Dalsa Piranha ES Series, User Manual

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Piranha ES-xx User Manual
Teledyne DALSA 03-032-20070-02
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Software Interface: How
to Control the Camera
All Piranha ES-xx cam era featu res can be controlled throu gh the serial interface. The
cam era can also be u sed w ithou t the seria l 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

Mirroring and read ou t control

Generating a test p attern for d eb u gging
The serial interface u ses a sim p le ASCII-based p rotocol and the PC d oes not requ ire any
cu stom softw are.
Note:
This com m and set has changes from p reviou s cam era m od els. Do not assu m e that
the Piranha ES com m and s p erform sim ilarly to old er cam eras.
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
i
This chapter outlines the
more commonly used
commands. See section A2
Commands for a list of all
available commands.