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Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual
03-032-20107-01
Teledyne DALSA
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WARNING: When setting up the camera’s power supplies follow these guidelines:
Ap p ly the ap p rop riate voltages.
Protect the cam era w ith a 2 am p slow -blow fu se betw een the p ow er su p p ly and the cam era.
Do not u se the shield on a m u lti-cond u ctor cable for grou nd .
Keep lead s as short as p ossible in ord er to red u ce voltage d rop .
Use high-qu ality linear su p p lies in ord er to m inim ize noise.
Note:
If your power supply does not meet these requirements, then the camera performance specifications are not
guaranteed.
LEDs
The cam era is equ ip p ed w ith an LED on the back to d isp lay the op erational statu s of the cam era. The
table below su m m arizes the op erating states of the cam era and the corresp ond ing LED states. When m ore
than one cond ition is active, the LED ind icates the cond ition w ith the highest p riority.
Color of Status LED
Meaning
Off
No power or hardware malfunction
Red solid
Warning (e.g. temperature)
Red solid
Fatal error state
Blue solid
Upgrading internal firmware.
Blue slow blinking
Camera waiting for warm up to complete
Blue solid
At initial power up and when acquisition is disabled. This happens when changing a camera
feature that effects the image output (e.g. aoi, bit depth, etc.)
Green solid
Free-running acquisition
Data Connector: Camera Link
The cam era u ses tw o m ini-Cam era Link SDR-26 cables transm itting the Cam era Link Fu ll or Extend ed
configu ration. The figu re below show s the SDR-26 m ini Cam era Link Connector and the tables that
follow list the Cam era Link Fu ll and Extend ed configu rations.
For d etailed inform ation on Cam era Link p lease refer to the Cam era Link Road Map available from the
Know led ge Center on the Teled yne DALSA Web site:
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http :/ / w w w .teled yned alsa.com / m v/ know led ge/ ap p notes.asp x
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