Connecting The Genie Nano Camera; Gige Network Adapter Overview; Pause Frame Support; Connect The Genie Nano Camera - Teledyne m640 User Manual

Connecting the Genie Nano
Camera

GigE Network Adapter Overview

Genie Nano connects to a computer's Gigabit Network Adapter (NIC). If the computer is already
connected to a network, the computer requires a second network adapter, either onboard or an
additional PCIe NIC adapter. Refer to the Teledyne DALSA Network Imaging manual for information
on optimizing network adapters for GigE Vision cameras.

PAUSE Frame Support

The Genie Nano supports (and monitors) the Gigabit Ethernet PAUSE Frame feature as per
IEEE 802.3x. PAUSE Frame is the Ethernet flow control mechanism to manage network traffic
within an Ethernet switch when multiple cameras are simultaneously used. This requires that the
flow control option in the NIC property settings and the Ethernet switch settings must be enabled.
The user application can monitor the Pause Frame Received Event as describe in
Refer to the Teledyne DALSA Network Imaging manual for additional information.
Note: Some Ethernet Switches may produce more Pause Frame requests than expected when Jumbo
Frames is enable. Setting the Ethernet Packet Size to the default of 1500, may minimize Pause Requests
from such a switch and improve overall transfer bandwidth.

Connect the Genie Nano Camera

Connecting a Genie Nano to a network system is similar whether using the Teledyne DALSA
Sapera LT package or a third party GigE Vision development package.
• Power supplies must meet the requirements defined in section Input Signals Electrical . Apply
power to the camera.
Connect Nano to the host computer GigE network adapter or to the Ethernet switch via a CAT5e
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or CAT6 Ethernet cable (the switch connects to the computer NIC to be used for imaging, not a
corporate network). Note: the cable should not be less than 1 meter (3 feet) long or more than
100 meters (328 feet) long.
Once communication with the host computer is started the automatic IP configuration sequence
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will assign an LLA IP address as described in section Genie Nano IP Configuration Sequence, or
a DHCP IP address if a DHCP server is present on your network (such as the one installed with
Sapera LT).
Check the status LED which will be initially red then switch to flashing blue while waiting for IP
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configuration. See Camera Status LED for Nano LED display descriptions.
The factory defaults for Nano is Persistent IP disabled and DHCP enabled with LLA always
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enabled as per the GigE Vision specification. For additional information see Nano IP
Configuration Mode Details. See the next section Connectors for an overview of the Nano
interfaces.
48 • Connecting the Genie Nano Camera
Event Controls.
Nano Series GigE Vision Camera