Hamamatsu Photonics C9300-124, Instruction Manual

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C9300-124 Ver.1.4
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10. COMMAND SPECIFICATIONS
10-1 TRANSMISSION INTERFACE
The camera is controlled from the host computer through the serial interface. Specifications
for the serial interface are shown below.
Baud rate 9600
Data length 8
Parity bit None
Stop bit 1
10-2 COMMAND FORMAT
(1) Basic system
External control commands for the camera are output by the computer in the following
format.
Command_Parameter CR
CR: Carriage return
”CR” appended to a command being output indicates the end of the data. Spaces ( _ )
are used to separate commands from parameters in commands requiring the inclusion
of parameters.
10-3 CAMERA RESPONSE TO COMMANDS
The camera responds to commands transmitted from the host computer. The camera can
be set so that a response is either sent or withheld when the RESponse command is
received. However, responses to status commands from the camera cannot be refused.
(RESponse)
Function
Setting allows or prevents responses when commands are sent from the host
computer.
Y
Response is transmitted for each separate command. (Default)
RES
Parameter
N
Response is not transmitted for each separate command.
The following describes cases in which the camera responds to the
RES
command.
Responses indicate the completion of actions the camera performs when the corresponding
commands are received; responses differ according to the type of command received by the
camera.