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Spyder3 S3-14 and S3-24 Monochrome Camera User's Manual
03-032-20117-01
Teledyne DALSA
Returning Averaged Lines of Video
Setting the Number of Lines to Sample
The
css
com m and sets the nu m ber of lines to sam p le w hen u sing the
gla
com m and or w hen p erform ing
an FPN or PRN U calibration.
Camera Link Command
Parameter
Description
Notes
css m
N u m ber of lines to sam p le. Allow able
valu es are
256
,
512
, or
1024
(factory
setting).
To retu rn the cu rrent setting, u se the
gcp
com m and or
get css
.
Example
css 1024
Returning the Average of Multiple Lines of Video
The
gla
com m and retu rns the average for m u ltip le lines of vid eo d ata (w ithou t p ixel coefficients ap p lied ).
The nu m ber of lines to sam p le is set and ad ju sted by the
css
com m and . The cam era d isp lays the Min.,
Max., and Mean statistics for the p ixels in the region of interest (t he region of interest com m and is
exp lained in section Setting a Region of Interest (ROI)).
Camera Link Command
Parameter
Description
Notes
gla x1 x2
x1 Pixel start nu m ber. Mu st be less
than the colu m n end nu m ber in a
range from
1
to sensor
resolution
.
x2 Pixel end nu m ber. Mu st be greater
than the colu m n start nu m ber in a
range from
2
to colu m n resolution.
If
x2
x1
then
x2
is forced to be
x1
.
Analog gain, analog offset, d igital offset,
backgrou nd su btract, and d igital system gain
are ap p lied to the d ata. FPN and PRN U
coefficients are not inclu d ed in the d ata.
Valu es retu rned are in 12 bit DN .
Example
gla 10 20
Temperature Measurement
The tem p eratu re of the cam era can be d eterm ined by u sing the
vt
com m and . This com m and w ill retu rn
the internal chip case tem p eratu re in d egrees Celsiu s. For p rop er op eration, this valu e shou ld not exceed
65 °C.
Note:
If the cam era reaches 65 °C, the cam era w ill shu t d ow n and the LED w ill flash red . If this occu rs, the
cam era m u st be rebooted u sing the com m and ,
rc
or can be p ow ered d ow n m anu ally. You w ill not be
able to restart the cam era u ntil the tem p eratu re is less than 65°C. You w ill have to correct the tem p eratu re
p roblem or the cam era w ill shu t d ow n again. The cam era allow s you to send the
vt
(verify tem p eratu re)
com m and w hile it is in this state.
