Camera Link registers
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Goldeye Camera Link Register Controls Reference V1.0.0
Introduction to Camera Link registers
Controlling the camera
The camera is to be controlled using the GenCP (GenICam Generic Control
Protocol). GenCP is packet based and it uses a virtual 64-bit address space that
contains all control registers of the camera.
Introduction to GenCP
Even though GenCP is intended to be media independent, a few considerations
have to be made when it is used with Camera Link devices. This introduction will
focus on the use of GenCP with Camera Link models only.
In order to access registers in the GenCP address space, GenCP defines the
ReadMem command and the WriteMem command. These commands are issued
by the host and sent to the camera. The camera decodes and processes them and
returns an appropriate acknowledge packet.
Each packet is divided into three subranges: the serial prefix, CCD, and SCD.
Note that for Camera Link, all protocol data is transferred in big endian format.
Data in this chapter is not current
Register descriptions were updated the last time for V1.3.1 of this document
(firmware version: 02.18.20213) on 2020-Mar-20.
If you need information on new registers, please visit
www.alliedvision.com/en/about-us/contact-us/technical-support-repair-/-rma.
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
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