Installation and hardware
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Bonito PRO Technical Manual V1.0.0
Connecting your camera
1.
Install the frame grabber in your host computer and configure the frame
grabber software including drivers, utilities, and libraries. Ensure the system
BIOS version is compatible with the frame grabber. For additional information,
see the frame grabber quick start guide or other documentation provided by
the manufacturer.
2.
Connect your Bonito PRO camera to your frame grabber via four 75
Ω
coaxial
cables.
3.
The camera can by powered via the Hirose I/O port using a compatible power
supply or it can be powered via a PoCXP frame grabber.
4.
Mount a lens to the camera
Line1 is master
•
When connecting the camera to power always connect Line1 last.
•
Some frame grabbers require that the master connection is always on line 1
and line 1 is connected to line 1 on the frame grabber.
•
As power is provided by all lines, you must disconnect all four cables to power
cycle the camera.
CoaXPress cabling
CoaXPress uses 75
Ω
coaxial cable as a physical medium.
Maximum cable length
The maximum cable length between the Bonito PRO camera and the host
computer is dependent on the bit rate and the type of coax cable used. For more
information refer to the
JIIA CoaXPress Standard Version 1.1.1
.
The procedure to obtain first image from your Bonito PRO camera is dependent on
the frame grabber GenICam browser or SDK. The Euresys Coaxlink Quad G3 CXP-6
frame grabber GenICam browser was used to create the screenshots in this
document. These screenshots are not representative of every frame grabber
GenICam browser.