Camera interfaces
Bonito Technical Manual
V2.2.1
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The Bonito needs a DC power supply with 12 V at an average current of 0.35 A
(max. 0.4 A). The camera is delivered with suitable power supply without power
cord.
The Bonito is available with C-Mount, F-Mount or EF-Mount lens adapter. Please
consider the CMOS sensor size for lens selection. The lens should fully
illuminate an area of
16 mm x 12 mm (ø 20 mm, type 4/3).
The software depends on the frame grabber. A software development kit (SDK)
and a demo software for first live preview is usually provided by the frame
grabber manufacturer.
Serial I/O
To configure the Bonito camera, an asynchronous serial command interface is
provided. By default this command interface is internally routed via the
Camera Link connector O2 (SerTC, SerTFG) or CL1 (
Bonito CL-400B/C 200fps
),
but the RS232 signals at the 15-pin D-SUB control connector may also be used.
AVT provides the software
DeviceConfig
which can control the camera via
standard PC RS232 COM ports and since version 1.2.1 also via the serial
interface of the frame grabber. The latter needs a DLL provided by the frame
grabber’s manufacturer (clser*.dll).
By default the serial interface uses the following parameters:
•
115200 Baud
•
8 data bits
•
1 stop bit
•
No parity
•
No handshake
The baud rate is factory-set to 115200 but can also be configured to other val-
ues: for more information see Chapter
Baud rate (s)
on page 53.
In all command examples the characters sent to the camera are represented in
Bold Courier Font
and the camera’s answer in
Plain Courier
Font
.
www
For more information on
DeviceConfig
see
http://www.alliedvisiontec.com/emea/products/software/
windows/deviceconfig.html
Note
For more information about serial communication via Camera
Link please refer to the documentation of the particular frame
grabber.
