Operating The Lens Using Terminal; Communications And Power; Fov Motion - Teledyne BOSON+ CZ 14-75 User Manual

5.3

Operating the Lens Using Terminal

The commands and specifications in this section provide the basic information needed to
interface the motorized optical system with the host computer using the serial terminal emulator,
e.g., HyperTerminal or Putty. Details of all provided commands and additional commands can be
found in Lens Controller User Manual M-006 and M-007, provided upon request.
5.3.1

Communications and Power

All commands to the Teledyne FLIR lens (controller) and replies from the lens are ASCII strings.
Strings sent to the lens must be terminated by a <CR>. Reply strings from the lens typically end
with a command-prompt character (>). The proper COM port number should be entered in the
terminal emulator setting in addition to the following setup. The COM port number can be found in
the "Ports (COM & LPT)" section of the Device Manager in Windows OS. See section 6.1 for
details.
• Protocol: RS232
Baud Rate: 38400
•
Data Bits: 8
•
Parity: None
•
5.3.2

FOV Motion

Axis number 1 is the FOV axis. The alias for this axis is the letter v. Commands include:
Move to WFOV: /MPAv 0, p
•
Move to NFOV: /MPAv 100, p
•
Move to intermediate FOV: /MPAv xx,p
•
Move to a specific Focal Length: /MPAv xx, F
•
Document M-008 Revision A. Approved for public release: Teledyne FLIR approved [FLIRGTC-SBA-018].
© 2023 Teledyne FLIR
Figure 4. Cable connection for Boson+ CZ 14-75 with
Camera Link Accessory Board
BOSON+ CZ 14-75 USER MANUAL
where xx is the percentage of travel (0-100)
where xx is the target EFL in mm (14-75)
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