Thank you for the idea. And yes, this is one of the things I tried (IMAQdx property node setting the active attribute then the boolean value, just as you showed) This does not seem to work with the Basler Dart series cameras that I am using. I can get the cameras to work with an external trigger, and free running with the appropriate configuration set using the IMAQdx attributes, but the software trigger command does not work, so I'm resorting to just sending an image request.