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Piranha4 2K and 4K Color Camera User's Manual 29
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3. Software and Hardware Setup
Recommended system requirements
To achieve best system p erform ance, the follow ing m inim u m requ irem ents are recom m end ed :
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H igh band w id th fram e grabber, e.g. Xcelera -CL PX8 Fu ll Cam era Link fram e grabber (Part # OR-
X8CO-XPF00):
w w w .teled yned alsa.com / im aging/ p rod u cts/ fg/ OR-X8C0-XPF00/ .
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Op erating system s: Wind ow s XP / Vista / 7, 32 / 64-bit.
Setup Steps: Overview
Take the follow ing step s in ord er to setu p and ru n you r cam era system . They are d escribed briefly below
and in m ore d etail in the sections that follow .
1. Install and configure frame grabber and software
We recom m end the Xcelera-CL PX8 Fu ll fram e grabber or equ ivalent, d escribed in d etail on the
teled yned alsa.com site
here . If you r host com p u ter d oes not have a PX8 fu ll Cam era Link fram e grabber
then you w ill need to install one. Follow the m anufacturer’s installation instructions.
A GenCP (Generic Control Protocol) com p liant XML d evice d escrip tion file is em bed d ed w ithin the
cam era firm w are allow ing GenCP-com p liant ap p lication s to know the cam era’s cap abilities im m ed iately
after connection. Installing Sap eraLT gives you access to the Cam Exp ert GUI, a tool that su p p orts Gen CP-
com p liant d evices.
2. Connect Camera Link and power cables
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Connect the Cam era Link cables from the cam era to the com p u ter.
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Connect a p ow er cable from the cam era to a +12 VDC to +24 VDC p ow er su p p ly.
3. Establish communicating with the camera
Start the GUI and establish com m u nication w ith the cam era.
ASCII Commands
As an alternative to the Cam Exp ert (or equ ivalent) GUI, you can com m u nicate w ith this cam era u sing
ASCII-based com m and s. A com p lete list of the com m and s can be fou nd here,
Ap p end ix B: ASCII
Com m and s .
4. Operate the camera
At this p oint you w ill be read y to start op erating the cam era in ord er to acqu ire im ages, set cam era
fu nctions, and save settings.