CAMERAS FRAME GRABBERS IMAGING SOLUTIONS
BOBCAT Hardware User’s Manual
IMPERX
Rev. 2.0.7
6421 Congress Ave.
4/8/2014
Boca Raton, FL 33487
www.imperx.com
+1 (561) 989-0006
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2.19 CAMERA INTERFACE
2.19.1 Status LED
The camera has a dual red-green LED, located on the back panel. The LED color and light
pattern indicate the camera status and mode of operation:
•
GREEN
is steady ON
– Normal operation. The user is expected to see a normal image
coming out of the camera.
•
GREEN
blinks with frequency ~ 0.5 Hz
– indicates triggering mode.
•
GREEN
blinks with frequency ~ 2.0 Hz
– indicates programmable integration (line,
frame or both) mode.
•
YELLOW
is steady ON
– Test mode. The user is expected to see one of the test patterns.
•
YELLOW
blinks with frequency ~ 0.5 Hz
– the camera is in AGC/AEC mode. In this
mode changing the shutter slider will not affect the image luminance.
•
YELLOW
blinks with frequency ~ 2.0 Hz
– the camera is in external H or V sync
mode. The camera timing will be slaved to the external pulses. Changing programmable
integration sliders will not affect the image luminance
•
RED
is steady ON
– RS232 communication error or firmware load error. Re-power the
camera and load the factory settings. If the condition is still present, please contact the
factory for RMA.
•
LED is OFF
– Power not present error. The camera has no power or indicates a camera
power supply failure. A faulty external AC adapter could also cause this. To restore the
camera operation, re-power the camera and load the factory settings. If the LED is still
“OFF”, please contact the factory for RMA.
2.19.2 Temperature Monitor
The camera has a built in temperature sensor which monitors the internal camera
temperature. The sensor is placed on the hottest spot in the camera. The internal camera
temperature is displayed on the Camera Configuration Utility screen and can be queried
by the user at any time – refer to Camera Configuration section.
2.19.3 Exposure Time Monitor
The camera has a built in exposure time monitor. In any mode of operation (i.e. normal,
AOI, binning, etc.) the user can query the camera for the current exposure time by issuing