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
DALSA Falcon XDR and HG Series Camera User's Manual
34 Serial Interface: How to Control the Camera
3.5.2 User Settings
You can save or restore your user settings to non-volatile memory using the following serial commands.
• To save all current user settings to non-volatile memory, use the command wus. The camera will
automatically restore the saved user settings when powered up.
• To restore the last saved user settings, use the command rus.
Note: On power-up the camera will restore the FFC coefficients from the set indicated by the coefficient
set number (csn); either 0 (factory calibrated set) or 1 (user calibrated set).
Current Session Settings
These are the current operating settings of your camera. These settings are stored in the camera’s
volatile memory and will not be restored once you power down your camera or issue a reset camera
command (
rc). To save these settings for reuse at power up, use the command wus.
3.6 Camera Output Format
3.6.1 How to Configure Camera Output
The Falcon cameras offer great flexibility when configuring your camera output. Using the clm serial
command, you determine the camera’s Camera Link configuration, number of output taps, and bit depth.
Using the
sot command, you determine the camera’s output (pixel) rate. These two commands work
together to determine your final camera output configuration.
Falcon Data Readout Configurations
Mode Camera Link
Configuration
Camera Link Taps Bit Depth Pixel Rate
2 (clm 2)
Base 2 Camera Link taps 8 40 MHz strobe (sot 80)
80 MHz strobe
(sot 160)
3 (clm 3)
Base 2 Camera Link taps 10 40 MHz strobe (sot 80)
80 MHz strobe (sot 160)
Note: The Falcon 1M120 and Falcon VGA300 cameras only support an 80MHz output pixel rate (sot
160) and Camera Link configuration mode 2 (clm 2 (8 bits)).