CAMERAS FRAME GRABBERS IMAGING SOLUTIONS
BOBCAT Hardware User’s Manual
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2.11 I/O CONTROL
2.11.1 I/O Mapping
The camera has 2 external inputs and 2 external outputs wired to the 12 pin HIROSE
connector, located on the back of the camera – please refer to Table 1.4a for more
information. In addition to these inputs and outputs, the cameras with camera link
output have two more inputs (CC1 and CC2) and one output (CL Spare) available.
The user can map camera inputs to: H or V Sync, External trigger, Computer trigger
and Exposure control. The user can map the camera outputs to: Exposure Start,
Exposure End, Mid-Exposure, Active Exposure Window, H or, V Sync, Odd/Even
Frame Flag, Trigger Pulse, Trigger Pulse Delayed, Camera Ready, Pulse Generator,
Strobe One, Strobe Two. For each mapped signal active “High”, active “Low”, can
be selected. All possible mapping options for the camera inputs and outputs are
shown in Table 2.4a and Table 2.4b respectively.
Note:
CC1/CC2 is not available in GEV cameras.
Input Signals
IN1
IN2 CC1 CC2
Exposure Control
External Trigger
N/A N/A
Computer Trigger
N/A
N/A
H-Sync
V-Sync
Table 2.4a – BOBCAT Input Mapping
Output Signals
OUT1
OUT2 CL SP
Exposure Start
Exposure End
Mid-Exposure
Active Exposure Window
H-Sync
V-Sync
Odd/Even Frame Flag
Trigger Pulse
Trigger Pulse Delayed
Camera Ready
Pulse Generator
Strobe One
Strobe Two