User`s manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction to the Falcon XDR and HG Cameras
- Camera Hardware Interface
- Serial Interface: How to Control the Camera
- Serial Protocol Defaults
- Command Format
- 3.1 Setting Baud Rate
- 3.2 Camera Serial Command Help Screen
- 3.3 Retrieving Information About the Camera
- 3.4 First Power Up Camera Settings
- 3.5 Saving and Restoring Settings
- 3.6 Camera Output Format
- 3.7 Setting Exposure Mode, Frame Rate and Exposure Time
- 3.8 Setting a Vertical Window of Interest
- 3.9 Flat Field Correction
- 3.10 Gain Adjustments
- 3.11 Generating a Test Pattern
- Optical and Mechanical Considerations
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix A: Camera Link™ Reference, Timing, and Configuration Table
- Appendix B: Error Handling and Command List
- Appendix C: EMC Declaration
- Technical Support
- Index

Falcon XDR and HG Series Camera User's Manual DALSA
Camera Hardware Interface 23
Base Configuration
One Channel Link Chip + Camera Control + Serial Communication
Camera Connector Frame Grabber Connector Channel Link Signal
20 7 SerTC-
8 19 SerTFG-
21 6 SerTFG+
9 18 CC1-
22 5 CC1+
10 17 CC2+
23 4 CC2-
11 16 CC3-
24 3 CC3+
12 15 CC4+
25 2 CC4-
13 13 inner shield or PoCL GND
26 26 inner shield or PoCL +12V PWR
Note: Exterior Overshield is connected to the shells of the connectors on both ends.
3M part 14X26-SZLB-XXX-0LC is a complete cable assembly, including connectors.
Unused pairs should be terminated in 100 ohms at both ends of the cable.
Inner shield is connected to signal ground inside camera.
DALSA Camera Control Configuration
Signal Configuration
CC1 EXSYNC
CC2 Reserved for future use
CC3 Reserved for future use
CC4 Reserved for future use
2.2.3 Input Signals, Camera Link
The camera accepts control inputs through the Camera Link SDR26F connector. The camera ships in
internal sync, internal programmed integration (exposure mode 2), and Camera Link mode 2.










