Piranha HS-S0-06K Camera User Manual
03-032-20213-01
Teledyne DALSA
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Software Interface: How
to Control the Camera
All Piranh a H S-S0 cam era featu res can be controlled throu gh the serial interface. The
cam era can also be u sed w ith ou t the serial interface after it has been set u p correctly.
Available fu nctions inclu d e:
Controlling basic cam era fu n ctions su ch as gain and sync signal sou rce .
Flat field correction .
Mirroring and read ou t control.
Generating a test p attern for d ebu gging .
The serial interface u ses a sim p le ASCII-based p rotocol and the PC d oes not requ ire any
cu stom softw are.
Note:
This com m an d set has changes from p reviou s Teled yne DALSA cam eras. Do not
assu m e that the Piranha H S com m and s p erform sim ilarly to old er cam eras.
Serial Protocol Defaults
8 d ata bits
1 stop bit
N o p arity
N o flow control
115,200 kbp s bau d rate
Cam era d oes not echo ch aracters
Command Format
When entering com m and s, rem em ber that:
A carriage retu rn <CR> end s each com m an d .
A sp ace or m u ltip le sp ace ch aracters sep arate p aram eters. Tabs or com m as are
invalid p aram eter sep arators.
Up p er an d low ercase ch aracters are accep ted .
The backsp ace key is su p p orted .