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Piranha 2 User’s Manual
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Teledyne DALSA
3
Software Interface:
How to Control the
Camera
3.1 Overview
All cam era featu res can be controlled throu gh the serial in terface. The cam era can also be
u sed w ithou t the serial interface after it h as been set u p correctly. Fu nctions available
inclu d e:
• Controlling basic camera functions such as gain and sync signal source
• Camera calibration
• Measuring internal temperature and voltages
• Capturing video
• Generating a test pattern for debugging
The serial interface u ses a sim p le ASCII-based p rotocol. The com p lete p rotocol is
d escribed in Ap p end ix C, Com m u nications Protocol.
Online Help
For qu ick help , the cam era can retu rn all available com m and s an d p aram eters throu gh
the serial interface. To generate this list, sen d the com m and
h
to the cam era.
Retrieving Camera Settings
To read cu rrent cam era settings, send the com m and
gcp
. For an exp lanation of the
cam era p aram eter screen, see section C6 Cam era Param eter Screen on p age 70.
3.2 Command Format
• A carriage return (CR) end s each command.
• Values in square brackets are optional.
i
This chapter details the
most commonly used
commands. See
Appendix C for the
complete syntax and
command reference for
the camera’s serial
interface.
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