
APDCAM User’s Guide
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Parameter
R/W
Offset
(byte)
Size
(byte)
Value
after start
Description
SHUTTER_MODE R/W
128
1
EEPROM
Bit 0 controls shutter mode.
0: Shutter controlled by SHUTTER_STATE
1: Shutter controlled from Opt. connector if set
up in factory.
SHUTTER_STATE R/W
130
1
EEPROM
Bit 0 controls shutter state in manual mode.
0: closed, 1: open.
FACTORY_RESET W 132
1
0
Writing hex $CD (decimal 205) into this regis-
ter causes all settings to return to factory de-
fault.
ERROR_CODE R
134
1
0
Error code. (Write 0 to erase.)
0: No error
0x41: BIAS_SET set higher than BIAS_MAX.
0x50: Write attempt to read only register.
0x7C: Peltier controller has no valid weight
values or temp sensor error.
BOARD_SERIAL R
256
2
factory
Board unique serial No.
BIAS_MAX R
258
2
factory
Maximum allowed value for detector bias.
Table 9. Register map of the Control unit, part two.
3.5. Ethernet
Communication
Communication over the Ethernet connection is performed using a Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (GEC) by ByteStudio Ltd. This device receives data in four 8-bit streams,
packs it into UDP datagrams and sends them to a destination address. Additionally to the
data transmission to the PC the card can also communicate with the APDCAM DAQ and
Control units on an internal bus and arrange register read-write operations between the
PC and APDCAM. Communication on this internal bus is shown by blinking of the green
Communication LED on the camera backplate. Details of the GEC card are described in
its own documentation. The software interface description in Section 3.6 introduces the
functions for setting the GEC for data transfer and communication with APDCAM.
The GEC has a standard electrical Gigabit connector. Below it the green Gbit LED in-
dicates when Gigabit communication is set up with the host. If this is not possible GEC
falls back to 100 Mbit or 10 Mbit speed.
To allow long-range fibre optic communication with APDCAM a D-Link DMC-
700SC UTP-fibre media converter has been integrated into APDCAM. To use fibre
communication a short UTP cable can be connected between the GEC UTP port and the
fibre media converter. The fibre cable should be connected to the media convert’s fibre
port. The connector type is duplex SC, the fibre cable is multimode. The fibre communi-
cation signal should be converted back to UTP on the camera side. For the camera side
conversion the same unit ( D-Link DMC-700SC) is recommended. There are two jump-
ers on this card, they should be set as follows:
SW1: on (forced)
Sw2: off