Software Interface: How To Control The Camera - Teledyne DALSA P3-80-12k40-00-R User Manual

Piranha 3 User Manual
Software Interface: How
to Control the Camera
All Piranha 3 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
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more commonly used
commands. See section B2
The serial interface u ses a sim ple ASCII-based protocol and the cam era d oes not requ ire
All Available Commands
any cu stom softw are.
for a list of all available
commands.
Serial Protocol Defaults
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Command Format
When entering com m and s, rem em ber that:
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Teledyne DALSA
Controlling basic cam era fu nctions su ch as gain and sync signal sou rce
Flat field correction
Generating a test pattern for d ebu gging
8 d ata bits
1 stop bit
N o parity
N o flow control
9.6kbps
Cam era d oes not echo characters
A carriage retu rn <CR> end s each com m and .
A space or m u ltiple space characters separate param eters. Tabs or com m as are invalid
param eter separators.
Upper and low ercase characters are accepted
The backspace key is su pported
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