Instruction manual

Prosilica GX Technical Manual V2.2.0

Camera interfaces

Lens control port

The lens control connector is a Hirose 3260-8S3. This connector provides the

signals necessary to control the iris, focus, and zoom of most commercially

available TV Zoom and Video-type auto-iris lenses. The cable side connector is

Hirose 3240-8P. The camera can be configured to operate lenses with unipolar

voltage requirements of 6–12 V or lenses that operate with bipolar voltages

from ±6 V up to ±12 V. This voltage level can be controlled through software. The

default voltage is set to 6 V. The current capacity for each axis is 50 mA.

Pin Signal Direction Description

1 Iris + Out Open Iris

2 Iris - Out Close iris

3 Focus + Out Focus far

4 Focus - Out Focus close

5 Zoom + Out Zoom out

6 Zoom - Out Zoom in

7 Video Iris Out PWM Signal for Iris Control

8 External GND --- External Ground for all lens control signals

Table 15: Prosilica GX lens connector definition

Caution

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Do not exceed the lens manufacturers voltage specification.

Note

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This cable side Hirose connector can be purchased from Allied

Vision.

P/N: 02-7004A

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