VisionLink RCX
Pin Assignments
EDT, Inc.
2016 August 30
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Cable assembly – Lemo to loose wire
The Lemo to loose wire cable assembly (EDT part #016-02650) can be wired as needed or connected to various types
of connectors, depending on your application.
Cable assembly – Lemo to male DB9
The Lemo to male DB9 cable assembly (EDT part #016-02718) supports signals that can be used as an auxiliary
signaling system for a variety of purposes.
For example, with custom firmware you could control the camera’s pan and servo motors, or set up a hardware trigger
that is local to either end. If you wish to explore these options, contact EDT.
Unlike the DB9 in the female assembly, this DB9 has no looped-back signals or integrated level conversion.
shows the pin assignments and how the standard firmware uses each wire.
Cable assembly – Lemo to female DB9 RS232
The Lemo to female DB9 cable assembly (EDT part #016-02445) supports integrated CMOS +3.3 V to RS232 level
converters on a small circuit board inside the DB9 connector shell.
This cable is designed to plug in directly to a host computer serial port. The cable offers an auxiliary serial UART
connection over the fiber, in addition to the UART normally associated with the Camera Link standard. This auxiliary
UART can be used, for example, to control the camera’s pan and zoom servo motors from the host at 19.2 Kb/s or less.
Alternatively, it can be used for other low bandwidth signals.
Table 6. Pin assignments – Lemo to loose wire
Lemo pin Wire color Standard firmware
Signal level
Comments
1 (output)
green
AUX_TX, primary auxiliary transmit UART
CMOS +3.3 V
All five CMOS 3.3 V signals go to
FPGA I/O 3.3V pins using series
100-ohm resistors.
Custom firmware can be used to
configure these pins as input or
output.
2
red
power to extender
+4.75 to +28 V
3 (output)
orange
AUX2_TX, secondary auxiliary transmit
CMOS +3.3 V
4 (input)
brown
AUX2_RX, secondary auxiliary receive
CMOS +3.3 V
5
white
SYNC, can be configured as an outgoing copy of
the camera’s frame-valid signal
CMOS +3.3 V
6 (input)
blue
AUX_RX, primary auxiliary receive UART
CMOS +3.3 V
7
black
ground
ground
Table 7. Pin assignments – male DB9 cable
Lemo pin Color
DB9 pin Standard firmware
Signal level
Comments
–
–
1
[unused]
–
All five CMOS 3.3 V
signals go to FPGA I/O
3.3V pins using series
100-ohm resistors.
Custom firmware can be
used to configure these
pins as input or output.
–
–
6
[unused]
–
1 (output)
green
2
AUX_TX, primary auxiliary transmit UART
CMOS +3.3 V
2
red
9
power to extender
+4.75 to +28 V
3 (output)
orange
7
AUX2_TX, secondary auxiliary transmit
CMOS +3.3 V
4 (input)
brown
8
AUX2_RX, secondary auxiliary receive
CMOS +3.3 V
5
white
4
SYNC, can be configured as an outgoing copy of
the camera’s frame-valid signal
CMOS +3.3 V
6 (input)
blue
3
AUX_RX, primary auxiliary receive UART
CMOS +3.3 V
7
black
5
ground
ground