Falcon 4M Camera Manual
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Teledyne DALSA
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Set Number of Frame Dumps
Pu rp ose:
Sets the nu m ber of fast-fram e d u m p s to be u sed w ithin snap shot
m od es 1 or 2.
Syntax:
snd
i
Syntax Elem ents:
i
Set nu m ber of fram e d u m p s.
1-7
N otes:
Only enabled d u ring Snap shot m od es (
efd
) 1 or 2.
Exam p le:
snd 3
When w ith in snap shots m od es 1 and 2 the u ser can choose to p erform m ore than one fast
fram e d u m p d u ring a d u m p sequ ence. In som e cases increasing the nu m ber of fast fram e
d u m p s m ay help red u ce the sm all resid u als left behind after long EXSYN C id le tim es. In
general the u ser is recom m end ed to u se the factory d efau lt setting:
snd 1
.
N ote that increasing the nu m ber of d u m p s w ill d ecrease the m axim u m fram e rate that
can be achieved (this can be qu eried u sing the help screen in
sem 2
).
3.6 Setting a Vertical Window of Interest
A w ind ow of interest is a su bset of a fu ll fram e im age that is d esired as ou tp u t from the
cam era. Becau se the sensor is ou tp u tting only the d esignated w ind ow of interest, the
benefit is an increase in fram e rate an d a red u ction in d ata volu m e.
To allow qu ick activation of new w ind ow coord inates, the cam era allow s you to p reset
one sequ ence of w ind ow coord inates. These coord inates w ait for a trigger and becau se
they have been p rep rogram m ed , the new w ind ow is activate d extrem ely qu ickly.
To set a window of interest
1.
Set the w ind ow activation m ethod — either softw are activated (
wts 1
) or hard w are
activated throu gh CC4 (
wts 2
).
2.
Set the w ind ow coord inates, u sing the com m and
wse 0 1 x y x y
.
3.
Activate the w ind ow coord inates by:
o
transitioning CC4 to its com p lem entary logic state w hen u sing an external
w ind ow control sou rce (
wts
=
2
) .
or
o
transitioning to
wss 0
or
wss 1
d ep end ing on the com p lem entary logic state
w hen u sing an internal w ind ow control sou rce (
wts
=
1
).
4.
When, or if, necessary, rep eat step s 2 and 3 to set and activate a new w ind ow .