Unibrain Fire-i 580/780/785/980 Operation Manual
1.3.
Camera Interface
1.3.1.
FireWire-800 Port
The industry standard Firewire-800 (IEEE-1394b) port has the following pin assignment. Data and control of the
camera are provided via 1394B and camera power can also be supplied by FireWire bus.
CAUTION: DO NOT reverse the polarity as it will result in damaging the camera.
1.3.2.
Trigger Connector Port
The External Trigger Connector provides access to multiple I/O and also provides power as a secondary source.
Note: NC pins must have no connection
1.3.3.
Status LED
Note: When power off, LED is OFF
.
LED Status
RED
GREEN
OFF
Pin
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
VP (+8 to +36 VDC)
9
Pin
Signal
1
Power GND
2
Ext. Power(+12v)
3
GND
4
Ext. Trigger
5
Ext. Trigger GND
6
NC
Isochronous Channel
Disable
Enable
Enable
Signal
TPB-
TPB+
TPA-
TPA+
TPA R (A GND)
TPA-
Not connected
TPB R (B GND)
Pin
Signal
7
GND
8
Rx RS232
9
Tx RS232
10
NC
11
Strobe
12
Strobe Power
Packet Transfer
NO
Flicker
NO
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