Spyder3 S3-14 and S3-24 Monochrome Camera User's Manual
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Teledyne DALSA
03-032-20117-01
Returning Video Information
The camera’s microcontroller has the ability to read vid eo d ata. This fu nctionality can be used to verify
cam era op eration and to p erform basic testing w ithou t having to connect the cam era to a fram e grabber.
This inform ation can also be u sed to collect line statistics for calibrating the cam era.
Returning a Single Line of Video
Retu rns a com p lete line of vid eo (w ithou t p ixel coefficients ap p lied ) d isp laying one p ixel valu e after another. After
p ixel valu es have been d isp layed it also d isp lays the m inim um , m axim u m , and m ean valu e of the line sam p led
w ithin the region of interest (the region of interest com m and is exp lained in section Setting a Region of Interest
(ROI)).
Use the
gl
com m and , or the follow ing
gla
com m and , to ensu re the p rop er vid eo inp u t range into the
p rocessing chain before execu ting any p ixel calibration com m and s.
Camera Link Command
Parameter
Description
Notes
gl x1 x2
x1 Pixel start nu m ber. Mu st be less
than the p ixel end nu m ber in a range
from
1
to
sensor resolution
.
x2 Pixel end nu m ber. Mu st be greater
than the p ixel start nu m ber in a range
from
2
to
sensor resolution
.
If
x2
x1
then
x2
is forced to be
x1
.
Valu es retu rned are in 12-bit DN .
Example
gl 10 20