Appendix C: Quick Setup And Image Acquisition - Dalsa P4-CC-04K07T User Manual

Piranha4 4K Color Camera User's Manual
Appendix C: Quick Setup and
Image Acquisition
If you are fam iliar w ith the op eration of Cam era Link cam eras and have an u nd erstand ing of im aging
fu nd am entals, the follow ing step s w ill show you how to qu ickly set u p this cam era and begin acqu iring
im ages.
1. On Power Up
The color cam era has been calibrated and configu red at the factory to be read y for you r evalu ation w hen
first p ow ered u p . The d efau lt cond itions are set as follow s:
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System gain is set to the low est valu e of one.
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Flat field calibration is not active as this featu re is d ep end ent on you r light sou rce and lens.
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Line rate and exp osu re tim e are set to for internal generation by the cam era.
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White balance is set for w hite LEDs.
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Cam era Link m od e is set to the stand ard RGB m ed iu m m od e w hich allow s op eration of u p to 40
KH z line rate. The cam era w ill ru n at u p to a 69 KH z line rate u sing Cam era Link Deca m od e, bu t
it m ay be easier to start you r evalu ation u sing the m ed iu m m od e. Set you r Cam era Link fram e
grabber u p to receive the stand ard RGB m ed iu m m od e.
2. Communicating with the Camera
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The color cam era is d esigned to p ow er u p w ith a GenICam -com p liant interface.
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Cam Exp ert p rovid es an easy-to-u se GUI that can be u sed to set u p and evalu ate the cam era.
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The cam era also com es w ith Teled yne DALSA's three letter com m and (TLC) interface op tion,
w hich can be accessed u sing a su itable term inal p rogram su ch as H yp erTerm inal ™.
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If you w ant to u se the TLC interface, p ress the ‗Esc' key w hile u sing a term inal p rogram and
after the LED ind icator on the cam era tu rns green. N ote that the cam era d efau lts to 9.6 KBau d
w hen first p ow ered u p .
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On receiving the ‗Esc' character, the cam era w ill ou tp u t a list of the available TLC com m and s.
You can then p roceed to enter TLC com m and s as requ ired .
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Enter ‗h' at any tim e to get the list of com m and s from the cam era.
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Enter the ‗gcp ' com m and at any tim e to get the cu rrent setu p cond itions of the cam era.
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