Appendices; Appendix A: External Trigger P Appendix A: External Trigger P Ort - Q Imaging EXi Aqua User Manual

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: External trigger port
The external trigger port at the rear of the camera is a 6-pin miniature circular DIN receptacle (AMP 749265-1).
The mating connector is a Singatron Enterprises part number 62000-6P, available from Digikey
(www.digikey.com).
The pin-out for the connector is as follows:
Pin Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
+5 VDC (pin 1) and GROUND (pin 4 & pin 6) must be connected in order for SYNC-A, SYNC-B or TRIGGER to be
live.
Figure 7 — External trigger port connector
Signal Name
+5 VDC
Trigger (input)
SYNC-A (output)
Ground
SYNC-B (output)
Ground
Table 2—Pin-out of the External Trigger Port Connector
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3 4
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Signal
Source
User Power for optocoupler trigger
User
Camera
User Ground reference for optocoupler
Camera
User Ground reference for optocoupler
Description
Active low trigger input
Indicates CCD Read-out
Exposure or trigger mask
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