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Piranha4 8k Color Camera User's Manual
03-032-20274-00
Teledyne DALSA
Appendix B: ASCII
Commands
The following commands can be used to control the camera.
Accessing the Three Letter Commands (TLC)
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 21: Serial DLL hierarchy as mentioned in the Camera Link Specification
1.
Cycle power to the camera: by either a) issuing the reset camera command (rc), or
b) powering the camera OFF and then ON.
2.
Load the ASCII interface using:
9600 baud
8 data bits
no parity
1 stop bit
no flow control
Receive: CR+LF
Transmit: CR
Local echo
3.
Wait for a stable status LED color (green or red) before proceeding. Note that all
entries in HyperTerminal will be ignored until a stable LED color is obtained.
4.
In case of HyperTerminal, press the <ESC> key.
5.
Once <ESC> has been entered, press <Return> key and the help screen appears.