaded from a file.

is_writeable() → bool

Is write access on this Feature granted?

Returns:: True if write access is allowed on this feature. False is returned if write access is not allowed.

Register Callable on the Feature.

The Callable will be executed as soon as the Feature value changes. The first parameter on a registered handler will be called with the changed feature itself. The methods returns early if a given handler is already registered.

Parameters:: handler – The Callable that should be executed on change.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameters do not match their type hint.

set(val: int | str | EnumEntry)

Set current feature value.

Parameters:

val – The value to set. Can be int, or str, or EnumEntry.

Raises:

VmbFeatureError – If val is of type int or str and does not match an EnumEntry.
VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.
VmbFeatureError – If executed within a registered change_handler.

unregister_all_change_handlers(): Remove all registered change handlers.

Remove registered Callable from the Feature.

Removes a previously registered handler from this Feature. In case the handler that should be removed was never added in the first place, the method returns silently.

Parameters:: handler – The Callable that should be removed.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameters do not match their type hint.

class vmbpy.EnumEntry

An EnumEntry represents a single value of an EnumFeature. An EnumEntry is a one-to-one association between a str and an int.

as_tuple() → Tuple[str, int]: Get EnumEntry in str and int representation

is_available() → bool

Query if the EnumEntry can currently be used as a value.

Returns:: True if the EnumEntry can be used as a value, otherwise False.

class vmbpy.CommandFeature

The CommandFeature is a feature that can perform some kind of operation such as saving a user set.

get_access_mode() → Tuple[bool, bool]

Get features current access mode.

Returns:: A pair of bool. In the first bool is True, read access on this Feature is granted. If the second bool is True write access on this Feature is granted.

get_category() → str: Get Feature category, e.g. ‘/Discovery’

get_description() → str: Long feature description.

get_display_name() → str: Get lengthy Feature name e.g. ‘Discovery Interface Event’

get_flags() → Tuple[FeatureFlags, ...]: Get a set of FeatureFlags, e.g. (FeatureFlags.Read, FeatureFlags.Write)

get_name() → str: Get Feature Name, e.g. ‘DiscoveryInterfaceEvent’

get_polling_time() → int: Predefined Polling Time for volatile features.

get_representation() → str: Representation of a numeric feature.

get_sfnc_namespace() → str: Namespace of this feature

get_tooltip() → str: Short Feature description.

get_type() → Type[_BaseFeature]: Get Feature Type, e.g. IntFeature

get_unit() → str: Get unit of this Feature, e.g. ‘dB’ on Feature ‘GainAutoMax’

get_visibility() → FeatureVisibility: UI visibility of this feature

has_selected_features() → bool: Indicates if this feature selects other features.

is_done() → bool

Test if a feature execution is done.

Returns:: True if feature was fully executed. False if the feature is still being executed.
Raises:: VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.

is_readable() → bool

Is read access on this Features granted?

Returns:: True if read access is allowed on this feature. False is returned if read access is not allowed.

is_streamable() → bool: Indicates if a feature can be stored in /loaded from a file.

is_writeable() → bool

Is write access on this Feature granted?

Returns:: True if write access is allowed on this feature. False is returned if write access is not allowed.

Register Callable on the Feature.

The Callable will be executed as soon as the Feature value changes. The first parameter on a registered handler will be called with the changed feature itself. The methods returns early if a given handler is already registered.

Parameters:: handler – The Callable that should be executed on change.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameters do not match their type hint.

run()

Execute command feature.

Raises:: VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.

unregister_all_change_handlers(): Remove all registered change handlers.

Remove registered Callable from the Feature.

Removes a previously registered handler from this Feature. In case the handler that should be removed was never added in the first place, the method returns silently.

Parameters:: handler – The Callable that should be removed.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameters do not match their type hint.

class vmbpy.RawFeature

The RawFeature is a feature represented by sequence of bytes.

get() → bytes

Get current value as a sequence of bytes

Returns:: Current value.
Raises:: VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.

get_access_mode() → Tuple[bool, bool]

Get features current access mode.

Returns:: A pair of bool. In the first bool is True, read access on this Feature is granted. If the second bool is True write access on this Feature is granted.

get_category() → str: Get Feature category, e.g. ‘/Discovery’

get_description() → str: Long feature description.

get_display_name() → str: Get lengthy Feature name e.g. ‘Discovery Interface Event’

get_flags() → Tuple[FeatureFlags, ...]: Get a set of FeatureFlags, e.g. (FeatureFlags.Read, FeatureFlags.Write)

get_name() → str: Get Feature Name, e.g. ‘DiscoveryInterfaceEvent’

get_polling_time() → int: Predefined Polling Time for volatile features.

get_representation() → str: Representation of a numeric feature.

get_sfnc_namespace() → str: Namespace of this feature

get_tooltip() → str: Short Feature description.

get_type() → Type[_BaseFeature]: Get Feature Type, e.g. IntFeature

get_unit() → str: Get unit of this Feature, e.g. ‘dB’ on Feature ‘GainAutoMax’

get_visibility() → FeatureVisibility: UI visibility of this feature

has_selected_features() → bool: Indicates if this feature selects other features.

is_readable() → bool

Is read access on this Features granted?

Returns:: True if read access is allowed on this feature. False is returned if read access is not allowed.

is_streamable() → bool: Indicates if a feature can be stored in /loaded from a file.

is_writeable() → bool

Is write access on this Feature granted?

Returns:: True if write access is allowed on this feature. False is returned if write access is not allowed.

length() → int

Get length of byte sequence representing the value.

Returns:: Length of current value.
Raises:: VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.

Register Callable on the Feature.

The Callable will be executed as soon as the Feature value changes. The first parameter on a registered handler will be called with the changed feature itself. The methods returns early if a given handler is already registered.

Parameters:: handler – The Callable that should be executed on change.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameters do not match their type hint.

set(buf: bytes)

Set current value as a sequence of bytes.

Parameters:

val – The value to set.

Raises:

VmbFeatureError – If access rights are not sufficient.
VmbFeatureError – If executed within a registered change_handler.

unregister_all_change_handlers(): Remove all registered change handlers.

Remove registered Callable from the Feature.

Removes a previously registered handler from this Feature. In case the handler that should be removed was never added in the first place, the method returns silently.

Parameters:: handler – The Callable that should be removed.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameters do not match their type hint.

class vmbpy.FeatureVisibility

Enumeration specifying UI feature visibility.

Unknown = 0: Feature visibility is not known

Beginner = 1: Feature is visible in feature list (beginner level)

Expert = 2: Feature is visible in feature list (expert level)

Guru = 3: Feature is visible in feature list (guru level)

Invisible = 4: Feature is not visible in feature list

Enums relating to load/save feature functionality

class vmbpy.PersistType

Persistence Type for camera configuration storing and loading.

All = 0: Save all features to XML, including look-up tables (if possible)

Streamable = 1: Save only features marked as streamable, excluding look-up tables

NoLUT = 2: Save all features except look-up tables

class vmbpy.ModulePersistFlags

Parameters determining the operation mode of VmbSettingsSave and VmbSettingsLoad.

None_ = 0: Persist/Load features for no module

TransportLayer = 1: Persist/Load the transport layer features

Interface = 2: Persist/Load the interface features

RemoteDevice = 4: Persist/Load the remote device features

LocalDevice = 8: Persist/Load the local device features

Streams = 16: Persist/Load the features of stream modules

All = 255: Persist/Load features for all modules