User`s manual

24 Part I: PC2-CamLink Board PC2-CamLink User's Manual
CC1-CC4
Four camera controls are reserved to act as general-purpose camera controls. They are referred to in
the Camera Link™ standard as CC1, CC2, CC3 and CC4. Each of the four CC lines can be
dynamically connected to four possible signal sources:
The EXSYNC pulse generator
The PRIN pulse generator
A static low voltage level
A static high voltage level
This is illustrated in the figure below:
EXSYNC
PRIN
1
0
CC
M
U
X
Figure 2: MUX
Sapera Parameters for Camera Control Selection:
CC pins are easily controlled from CamExpert under the ‘Advanced Control
Parameters’ tab. Each CC can take five different values:
1. Not Used (keep previous state)
2. High
3. Low
4. Pulse #0 (PRIN)
5. Pulse #1 (EXSYNC)
IFC
IFC Parameters for Camera Control Selection:
CL2_CAM_CTL1_SIGNAL = {CL2_CCTL_FIXED_LOW,
CL2_CCTL_FIXED_HIGH, CL2_CCTL_EXSYNC, CL2_CCTL_PRI}
CL2_CAM_CTL2_SIGNAL = {CL2_CCTL_FIXED_LOW,
CL2_CCTL_FIXED_HIGH, CL2_CCTL_EXSYNC, CL2_CCTL_PRI}
CL2_CAM_CTL3_SIGNAL = {CL2_CCTL_FIXED_LOW,
CL2_CCTL_FIXED_HIGH, CL2_CCTL_EXSYNC, CL2_CCTL_PRI}
CL2_CAM_CTL4_SIGNAL = {CL2_CCTL_FIXED_LOW,
CL2_CCTL_FIXED_HIGH, CL2_CCTL_EXSYNC, CL2_CCTL_PRI}