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Flare 12M CXP User's Manual
3.2 CoaXPress Output Format
The CoaXPress downlink outputs can run at CXP-3 (3.125Gbps) or CXP-6 (6.25Gbps). The
camera can run with either 1, 2 or 4 links (1 Master Link + 0, 1 or 3 Extension Links). Write
the ConnectionConfig register as shown in Table 8 to change the number of outputs and the
output speed. The frame period and exposure times will automatically be adjusted to reflect
the change in output bandwidth.
Speed
Links
ConnectionConfig
CXP-3
1
0x10038
2
0x20038
4
0x40038
CXP-6
1
0x10048
2
0x20048
4
0x40048
Table 8. ConnectionConfig register
The output pixel depth can be either 8- or 10-bit by writing the Pixel Format register.
Camera
Bit Depth
Pixel Format
12M180CCX
8
0x331 - BayerGB8
10
0x332 - BayerGB10
12M180MCX/
12M180NCX
8
0x101 - Mono8
10
0x102 - Mono10
Table 9. Pixel Format register
To comply with the CoaXPress standard, the camera must power up in a CXP-3 mode. Any
saved user set that contains a CXP-6 mode will load in the default CXP-3, 1 link mode with
default frame size, period and exposure settings.
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