Appendix B: Ascii Commands; Accessing The Three Letter Commands (Tlc) - Teledyne Piranha4 User Manual

Appendix B: ASCII
Commands
The following commands can be used to control the Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 cameras.

Accessing the Three Letter Commands (TLC)

To access the TLC an ASCII-based communications interface application, such as
HyperTerminal.
Additionally it is possible to use the functions of clserxxx.dll or clallserial.dll as
defined in the Camera Link Specification.
clserxxx.dll
Figure 24: Serial DLL hierarchy as mentioned in the Camera Link Specification
1. Cycle power to the camera: by either a) issuing the reset camera command (rc), or
b) powering the camera OFF and then ON.
2. Load the ASCII interface using:
• 9600 baud
8 data bits
•
no parity
•
1 stop bit
•
no flow control
•
local echo
•
(carriage return / linefeed)
•
3. Wait for a stable status LED color (green or red) before proceeding. Note that all
entries in HyperTerminal will be ignored until a stable LED color is obtained.
4. In case of HyperTerminal, press the <ESC> key.
5. Once <ESC> has been entered the help screen appears.
82 •
Visual Basic or C
Application
clallserial.dll
clseryyy.dll clserzzz.dll

Appendix B: ASCII Commands