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MultiCam Boards Documentation > MultiCam Documentation > MultiCam User Guide > The Channel Class > Introduction to MultiCam Channels > Concurrent Acquisition
Concurrent Acquisition

For a frame grabber owning several grabbers, the concurrent acquisition is possible.

To implement the concurrent acquisition mode, the user will create a number of channels equal to the number of connected cameras, and assign each camera to each channel. All channels will appropriate one grabber each, and this resource appropriation should not surpass the frame grabber capabilities.

After the creation of channels, the application has to adequately configure them, and to activate an acquisition sequence for each channel. Subsequently, the channel effectively grabs images from its assigned camera as soon as the triggering conditions are met.

An acquisition sequence is, by definition, a succession of acquisition phases. Because the concurrent acquisition is possible, each activated channel can immediately enter into an acquisition phase at any time, independently of other channels' activity.

The total independence of channels is a characteristic of the concurrent acquisition mode.