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Software Operation 11
TM/ RM -1327GE Series
1.TM-1327GE Software
Operation Manual
1 Software Introduction
1.1 Scope of the Document
This manual describes how to access and use features specific to JAI's Gigabit Ethernet camera, the
TM-1327GE. The camera’s different operation modes are described in the hardware section of this
manual, which begins on page 29.
The TM-1327GE series consists of the TM-1327GE (monochrome) and the TMC-1327GE (color). Unless
otherwise noted, all information contained in this manual is relevant to both models.
1.2 Related Documents
The appendix contains descriptions of the TM-1327GE camera’s internal frame grabber and how to
connect the camera. The appendix complements, and should be used in conjunction with the three
following documents:
•
Cam2Net User’s Manual
•
Cam2Net IP Device Drivers
•
Cam2Net C++ SDK Reference Manual
These documents are part of the GigE software package and are added to your system when the
software is installed.
1.3 Gigabit Ethernet Camera Interface
The GigE interface provides an easily connectable, high-bandwidth imaging solution, where video
data is sent as IP packets over an industry-standard GigE network.
Point-to-point (unswitched) transmission is up to 100 meters. With Gigabit Ethernet switches, the
transmission distance is virtually unlimited.
Note: Refer to the section on time-outs and packets in the Cam2Net User’s Manual for more
information on packet sizes for point-to-point and networked applications.
Communication with a GigE camera is completely user transparent, so if you usually work with
Camera Link® or the JAI Cam2Net adapter, you will find it very easy to migrate.
The TM-1327GE camera has internal frame memory, which sends only the actual image data using
the Gigabit Ethernet interface.
At the PC, the Cam2Net Software Development Kit (SDK) provides a communications interface that
maps the RS-232 command channel through the IP link. All commands sent to and received from the
camera are transparently routed to/from the host PC using the GigE link.