Spyder3 S3-14 and S3-24 Monochrome Camera User's Manual
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Teledyne DALSA
03-032-20117-01
Using Camera Link with Spyder3 Cameras
All of the cam era featu res can be controlled throu gh the serial interface. The cam era can also be u sed
w ithou t the serial interface after it has been set u p correctly. For exam p le, fu nctions available inclu d e:
Controlling basic cam era fu nctions su ch as gain and sync signal sou r ce.
Flat field correction .
Mirroring and read ou t control
Generating a test p attern for d ebu 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 m ay be d ifferent from those u sed by other Teled yne DALSA cam eras. You
shou ld not assu m e that these com m and s p erform the saI m e as those for old er cam eras.
Complete Command List
A list of all the available com m and s is inclu d ed in ASCII Com m and s: Reference, p age 70.
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 ch aracters
Command Format
The cam era resp ond s to a sim p le ASCII-based p rotocol. When entering com m and s, rem em ber that:
A carriage retu rn <CR> end s each com m and .
A sp ace or m u ltip le sp ace characters sep arate p aram eters. Tabs or com m as are invalid p aram eter
sep arators.
Up p er and low ercase ch aracters are accep ted
The backsp ace key is su p p orted
The camera w ill answer each com m and w ith either <CR><LF> ―OK >" or <CR>< LF>"Error xx: Error
Message >" or ―Warning xx: Warning Message >‖. The ">" is used exclu sively as the last character
sent by the cam era.
The follow ing p aram eter conventions are u sed in the m anu al:
•
i
= integer valu e
•
f
= real nu m ber
•
m
= m em ber of a set
•
s
= string
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t
= tap id
•
x
= p ixel colu m n nu m ber
•
y
= p ixel row nu m ber
Exam p le: to retu rn the cu rrent cam era settings
gcp
<CR>
