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Spyder3 S3-14 and S3-24 Monochrome Camera User's Manual
03-032-20117-01
Teledyne DALSA
Status LED
The cam era is equ ip p ed w ith a red / green LED u sed to d isp lay the statu s of the cam era's op eration. The
table below su m m arizes the op erating states of the cam era and the corresp ond ing LED states.
When m ore than one cond ition is active, the LED ind icates the cond ition w ith the h ighest p riority. Error
and w arning states are accom p anied by corresp ond ing m essages that fu rther d escribe the cu rrent cam era
statu s.
Table 6: Diagnostic LED
Priority
Color of Status LED
Meaning
1
Flashing Red
Fatal Error. For exam p le, cam era tem p eratu re is too high and cam era
therm al shu td ow n has occu rred .
2
Solid Red
Loss of fu nctionality.
3
Flashing Green
Cam era initialization or execu ting a long com m and (e.g., flat field
correction com m and s
ccp
or
ccf
).
4
Solid Green
Cam era is op erational and fu nctioning correctly .
Returning the LED Status
Use the
gsl
com m and to retu rn the statu s of the cam era’s LED.
Camera Link Command
Parameter
Description
Notes
gsl
The cam era retu rns one of the follow ing valu es:
1
= red (loss of fu nctionality)
2
= green (cam era is op erating correctly)
5
= flashing green (cam era is p erform ing a fu nction)
6
= flashing red (fatal error)
