Connecting The Tau To A Pc Via The I/O Module - FLIR TAU User Manual

3—Basic Operation of the Tau and GUI
3.5

Connecting the Tau to a PC via the I/O Module

Step 1 Follow the steps shown in paragraph 3.1 "Operation of the Tau camera using the
Photon development kit" on page 3-1 for basic operation of the camera. Power-down
after verifying that the camera is producing an image.
Step 2 You may have done this operation in paragraph 3.1. If not, connect one end of a
standard serial cable (user must provide as this is not included with the Tau camera
or the Development Kit) to the 9-pin female DB9 connector on the I/O module labeled
'RS-232'. Do not use a 'cross-over' serial cable.
Step 3 Connect the other end of the standard serial cable to an unused serial port on your
computer. These ports may be labeled 'COM1' or 'COM2'.
Step 4 Power on the camera. Assuming the FLIR Camera Controller software is already
installed on the PC (see installation instructions above), launch the software by
selecting Start→ Programs→ Tau→ FLIR Camera Controller.
Note
The FLIR Camera Controller remembers the last COM port that successfully communicated
with a Tau camera and will use that port as the default at start of the application. If the
connected camera is no longer on that port, the port setting pop-up window will appear asking
for you to select the proper port setting.
When the FLIR Camera Controller is started, the Status tab of the utility should return
data similar to the following.
3-6
Figure 3-1: FLIR Camera Controller Status Tab
April 2009
Tau User's Manual
TAU-0035-00-10, version 100