diff --git a/script/camtool.py b/script/camtool.py
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+class CamTool:
+    def __init__(self, prefix = "cam:", latch = False)
+        self.prefix = prefix
+        self.latch = latch
+        self.mode = "latch" if latch else "pipeline"
+        self.data_prefix = prefix + mode + "."
+        self.cam_run = Channel(prefix + "camera.run", alias = "cam_run")
+        self.cam_latch = Channel(prefix + "latch.capture", alias = "cam_latch")
+        self.timestamp = Channel(data_prefix + "timestamp", alias = "timestamp") #[D1, D2, ...]
+        
+        self.cam_x = Channel(data_prefix + "x_stats.com", alias = "cam_x")
+        self.cam_y = Channel(data_prefix + "y_stats.com", alias = "cam_y")
+        self.profile_x = Channel(data_prefix + "profile.x", alias = "profile_x")
+        self.profile_y = Channel(data_prefix + "profile.y", alias = "profile_y")
+        self.cam_image = Channel(data_prefix + "image", alias = "cam_image")
+        self.cam_image_shape = Channel(data_prefix + "image.shape", alias = "cam_image_shape") #[D1, D2, ...]
+        self.cam_bg_image = Channel(data_prefix + "bg_image", alias = "cam_bg_image") #[D1, D2, ...]                
+        
+        self.cam_bg_en = Channel(prefix + "bg.enable", alias = "cam_bg_en")
+        self.cam_bg_capture = Channel(prefix + "bg.capture", alias = "cam_bg_capture")
+        self.cam_bg_capture_remain = Channel(prefix + "bg.capture", alias = "cam_bg_capture_remain")        
+        if latch:
+            start_cam()
+        else
+            stop_cam()
+        
+    def start_cam(self)
+        self.cam_run.write(-1)
+
+    def stop_cam(self)
+        self.cam_run.write(0)    
+    
+    def capture(self)
+        timestamp = self.timestamp.read()
+        if mode == "latch":
+            self.cam_latch.write(1)
+        else:                
+            self.cam_run.write(1)
+        while(timestamp == self.timestamp.read()):
+            time.sleep(1)
+            
+
+camera_tool = CamTool()
+camera_tool.capture()
+print camera_tool.cam_x, camera_tool.cam_x,