Falcon 4M Camera Manual
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5
Troubleshooting
The inform ation in this chap ter can help you solve p roblem s that m ay occu r d u ring the
setu p of you r cam era. Rem em ber that the cam era is p art of the entire acqu isition system .
You m ay have to trou bleshoot any or all of the follow ing:
p ow er su p p lies
cabling
fram e grabber hard w are &
softw are
host com p u ter
light sou rces
op tics
op erating environm ent
encod er
You r step s in d ealing w ith a technical p roblem shou ld be to try the general and sp ecific
solu tions listed in this section first. If these solu tions d o not resolve you r p roblem , see
section 5.4 on getting p rod u ct su p p ort.
5.1 Common Solutions
Connections
The first step in trou bleshooting is to verify that you r cam era has all the correct
connection s.
Power Supply Voltages
Check for the p resence of all voltages at the cam era p ow er connector. Verify the connector
p inou t and that all grou nd s are connected . Refer to section 2.2.3 Pow er Connector for
d etails.
Note:
Avoid hot p lu gging long p ow er cables into the cam era.
Data Clocking/Output Signals
To valid ate cable integrity, have the cam era send ou t a test p attern and verify it is being
p rop erly received . Refer to section 3.9 Generating a Test Pattern for fu rther inform ation
on ru nning test p atterns.