Cheetah Pregius Camera with Camera Link
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User Manual
July 6, 2018
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Rev 1.1
Figure 32: Test checks for communications.
The Ping function checks the serial connection status of the camera. Click Ping for a visual
indication of the following status indicators:
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GREEN (OK) indicates a successful connection.
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RED (ERR) indicates no connection.
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YELLOW indicates a ping command was sent to the camera. IF no valid return is
received, the indicators becomes gray.
Use the drop-down menu to display several test patterns.
Test Mode
Descriptions
Off
Test mode is off.
BW Checkerboard
A black and white checkerboard pattern.
Gray Image
A uniformly dark gray image. User can set the value.
Tap Segmented
An image segmented by each tap output.
H Ramp
A stationary horizontal ramp image.
V Ramp
A stationary vertical ramp image.
H & V Ramp
A pair of horizontal and/or vertical lines positioned in the image at
any pixel/line in the image. You can use the horizontal and vertical
lines as a measuring tool; the pixel and line positions are referenced
to the CCD pixels and lines, not to the image pixels and lines.
H & V Ramp Moving
A moving horizontal and vertical ramp image.
Vertical Bars
A set of 8 vertical gray bars with different gray levels.
Superimpose Crosshair
Superimposes crosshair watermark (2 pixels and 2 lines thickness)
indicating the absolute center of the image.
3.10 Color
White
balance lets you adjusts the camera’s color setting to preserve the original colors
and make white objects appear white. The screen displays the current (calculated) white
balance coefficients for each color (red, green, blue). The Color screen is disabled for
monochrome cameras.