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Spyder3 S3-14 and S3-24 Monochrome Camera User's Manual
03-032-20117-01
Teledyne DALSA
Setting the Mirror Mode
Sets the camera’s mirror m od e. Set the pixel read out as either left to right, or right to left.
Camera Link Command
Parameter Description
Notes
sm m
i
0
: Pixels read ou t left to right.
1
: Pixels read ou t right to left.
S3-24-01K40
smm
0
= 1-512 (tap 1) or 513-1024 (tap 2)
smm 1
= 1024-513 (tap 1) or 512-1 (tap 2)
S3-24-02K40
smm
0
= 1-1024 (tap 1) or 1025-2048 (tap 2)
smm 1
= 2048-1025 (tap 1) or 1024-1 (tap 2)
S3-24-04k-40
smm 0
= 1-2048 (tap 1) or 2049-4096 (tap 2)
smm
1 = 4096-2049 (tap 1) or 2048-1 (tap 2)
Example
sm m 1
Setting the Readout Mode
See also, the Clearing Dark Cu rrent section in Ap p end ix A for m ore inform ation on this m od e.
Use this com m and to clear ou t d ark cu rrent ch arge in the vertical transfer gates im m ed iately before the
sensor is read ou t.
Camera Link Command
Parameter
Description
Notes
srm i
0
: Au to. Clears d ark cu rrent below ~ 45%
of the m axim u m line rate.
1
: Dark cu rrent clear. Alw ays clears d ark.
Red u ces the m axim u m line rate.
2
:
Im m ed iate read ou t. Does not clear
d ark cu rrent. (Defau lt m od e.)
The vertical transfer gates collect d ark cu rrent
d u ring the line p eriod . This collected cu rrent is
ad d ed to the p ixel charge. The m id d le tw o red
tap s h ave m ore vertical transfer gates and ,
therefore, m ore charge. This ad d itional charge
is esp ecially noticeable at slow er line rates.
If the u ser is in
sem 2
or
7
and
srm 2
, w ith
ssf
at 45% of the m axim u m , and then srm 1 is
selected , the follow ing w arning w ill be
d isp layed , bu t the ssf valu e w ill not be
changed : Warning 09: Internal line rate
inconsistent w ith read ou t tim e> The effect in
both internal and external line rate m od es is
that an EXSYN C is skip p ed and , therefore, the
ou tp u t w ill be at least tw ice as bright.
This valu e is saved w ith the cam era settings.
This valu e m ay be view ed u sing either the
gcp
com m and or the get
srm
com m and .
Example
srm 0