Software Interface: How To Control The Camera - Dalsa Piranha HS Series User Manual

Piranha HS-xx RoHS User Manual
Software Interface: How
to Control the Camera
All Piranha H S-xx cam era featu res can be controlled throu gh the serial interface. The
cam era can also be u sed w ithou t the serial interface after it has been set u p correctly.
Fu nctions available inclu d e:
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This chapter outlines the
more commonly used
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commands. See section
Commands for a list of all
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available commands.
The serial interface u ses a sim ple ASCII-based protocol and the PC d oes not requ ire any
cu stom softw are.
Note:
assu m e that the Piranha H S com m and s perform sim ilarly to old er cam eras.
Serial Protocol Defaults
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Command Format
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Controlling basic cam era fu nctions su ch as gain and sync signal sou rce.
Flat field correction.
Mirroring and read ou t control.
Generating a test pattern for d ebu gging.
This com m and set has changes from previou s Teled yne DALSA cam eras. Do not
8 d ata bits
1 stop bit
N o parity
N o flow control
9.6kbps
Cam era d oes not echo characters
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