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Appendix E: Three Letter
Commands
In ad d ition to the GenICam interface, the Falcon2 cam era su p p orts the classic three letter com m and (TLC)
interface. This m ethod of controlling the cam era m ay be p referable to cu stom ers w ith existing system s
that u se TLCs or w ho are u sing an op erating system that is not su p p orted by Sap era or GenICam .
To access the TLC an ASCII-based communications interface application, such as HyperTerminal.
Additionally it is possible to use the functions of
clserxxx.dll
or
clallserial.dll
as defined in the
Camera Link Specification.
Figure 39 Serial DLL hierarchy as mentioned in the Camera Link Specification
Putting Camera In TLC Mode
The cam era boots u p in GenICam (GenCP) m od e at 9600 bau d (8 bits N o Parity 1 Stop Bit). To p u t the
cam era into three letter com m and m od e:
1.
Pow er cycle the cam era
N ote 1
2.
Start a serial console ap p lication
N ote 2
3.
Configu re the cam era link virtu al serial p ort to:
9600bau d
8 bits
N o Parity
1 Stop Bit
N o flow control
See the section titled Setting the Sap era‘s COM Port Map p ing
4.
Configu re the serial console to echo characters locally
5.
Press the ESC key
N ote 3
6.
An OK p rom p t shou ld ap p ear.
N OTES:
