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3.11 Monitoring the Camera
The camera is equipped with a red/green LED used to display the operational status of
the camera. Table 10 below summarizes the operating states of the camera and the
corresponding LED states.
Table 10: Camera Operating States
LED state Priority Camera Status Condition
Blinking RED 1 Error Fatal hardware failure
Steady RED 2 Warning Monitoring task failure
Blinking
GREEN 3 Progress Lengthy operation in progress
Steady GREEN 4 OK Healthy
3.12 Rebooting the Camera
The command
rc
reboots the camera. The camera starts up with the last saved settings.
3.13 Setting the Pre-trigger
A pre-trigger may be required for some frame grabbers.
To set the pre-trigger, use the command:
Syntax:
sp i
Syntax Elements:
i
Pretrigger value from
0
to
15
.
Example:
sp 10
3.14 Setting the Video Mode and Generating
Test Patterns
To set the video mode, use the command:
Syntax:
svm i
Syntax Elements:
i
Video mode to use.
Notes: •
See table below for mode descriptions
Note:
When more than
one condition is active,
the LED indicates the
condition with the
highest priority. Error
and warning states are
accompanied by
corresponding messages
further describing the
current camera status.