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Phantom Help File190
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Using an External Clock Source to Synchronize Multiple Phantom Cameras
The applications shown below is that of an External f-sync signal being forwarded to each of the
Phantom cameras independently.
Serial Camera Application
Multi-IOIOI or Multi-IOIOG Application
CAUTION
When utilizing the f-sync feature with this application, all cameras must be supplied an
external trigger. If a soft-trigger is used to trigger the cameras, Vision Research cannot
guarantee that the cameras will remain synchronized.
1.
Click the Live Control Panel Tab.
2.
Click on Cine Settings, then
a.
Ensure the Sample Rate setting matches the External clock rate, and the
b.
Post Trigger setting is the same for all cameras.
3.
Click on Advance Settings.
4.
Click the down-arrow to the right of the Sync Imaging field, then
a.
Selected External as Sync Imaging clock source.
When set to External mode the camera uses an externally supplied pulse to drive the
camera’s sample rate. The external input must be a TTL pulse, with a frequency up to the
maximum sample rate for the defined resolution. The TTL input pulse must be connected to
the BNC (Bayonet Neill-Concelman) connector marked Sync on the attached Capture cable