User`s manual

20 Spyder3 S3-14 and S3-24 User's Manual
03-032-20117-00 Teledyne DALSA
Status LED
The camera is equipped with a red / green LED used to display the status of the camera's operation. The
table below summarizes the operating states of the camera and the corresponding LED states.
When more than one condition is active, the LED indicates the condition with the highest priority. Error
and warning states are accompanied by correspond ing messages that further describe the current camera
status.
Table 6: Diagnostic LED
Priority
Color of Status LED
Meaning
1
Flashing Red
Fatal Error. For example, camera temperature is too high and camera
thermal shutdown has occurred.
2
Solid Red
Loss of functionality.
3
Flashing Green
Camera initialization or executing a long command (e.g., flat field
correction commands ccp or ccf).
4
Solid Green
Camera is operational and functioning correctly.
Returning the LED Status
Use the gsl command to return the statu s of the camera’s LED.
Camera Link Command
Parameter
Description
Notes
gsl
The camera returns one of the following values:
1 = red (loss of functionality)
2 = green (camera is operating correctly)
5 = flashing green (camera is performing a function)
6 = flashing red (fatal error)