Falcon4 86M Cameras
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LED Indicators
The camera is equipped with 2 LEDs on the back to display the operational status of the camera.
The tables below summarize the operating states of the camera and the corresponding LED states.
When more than one condition is active, the LED indicates the condition with the highest priority.
Color of Camera Status LED
Meaning
Off
No power or hardware malfunction
Red slow blinking
Camera in temporary shutdown (e.g. temperature). The communication channel is
maintained but imaging is disabled
Red solid
Fatal error state. Device is not functional
Blue fast blinking
Firmware upgrade, file transfer
Blue slow blinking
Camera waiting for warm up to complete (Camera initialization)
Blue solid
Upgrading internal firmware, when acquisition is disabled. This happens when changing a
camera feature that effects the image output (e.g. AOI, bit depth, etc.)
Green solid
Free-running acquisition
Green slow blinking
Calibration in progress
Orange slow blinking
Camera initializing
Color of CLHS Status LED
Meaning
Off
No power or hardware malfunction
Orange solid
The frame grabber is holding this device in reset preventing any communication
Orange slow blinking
The devices have established communication and determined that they are not
interoperable, and camera is initializing
Red solid
Fatal error state. Device is not functional.
Red slow blinking
Camera in temporary shutdown (e.g. temperature). The communication channel is
maintained but imaging is disabled
Red fast blinking
Camera has CLHS link error.
Green solid
Link established and data transfer may take place.
Green fast blinking
Camera is losing trigger
Green slow blinking
Looking for Link
LED States on Power Up
The following LED sequence occurs when the Falcon 4 is powered up connected to a CLHS frame
grabber.
Status
LED
CLHS
Status
LED
Initial power up
Camera initializing
(slow blinking)
Link established
Camera waiting for trigger
(fast blinking)
Initial power up
Camera initializing
(slow blinking)
Camera in free-running mode
Waiting for command