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
Serial Interface: How to Control the Camera 35
Serial Command: clm
Purpose Sets the camera’s Camera Link configuration, number of
Camera Link taps and data bit depth.
Syntax:
• clm m
Syntax Elements:
• m
Output mode to use:
2: Base configuration, 2 taps, 8 bit output
3: Base configuration, 2 taps, 10 bit output
Notes:
To retrieve the current Camera Link mode, use the
command
gcp
For details on line times and frame readout times when
using a window of interest, refer to following table.
Example:
• clm 3
3.6.2 Setting the Camera’s Pixel Rate
Serial Command: sot
Purpose: Sets the camera’s pixel rate.
Syntax:
• sot m
Syntax Elements:
• m
80: 40 MHz pixel rate with a total throughput of 80 MHz
160: 80 MHz pixel rate with a total throughput of 160
MHz
Notes:
To retrieve the current pixel rate, use the command gcp
or
get sot.
The Falcon 1M120 and Falcon VGA300 cameras only
support an 80MHz output pixel rate (sot 160)
.
Example:
• sot 80