SpectraVideo Camera User’s Manual
SpectraVideo Camera Setup
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For the camera control box to communicate with your PC, the data acquisition
board must be installed, if there is not one already installed. To install the board:
1.
Make sure the computer is turned off.
2.
Leave your computer plugged into a grounded power source, if it is
not already plugged in (a grounded wall socket is preferred).
3.
Remove the computer’s chassis cover and locate a free PCI expansion
slot.
4.
Remove the protective plate covering that corresponds to the chassis
slot, saving the machine screw.
5.
Dissipate any static electricity by touching a bare-metal portion of the
PC chassis.
6.
Remove the data acquisition card from the anti-static bag, holding the
board’s edge (do not touch the board’s back or the connectors
because these areas are more susceptible to retained static charge).
7.
Insert data acquisition board into the free PCI expansion slot, making
sure that the board is fully seated.
8.
Secure the board bracket using the machine screw from the chassis slot
plate.
9.
Replace the chassis cover.
If you are not using a PCI bus data acquisition board with fiber optic links, you
must connect the 9-pin serial data cable from the port on the back of the camera
control box marked “serial control” to a free serial (COM) port on your PC. Note
which serial (COM) port you are using for setup of PixelView. Then connect the
parallel cable from the port marked “Parallel Data” to the parallel port on the data
acquisition card. Figure 2 shows the camera setup with serial/parallel cabling. If
you are using a fiber optic link, install the fiber optic cables from the data
acquisition board to the camera control box.
CAUTION! When inserting or detaching the fiber optic cables, grasp the
metal nut at the end of the cable. Do not push or pull on the cable itself.
When removing the plastic cover at the tip of the cable, grasp the metal nut,
not the cable. DO NOT tie the fiber optic cable in a knot. Bending the cable
in a circle with a radius smaller than four inches can damage the cable.
To connect the fiber optic cables:
1.
Remove the fiber optic port plugs by turning counter-clockwise ¼ turn and
then pulling out.
2.
The first fiber optic cable goes from the port labeled “FO1” on the back of the
camera control box to the top fiber optic port on the data acquisition board.
The “top” port is the port farthest away from where the board is plugged into
the extension slot. Remember to loosen or tighten the cable using the metal
nut. Do not push or pull the cable itself. Rotate the metal nut clockwise until
the key slot drops into place.