Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User's Manual
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Teledyne DALSA
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Appendix C: Quick Setup and
Image Acquisition
If you are fam iliar w ith the op eration of Cam era Link cam eras and have an u nd erstand ing of im aging
fu nd am entals, the follow ing step s w ill show you how to qu ickly set u p this cam era and begin acqu iring
im ages.
1. On Power Up
The color cam era has been calibrated and configu red at the factory to be read y for yo u r evalu ation w hen
first p ow ered u p . The d efau lt cond itions are set as follow s:
System gain is set to the low est valu e of one.
Flat field calibration is
not
active as this featu re is d ep end ent on you r light sou rce and lens.
Line rate and exp osu re tim e are set to for internal generation by the cam era .
White balance is set for w hite LEDs.
Cam era Link m od e is set to the stand ard RGB m ed iu m m od e w hich allow s op eration of u p to 40
KH z line rate. The cam era w ill ru n at u p to a 69 KH z line rate u sing Cam era Link Deca m od e, bu t
it m ay be easier to start you r evalu ation u sing the m ed iu m m od e. Set you r Cam era Link fram e
grabber u p to receive the stand ard RGB m ed iu m m od e.
2. Communicating with the Camera
The color cam era is d esigned to p ow er u p w ith a GenICam -com p liant interface.
Cam Exp ert p rovid es an easy-to-u se GUI that can be u sed to set u p and evalu ate the cam era.
The cam era also com es w ith Teled yne DALSA’s three letter com m and (TLC) interface op tion,
w hich can be accessed u sing a su itable term inal p rogram su ch as H yp erTerm inal™.
If you w ant to u se the TLC interface, p ress the ‘Esc’ key w hile u sing a term inal p rogram and
after the LED ind icator on the cam era tu rns green. N ote that the cam era d efau lts to 9.6 KBau d
w hen first p ow ered u p .
On receiving the ‘Esc’ character, the camera will outp ut a list of the available TLC com mand s.
You can then p roceed to enter TLC com m and s as requ ired .
Enter ‘h’ at any time to get the list of com m and s from the camera.
Enter the ‘gcp’ com m and at any time to get the current setup cond itions of the cam era.
