STINGRAY Technical Manual
V2.2.0
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Contents
Contacting Allied Vision Technologies
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Introduction
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Document history ......................................................................................................... 11
Manual overview........................................................................................................... 14
Conventions used in this manual..................................................................................... 15
Styles ..................................................................................................................... 15
Symbols .................................................................................................................. 16
More information.......................................................................................................... 16
Before operation .......................................................................................................... 17
STINGRAY cameras
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Declarations of conformity
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FireWire
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Overview ..................................................................................................................... 20
Definition ............................................................................................................... 20
IEEE 1394 standards ................................................................................................. 20
Why use FireWire? .................................................................................................... 21
FireWire in detail .......................................................................................................... 21
Serial bus................................................................................................................ 21
FireWire connection capabilities ................................................................................. 23
Capabilities of 1394a (FireWire 400)............................................................................ 23
IIDC V1.3 camera control standards ........................................................................ 23
Capabilities of 1394b (FireWire 800) ........................................................................... 24
IIDC V1.31 camera control standards ...................................................................... 24
Compatibility between 1394a and 1394b...................................................................... 25
Compatibility example .......................................................................................... 26
Image transfer via 1394a and 1394b ........................................................................... 27
1394b bandwidths.................................................................................................... 28
Requirements for PC and 1394b.............................................................................. 28
Requirements for laptop and 1394b ........................................................................ 30
Example 1: 1394b bandwidth of Stingray cameras ..................................................... 31
Example 2: More than one Stingray camera at full speed ............................................ 32
FireWire Plug & play capabilities................................................................................. 33
FireWire hot-plug and screw-lock precautions ............................................................... 33
Operating system support .......................................................................................... 34
Filter and lenses
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IR cut filter: spectral transmission .................................................................................. 35
Camera lenses .............................................................................................................. 36
Specifications
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