Camera interfaces
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Goldeye G/CL Technical Manual V4.1.1
Camera Link
Goldeye CL cameras are equipped with a Camera Link interface.
Camera Link
Camera Link is a communication interface for vision applications that reduces time
and costs necessary for support. All Allied Vision Goldeye CL cameras are
compliant with the Camera Link V2.0 standard. Goldeye CL cameras work with
standard frame grabbers and cables.
GenCP
The camera is to be controlled using the GenICam GenCP Generic Control Protocol.
GenCP is packet based and it uses a virtual 64-bit address space that contains all
control registers of the camera.
GenICam
GenICam is the abbreviation for Generic Interface for Cameras. GenICam
establishes a common camera control interface so that third-party software can
communicate with cameras from various manufacturers without customization.
GenICam is administered by the European Machine Vision Association (EMVA).
Camera Link port
The Camera Link port conforms to the Camera Link V2.0 standard.
The back panel
In the following, a short introduction to GenCP will be given, however it is
recommended to also refer to the standard which can be downloaded here:
http://www.emva.org/wp-content/uploads/GenCP_1.1.pdf
Figure 42: Connection ports and LEDs of a Goldeye CL‐008 TEC1, CL‐032 TEC1, and
CL‐033 TEC1 and TECless
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Temperature
Status LED
I/O Port:
Camera power
External Sync IO
RS-232 TX/RX
Camera Link
Status LED
Camera Link Port
