Piranha 3 User Manual
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3
Software Interface: How
to Control the Camera
All Piranha 3 cam era featu res can be controlled throu gh the serial interface. The cam era
can also be u sed w ithou t the serial interface after it has been set u p correctly. Fu nctions
available inclu d e:
Controlling basic cam era fu nctions su ch as gain and sync signal sou rce
Flat field correction
Generating a test p attern for d ebu gging
The serial interface u ses a sim p le ASCII-based p rotocol and the cam era d oes not requ ire
any cu stom softw are.
Serial Protocol Defaults
8 d ata bits
1 stop bit
N o p arity
N o flow control
9.6kbp s
Cam era d oes not echo characters
Command Format
When entering com m and s, rem em ber that:
A carriage retu rn <CR> end s each com m and .
A sp ace or m u ltip le sp ace characters sep arate p aram eters. Tabs or com m as are invalid
p aram eter sep arators.
Up p er and low ercase characters are accep ted
The backsp ace key is su p p orted
i
This chapter outlines the
more commonly used
commands. See section B2
All Available Commands
for a list of all available
commands.
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