Instruction manual
Guppy PRO Technical ManualV4.1.0
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Contents
Contacting Allied Vision...................................................................................9
Introduction........................................................................................................... 10
Document history ......................................................................................................... 10
Manual overview........................................................................................................... 17
Conventions used in this manual...................................................................................... 19
Styles .................................................................................................................... 19
Symbols ................................................................................................................. 19
More information.......................................................................................................... 20
Before operation .......................................................................................................... 20
Guppy PRO cameras ........................................................................................ 22
Conformity ............................................................................................................. 23
CE ......................................................................................................................... 23
FCC – Class B Device .................................................................................................. 23
FireWire ................................................................................................................... 24
Overview..................................................................................................................... 24
Definition ............................................................................................................... 24
IEEE 1394 standards ................................................................................................. 24
Why use FireWire?..................................................................................................... 25
FireWire in detail .......................................................................................................... 25
Serial bus ............................................................................................................... 25
FireWire connection capabilities.................................................................................. 26
Capabilities of 1394a (FireWire 400)............................................................................. 27
IIDC V1.3 camera control standards ......................................................................... 27
Capabilities of 1394b (FireWire 800) ............................................................................ 27
IIDC V1.31 camera control standards ....................................................................... 27
Compatibility between 1394a and 1394b....................................................................... 28
Compatibility example .......................................................................................... 28
Image transfer via 1394a and 1394b ............................................................................ 29
1394b bandwidths.................................................................................................... 30
Requirements for PC and 1394b .............................................................................. 30
Example 1: 1394b bandwidth of Guppy PRO cameras ................................................... 31
Example 2: More than one Guppy PRO camera at full speed ........................................... 31
FireWire Plug & play capabilities.................................................................................. 31
FireWire hot-plug and screw-lock precautions ................................................................ 32
Operating system support .......................................................................................... 33
Specifications ...................................................................................................... 34
Guppy PRO F-031B/C ..................................................................................................... 35
Guppy PRO F-032B/C ..................................................................................................... 36
Guppy PRO F-033B/C ..................................................................................................... 37