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Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual
03-032-20107-01
Teledyne DALSA
Step 3. Establish Communication with the
Camera
Power on the camera
Tu rn on the cam era’s p ow er su p p ly. You m ay have to w ait u p to 60 second s w hile the cam era w arm s u p
and p rep ares itself for op eration. The cam era m u st boot fu lly before it w ill be recognized by the GUI—the
LED tu rns green once the cam era is read y.
Com m u nicate w ith the cam era u sing tw o Cam Exp ert w ind ow s: one to com m u nicate w ith the fram e
grabber and one to com m u nicate w ith the cam era.
Connect to the frame grabber
1. Start Sap era Cam Exp ert (or equ ivalent Cam era Link com p liant interfa ce) by d ou ble clicking the
d esktop icon created d u ring the softw are installation.
2. Cam Exp ert w ill search for installed Sap era d evices. In the Devices list area on the left sid e, the
connected fram e grabber w ill be show n.
3. Select the fram e grabber d evice by clicking on the nam e.
Connect to the camera
1. Start a new Sap era Cam Exp ert ap p lication (or equ ivalent Cam era Link com p liant interfa ce) by d ou ble
clicking the d esktop icon created d u ring the softw are installation.
2. Cam Exp ert w ill search for installed Sap era d evices. In the Devices list area on the left sid e, the
connected Falcon2 cam era w ill be show n.
3. Select the Falcon2 cam era d evice by clicking on the cam era u ser -d efined nam e. By d efau lt the cam era is
id entified by its serial nu m ber.
Check LED Status
If the cam era is op erating correctly at this p oint, the d iagnostic LED w ill flash blu e for ap p roxim ately 10
second s and then tu rn solid green .
Software Interface
All the cam era featu res can be controlled throu gh the Cam Exp ert interface. For exam p le, u nd er the
Sensor Control m enu in the cam era w ind ow you can control the fram e rate and exp osu re tim es.
N ote: the cam era u ses tw o Cam Exp ert interfaces to send com m and s and d isp lay the resu lts. One w ind ow
controls the cam era and one d isp lays the ou tp u t received from the fram e grabber.
Also N ote: If Cam Exp ert is ru nning d u ring a cam era reset op eration, then you w ill have to reload the GUI
w ind ow u sed to control the cam era once the cam era is p ow ered u p again. Do this by either 1) closing and
reop ening the Cam Exp ert w ind ow , or 2) by going to ―Im age View er‖ in the ―Device‖ tab and selecting
the cam era again.
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