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MVS-8100 Hardware Description
Cognex MVS-8100M Hardware Manual
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Camera Ports
The 8100 receives analog video signals through four video input ports. The camera
ports are numbered 0, 1, 2, and 3. Each video port is capable of supplying power and
synchronization signals to its camera.
Cameras 0 and 1 connect to high-density 15-pin HD-15F ports located on the 8100’s
back panel. Cameras 2 and 3 connect to HD-15F ports located on the camera port
expansion panel (P/N 300-0177) that connects to the 30-pin camera expansion header
on the 8100. The pinout for each of the four camera ports is shown in Table 12.
The HD-15F connector used for all four camera ports is equivalent to Amp part number
748390-5. The jack screw size for connecting cables is #4-40.
Camera Port Expansion Panel
Figure 5 on page 15 shows the expansion panel, Cognex P/N 300-0177, that carries the
cameras 2 and 3 signals to the PC’s back panel. When installing the expansion panel,
note that the red edge of its ribbon cable must align with pin 1 of the 30-pin camera
expansion header on the 8100.
Camera Expansion Header
If you are creating your own cable for the camera expansion header, use the pinout
information in Table 13 on page 40.
Pin
Signal Name
Pin
Signal Name
Pin
Signal Name
1
+12 VDC (light
module power)
6
Light module dark
field control
11
Shield
2
Video
7
GND, video
12
HDRV ground
3
Rapid reset line out
or
light module bright
field control *
8
+12 VDC (light
module power)
13
HDRV signal
4
+12 VDC (camera)
9
+12 VDC (camera)
14
VDRV signal
5
GND (+12 V return)
10
GND (+12 V return)
15
VDRV ground
* For the 8100M and 8100M+, pin 3 is bright field control or a rapid reset signal line,
depending on the setting of jumpers JP10 through JP13.
Table 12. Pinout of the camera ports
