Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual
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Teledyne DALSA
03-032-20107-03
Disp lay N am e
Serial Port D ata Size
N am e Sp ace
DFN C
Firm w are Release
00
Visibility
Beginner
Access
Read -Only
Typ e
Enu m eration
Valu es
bcp 8 -8 bits p er character
N otes
The nu m ber of bits that transm it a single character
N ame
deviceSerialPortParity
Disp lay N am e
Serial Port Parity
N am e Sp ace
DFN C
Firm w are Release
00
Visibility
Beginner
Access
Read -Only
Typ e
Enu m eration
Valu es
N one – no p artiy
N otes
N am e
deviceSerialPortN umberOfStopBits
Disp lay N am e
Serial Port N u m ber Of Stop Bits
N am e Sp ace
DFN C
Firm w are Release
00
Visibility
Beginner
Access
Read -Only
Typ e
Enu m eration
Valu es
Stop bits1 – stop bit
N otes
The nu m ber of bits u sed to ind icate that a character has been trans m itted .
Automatic Serial Speed Detection
In ord er for the cam era and the fram e grabber to com m u nicate they both m u st be set to the sam e bau d
rate (serial sp eed ).
The serial p rotocol au tom atically d etects the sp eed of cam era by the follow ing step s:
1.
Set the serial sp eed of the fram e grabber and send a com m and to the cam era
2.
If the cam era d oesn‘t resp ond after a d efined tim e, then rep eat step 1.
3.
Once com m u nication has been established the cam era w ill set the serial sp eed to the m axim u m
valu e that both th e cam era and fram e grabber can su p p ort (firm w are versions 0 to 3).
In firm w are version 4 or later, the m axim u m valu e w ill be the p reviou sly set valu e of the
DeviceSerialPortBaudRate
featu re.
File Access Control Category
The File Access control in CamExpert allows the user to quickly upload various data files to the connected Falcon2.
The supported data files are for Falcon2 firmware updates, Flat Field coefficients, and files to debug the camera.