Cheetah Python Cameras User Manual | CoaXPress (CXP) Interface
August 27, 2019
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Rev 1.0
Pulse Generator
The camera provides an internal pulse generator for generating a trigger signal. You can
program it to generate a discrete sequence or a continuous trail of pulse signals.
Figure 25:
Sample Pulse Generator screen
Table 24:
Pulse Generator parameters
Parameter Name
Type
Value
Access Description
PulseGenGranularity
Enumeration
String
Num.
"x1uS"
0
"x10uS"
1
"x100uS"
2
"x1000uS"
3
RW
Sets the multiplication factors
of the Pulse Generator where
x1 = 1µS; x10 = 10 µS; and so
on.
PulseGenWidth
Integer
Min: PulseGenMin
Max: PulseGenWidthMax
RW
Sets pulse width of Pulse
Generator in microseconds.
PulseGenPeriod
Integer
Min: PulseGenMin
Max: PulseGenPeriodMax
RW
Sets the pulse period of the
Pulse Generator in
microseconds
PulseGenNumPulses
Integer
Min: 1
Max: 65535
RW
Sets the number of pulses to
be generated by the Pulse
Generator when NumPulses
mode is selected.
PulseGenMode
Enumeration
String
Num.
"Continuous" 0
"NumPulses" 1
RW
Sets mode of Pulse Generator.
PulseGenEnable
Boolean
RW
Enables Pulse Generator. Pulse
generator output can map to
OUT1 or OUT2 output signals.