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Spyder3 S3-14 and S3-24 Monochrome Camera User's Manual
03-032-20117-01
Teledyne DALSA
Camera Control Signals
Fou r LVDS p airs are reserved for general p u rp ose cam era control. They are d efined as cam era inp u ts and
fram e grabber ou tp u ts. Cam era m anu factu rers can d efine the se signals to m eet their need s for a
p articu lar p rod u ct. The signals are:
• Camera Control 1 (CC1)
• Camera Control 2 (CC2)
• Camera Control 3 (CC3)
• Camera Control 4 (CC4)
The S3-xx u ses the follow ing cam era control signals:
Table 20: Teledyne DALSA Camera Control Configuration
CC1
EXSYN C, negative ed ge active
CC2
PRIN
CC3
Direct in H igh Sensitivity m od e
CC4
N ot Used
Communication
Tw o LVDS p airs have been allocated for asynchronou s serial com m u nication to and from the cam era and
fram e grabber. Cam eras and fram e grabbers shou ld su p p ort at least 9600 bau d . These signals are
• SerTFG—Differential p air with serial com mu nications to the frame grabber.
• SerTC—Differential p air with serial commu nications to the camera.
The serial interface w ill have the follow ing ch aracteristics: one start bit, one stop bit, no p arity, and no
hand shaking. It is recom m end ed that fram e gr abber m anu factu rers su p p ly both a u ser interface and a
softw are ap p lication p rogram m ing interface (API) for u sing the asynchronou s serial com m u nication p ort.
The u ser interface w ill consist of a term inal p rogram w ith m inim al cap abilities of send ing and rec eiving a
character string and send ing a file of bytes. The softw are API w ill p rovid e fu nctions to enu m erate board s
and send or receive a character string.
Power
Pow er w ill not be p rovid ed on the Cam era Link connector. The cam era w ill receive p ow er throu gh a
sep arate cable. Cam era m anu factu rers w ill d efine their ow n p ow er connector, cu rrent, and voltage
requ irem ents.
Camera Link Bit Definitions
BASE
Configuration
T0
Mode
Port A
Bits 0 thru
7
Port B
Bits 0 thru
7
Port C
Bits 0 thru
7
Mod e 0
1 Tap 8 bit
Tap 1
LSB..Bit 7
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