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The following signals are designated:
Signal
Description
SerTFG
LVDS pair for serial communications to the frame grabber
SerTC
LVDS pair for serial communications to the camera
The serial interface must apply the following regulations:
▪ one start bit,
▪ one stop bit,
▪ no parity and
▪ no handshaking.
11.2.2 Camera Control
According to the Camera Link
®
standard four LVDS pairs have to be reserved for general-
purpose camera control. They are defined as frame grabber outputs and camera inputs.
The definition of these signals is left to the camera manufacturer.
Signal
Baumer Naming
Employment
Camera Control 1 (CC1) CC1
On Baumer LXC cameras, the wiring
of these signals is arbitrary.
Camera Control 2 (CC2) unused
Camera Control 3 (CC3) unused
Camera Control 4 (CC4) unused
11.2.3 Video Data
The standard designates three signals (as well as the signal state) for the validation of
transmitted image data:
Signal
Description
FVAL
Frame Valid is defined high for valid lines.
LVAL
Line Valid is defined high for valid pixels.
DVAL
Data Valid is defined high for valid data.
