Q S I 5 0 0 S E R I E S U S E R G U I D E
11
Electrical Connections
camera body to
rotect the connectors when no
cables are attached.
DC Po
The camera is ordinarily powered by the included AC power adapter which plugs into the
le connector on the bottom of the camera. The AC power adapter accepts any input
voltage from 90v to 240v and 50-60 Hz. It is supplied with a region-specific AC power cord.
cator on the back of the
camera will
nected via the USB cable.
The Camera Status Indicator will glow solid green once the camera is connected to the
computer via the USB cable. See the
Status and Notification
discussion later in this
Section for additional detail.
The image at the left is a close-
up of the bottom of the camera
body. All electrical connections to
the camera are made through the
three connectors located on this
connector panel. The panel is
recessed into the
p
wer Connector
midd
Shortly after power is applied to the camera, the Camera Status Indi
camera will start glowing yellow indicating that the camera is starting up. The
make a small “chirp” sound and then a few seconds later will make a “chirp chirp” sound
indicating that the camera successfully completed its initialization steps. The Camera
Status Indicator will begin flashing green if the camera is not con
Note:
Power-up initialization can take up to 6 seconds. It is not possible to
connect to the camera from the imaging application (MaxIm LE, CCDSoft, etc.)
during this time. Any attempt to do so will cause an error message to be
displayed by your imaging application.
Note:
The camera is designed to operate on stable, clean 12v DC power and
consumes less than 2 amps at full power. Voltage below 11v and above 15v can
increase power dissipation or lower cooling efficiency. If the voltage is outside
of this range the camera will 'notify' the user every 4 seconds until the voltage is
back within range. See
Status and Notification
below.
The camera power connecter uses a standard 2.1mm coaxial connector with
center positive.