Falcon 4M Camera Manual
03-032-20044-03
Teledyne DALSA
70
5.2 Troubleshooting Using the Serial Interface
Communications
To qu ickly verify serial com m u nications send the
h
(help ) com m and . By send ing the
h
and receiving the help m enu , the serial com m u nications are verified . If fu rther p roblem s
p ersist, review Ap p end ix B for m ore inform ation on com m u nications.
Verify Parameters
To verify the cam era setu p , send the
gcp
(get cam era p aram eters) com m and . To retrieve
valid p aram eter ranges, send the
h
(help ) com m and .
Verify Factory Calibrated Settings
To restore the camera‘s factory settings send the
rfs
com m and . To restore the cam era‘s
factory calibrated FFC coefficients, first p ick the ap p rop riate set (
csn 0
to
7
) and then
send
lpc
to load said set.
After execu ting this com m and send the
gcp
com m and to verify the factory settings.
Verify Timing and Digital Video Path
Use the test p attern featu re to verify the p rop er tim ing and connections betw een the
cam era and the fram e grabber and verify the p rop er ou tp u t along the d igital p rocessing
chain.
5.3 Specific Solutions
No Output or Erratic Behavior
If you r cam era p rovid es no ou tp u t or behaves erratically, it m ay be p icking u p rand om
noise from long cables acting as antennae. Do not attach w ires to u nu sed p ins. Verify that
the cam era is not receiving sp u riou s inp u ts (e.g. EXSYN C, if cam era is u sing an internal
signal for synchronization).
Line Dropout, Bright Lines, or Incorrect Frame rate
Verify that the frequ ency of the internal sync is set correctly.
Noisy Output
Check you r p ow er su p p ly voltage ou tp u ts for noise. N oise p resent on these lines can
resu lt in p oor vid eo qu ality. Low qu ality or non -tw isted p air cable can also ad d noise to
the vid eo ou tp u t.