User`s guide

Cameras
Adept Peripherals User’s Guide, Rev A 15
1394b
Each 1394b expansion card has three ports. The total capacity of each card is 800 Mbit/s,
which is divided between the number of cameras using that card. The fastest throughput
per camera is obtained with one camera per card, yielding the full 800 Mbit/s for that
camera. Two cameras on one card can operate at 400 Mbit/s each, and so on.
Adding a second 1394b card adds another 800 Mbit/s of bandwidth, which will be
divided between the cameras connected to that card.
1394a
Each 1394a expansion card has two ports. The total capacity of each card is 400 Mbit/s,
which is divided between the number of cameras using that card. The fastest throughput
is obtained with one camera per card, yielding the full 400 Mbit/s for that camera. Two
cameras on one card can operate at a maximum speed of 200 Mbit/s each.
Adding a second 1394a card adds another 400 Mbit/s of bandwidth, which will be
divided between the cameras connected to that card.
Basler 1394a Camera
RJ45 cable pin assignments are listed in Table 4-2, “RJ45 Cable Pin Assignments,” on page 18.
Wire colors for non-Adept RJ45 cables may not match Adept cables.
NOTE: The RJ45 will not be needed for a 1394a camera if a conveyor is not used,
and the camera latch and strobe signals are not used.
NOTE: The RJ45 connector on the back of the Basler 1394a camera looks similar to
an Ethernet connector, but the RJ45 has 10 pins. A standard Ethernet connector
will not work for connecting to a Basler 1394a camera.
Basler 1394b Camera
The Hirose cable provides signal lines for latch and strobe. Hirose cable pin assignments are listed
in Table 4-1, “Hirose Cable Pin Assignments,” on page 17.
NOTE: The Hirose cable will not be needed for a 1394b camera if a conveyor is not
used, and the camera latch and strobe signals are not used.
Basler GigE Camera
NOTE: A GigE camera can be connected to any available Ethernet port on the
SmartVision EX.
24 VDC power, which is normally supplied to a GigE camera through the Hirose cable, can
instead be supplied by a suitable external power supply. The Adept SmartController User’s Guide
and Adept SmartVision EX User’s Guide give guidelines and sources for suitable power supplies.
The Hirose power pins can only reliably supply about 700 mA, so the configuration shown in the
fold-out would work for one or two GigE cameras (Basler specs the cameras at ~250 mA @ 24 V),
assuming that no other I/O is using some of this power. If more cameras are used, or additional
I/O power is used for other purposes, then an external power supply will be needed.