XIIMUS 4K CL User Manual. Model: 4096CT. Version 1.4
The data byte can be any value as specified in the table below:
Memory
Bank
SAVE LOAD
Notes
0
yes yes
Power-up
values
1 to 59
yes yes
General
purpose
60
no
yes
reserved for factory preset values
61
no
yes
Minimum usable gain settings
62
no
yes
High-gain version of bank 63
63
no
yes
Copy of the initial values of Bank 0
RS-232 port:
LOAD commands are acknowledged by sending out the contents of the selected memory
bank. Each of the 64 values is preceded by the address of the respective register. Thus, the
camera response starts with (decimal):
192, MSB_gain_value_for_odd_pixels_of_red_channel,
193, MSB_gain_value_for_even_pixels_of_red_channel,
194 and so on until the total of 128 bytes has been sent out.
Example:
In order to save the settings of the camera to be the power up values send the save
command, 191, and then the data, which is 0. For reloading the initial default settings from
the Bank 63, send 190 followed by 63 (decimal).
Camera Link
®
serial communications port:
Once the LOAD command is issued, the transmission starts with the first byte of the memory
bank in question. This byte must be acknowledged by sending it back before the next byte is
output on the port. Communication ends when all 64 command and data byte pairs have
been output and acknowledged on the serial port.
NOTE:
Data storage is guaranteed only up to 100 000 SAVE commands.
All the memory banks have been preset to use the initial communications port.
If the port has been changed after delivery, loading of any of these banks will
reset the port back to the initial setting, unless the bank has been overwritten
with the new values (not possible to banks 60 to 63).
3.6.
Programmable gains (addresses 192 to 203)
Each CCD has two output channels and each channel has individual gain controls. The gain
is controlled with 10-bit resolution, which corresponds to a range of +2dB to +36dB. The gain
is close to linear in decibels with gain values of 91 to 511 and linear in dB with higher values.
Gains should be set by first sending the most significant byte of the channel and then
sending the least significant byte to the channel in question. Gains will not be updated if only
the MSB or the LSB byte of the gain of the channel in question is sent. All the gain settings
are relative and specific only to each camera and each register. The absolute values of these
registers are not significant - the setting of the gains should be based on the feedback from
the actual images. The range of the gain is 10 bits, the topmost 8 bits being the MSB and
bottom two bits the LSB byte of the gain.
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