User`s manual

Physical Interface
Basler sprint Mono Cameras 35
2.8.4 Camera Link Pixel Clock
As shown in Figure 14 on page 32, the Camera Link clock signal is assigned to the strobe port
(TxClkIn pin) on the X, Y, and Z Camera Link transmitters as defined in the Camera Link standard.
The Camera Link clock is used to time the transmission of acquired pixel data.
As shown in Table 8, the Camera Link clock speed is fixed at 40 MHz on some camera models and
can be set to either 80 MHz or to 40 MHz on some models. The default on cameras with a settable
clock speed is 80 MHz.
Setting the Camera Link Clock Speed
On camera models with a settable clock speed, you can set the speed with the Camera
Configuration Tool Plus (CCT+) or by using binary write commands from within your own application
to set the camera’s control and status registers (CSRs).
With the CCT+
With the CCT+ (see Section 7.1 on page 156), you use the Camera Link Clock parameter in the
Output Mode parameters group to set the clock speed.
By Setting CSRs
You set the clock speed by writing a value to the Clock Speed field of the Camera Link Clock Speed
CSR (see page 166).
See Section 7.2.2 on page 164 for an explanation of CSRs and Section 7.3.1 on page 197 for an
explanation of using read/write commands.
Model Camera Link Clock Speed
spL2048-39km 40 MHz
spL2048-70km 40 or 80 MHz
spL2048-140km 40 or 80 MHz
spL4096-20km 40 MHz
spL4096-39km 40 or 80 MHz
spL4096-70km 40 or 80 MHz
spL4096-140km 40 or 80 MHz
spL8192-20km 40 MHz
spL8192-39km 40 or 80 MHz
spL8192-70km 40 or 80 MHz
Table 8: Camera Link Clock Speed(s)