Dalsa Piranha4 Series, Manual

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4 Piranha4 2K and 4K Camera Color User's Manual
03-032-20180-06 Teledyne DALSA
CamExpert panes ....................................................................................... 49
Review a test image .................................................................................... 51
4. Camera Operation _____________________________________________________________________________________ 52
Factory Settings ....................................................................................................... 52
Check Camera and Sensor Information .................................................................. 52
Verify Temperature and Voltage .............................................................................. 53
Saving and Restoring Camera Settings ................................................................... 54
Camera Link Configuration ...................................................................................... 56
Trigger Modes .......................................................................................................... 56
Exposure Controls ................................................................................................... 56
Exposure Modes in Detail ........................................................................................ 58
Color exposure time guidelines................................................................... 60
Set Line Rate ........................................................................................................... 60
Set Exposure Time .................................................................................................. 68
Control Gain and Black Level .................................................................................. 68
Set Image Size ......................................................................................................... 68
Set Baud Rate .......................................................................................................... 69
Pixel Format ............................................................................................................. 69
Binning ..................................................................................................................... 69
Camera Direction Control ........................................................................................ 71
Pixel Readout Direction (Mirroring Mode) ................................................................ 71
Resetting the Camera .............................................................................................. 71
Calibrating the Camera ............................................................................................ 72
Appendix A: GenICam Commands __________________________________________________________________________ 76
Camera Information Category .................................................................................. 76
Camera information feature descriptions .................................................... 77
Camera configuration selection dialog ........................................................ 80
Camera power-up configuration ................................................................. 80
User set configuration management ........................................................... 80
Camera Control Category ........................................................................................ 81
Camera control feature descriptions ........................................................... 82
Independent Exposure Control ................................................................................ 84
Digital I/O control feature descriptions ........................................................ 86
Flat Field Category ................................................................................................... 87
Flat field control feature description ............................................................ 87
Region of Interest (ROI) .............................................................................. 89
Image Format Control Category .............................................................................. 89
Image format control feature description .................................................... 90
Area of Interest (AOI) Setup .................................................................................... 91
Instructions on using the camera scan direction to control camera
parameters .................................................................................................. 94
Transport Layer Control Category ........................................................................... 97
Transport Layer feature descriptions .......................................................... 98
Acquisition and Transfer Control Category .............................................................. 99
Acquisition and Transfer Control feature descriptions ................................ 99
Serial Port Control Category .................................................................................... 100
Serial Port control feature descriptions ....................................................... 100