Appendix C: Quick Setup And Image Acquisition - Dalsa Piranha 4 Color P4-CC-04K07T-00-R User Manual

Piranha4 4K Color Camera User's Manual
Appendix C: Quick Setup and
Image Acquisition
If you are familiar w ith the operation of Camera Link cameras and have an u nd erstand ing of im aging
fund amentals, the follow ing steps w ill show you how to qu ickly set up this camera and begin acquiring
im ages.
1. On Power Up
The color camera has been calibrated and configured at the factory to be read y for your evalu ation w hen
first pow ered up. The d efault cond itions are set as follow s:
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System gain is set to the low est value of one.
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Flat field calibration is not active as this feature is d epend ent on your light source and lens.
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Line rate and exposure tim e are set to for internal generation by the camera.
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White balance is set for w hite LEDs.
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Camera Link m od e is set to the stand ard RGB med iu m mod e w hich allow s operation of up to 40
KH z line rate. The camera w ill ru n at up to a 69 KH z line rate u sing Camera Link Deca mod e, but
it m ay be easier to start you r evalu ation using the med ium m od e. Set your Camera Link frame
grabber up to receive the stand ard RGB med iu m m od e.
2. Communicating with the Camera
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The color camera is d esigned to pow er up w ith a GenICam-comp liant interface.
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CamExpert provid es an easy-to-use GUI that can be used to set up and evaluate the camera.
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The camera also comes w ith Teled yne DALSA's three letter com m and (TLC) interface option,
w hich can be accessed using a su itable terminal program such as H yperTerm inal™.
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If you w ant to use the TLC interface, press the ‗Esc' key w hile using a terminal program and
after the LED ind icator on the camera turns green. N ote that the camera d efaults to 9.6 KBaud
w hen first pow ered up.
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On receiving the ‗Esc' character, the camera w ill outp ut a list of the available TLC com mand s.
You can then proceed to enter TLC comm and s as requ ired .
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Enter ‗h' at any time to get the list of com m and s from the camera.
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Enter the ‗gcp' com m and at any time to get the current setup cond itions of the cam era.
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