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Falcon4 86M Cameras
Step 3: Establish Communication between the frame grabber and the
camera
To establish communication with the camera following these steps in order:
1.
Power on the camera.
2.
Connect to the frame grabber.
3.
Connect to the camera.
1.
Power on the camera
Turn on the camera‘s power supply. You may have to wait up to 60 seconds for the camera
to warm up and prepare itself for operation.
The camera must boot fully before it will be recognized by the GenCP compliant application.
In this ready-state, the CLHS LED will be green and the Camera LED will be green or blue (if
using a Teledyne DALSA frame grabber). You are now ready to connect the frame grabber,
step 2.
2.
Connect to the frame grabber
Start Sapera CamExpert (or an equivalent GenCP-compliant interface) by double-clicking
the desktop icon created during the software installation.
CamExpert will search for Sapera devices installed on your system. In the Devices list area
on the left side of the GUI, the connected frame grabber will be shown. (See image below.)
Select the frame grabber device by clicking on its name.
Note: The first time you set up the camera you will need to establish a communication link between
the camera and frame grabber. Instructions are available in Appendix
B: Camera, Frame Grabber
Communication
.
3.
Connect to the camera
Start a new Sapera CamExpert application (or equivalent Camera Link compliant interface)
by double-clicking the desktop icon created during the software installation.
Important:
you need to have two interface windows open: one connected to and controlling
the frame grabber, and one connected to and controlling the camera. (See image below.)
CamExpert will search for Sapera devices installed on your system. In the Devices list area
on the left side of the GUI, the connected Falcon4 camera will be shown.
Select the Falcon4 camera device by clicking on the camera‘s user-defined name. By default
the camera is identified by its serial number.