Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual
Teledyne DALSA
03-032-20213-01
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The cam era w ill an sw er each com m and w ith either <CR><LF> OK > or <CR><LF>
Error xx: Error Message > or Warning xx: Warning Message >. The > is u sed
exclu sively as the last character sent by the cam era.
The follow ing p aram eter con ventions are u sed in the m an u al:
•
i
= integer valu e
•
f
= real nu m ber
•
m
= m em ber of a set
•
s
= string
•
t
= tap id
•
x
= p ixel colu m n nu m ber
•
y
= p ixel row nu m ber
Example: to return the current camera settings
gcp
<CR>
Setting Baud Rate
Note on HS-S0 models and baud rate
The H S-S0 cam eras em p loy a 115,200 fixed sign al bau d rate.
Setting Bit Depth
Set the camera’s bit depth using the set data w idth comm and . The comm and is in the
form
sdw f
, w here the f p aram eter is 8, 10, or 12—corresp ond ing to 8, 10, or 12-bit
ou tp u ts, resp ectively. For exam p le, to set an 8-bit ou tp u t, u se the com m and
sdw 8
.
Save the selected bit d ep th u sing the w rite u ser settings com m and (w u s).
Note:
For 8 and 10 bit d ep th s, the nu m ber of lanes m u st be set to 5 in Sap era. For 12 bit
d ep th, the nu m ber of lanes m u st be set to 6 in Sap era.
Camera Help Screen
For qu ick help , the cam era can retu rn all available com m and s and p aram eters throu gh
the serial interface.
There are tw o d ifferent help scr eens available. One lists all of the available com m and s to
configu re cam era op eration. The other help screen lists all of the com m and s available for
retrieving camera parameters (these are called ―get‖ com mand s).
To view the help screen listing all of the camera configuration commands, use the command:
Syntax:
h
To view a help screen listing all of the “get” commands, use the command:
Syntax:
gh
N otes:
For more information on the camera’s ―get‖ command s, refer to
section Retu rning Cam era Settings.
The cam era configu ration com m and help screen lists all com m and s available. Param eter
ranges d isp layed are the extrem e ranges available. Dep en d ing on the cu rrent cam era
op erating cond ition s, you m ay not be able to obtain these valu es. If this occu rs, valu es are
clip p ed an d the cam era retu rns a w arning m essage.
