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Serial to LANC Adapter
User's Guide
Thank you for purchasing our controller product. The following information will help you successfully
connect this controller board and get it running in your application.
Connecting to power
The adapter comes standard with a USB "micro" size jack for connection to any compatible power
source. We supply a standard cable for connection to a PC USB port, but you can substitute any other
compatible cable and power the board from a DC adapter if you choose to do so. This power source
runs all circuitry on the board.
Note that this USB connection DOES NOT provide a data connection to the adapter – it is used only to
supply +5VDC power to the adapter board.
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Summary of Contents for Applied Logic Engineering Serial to LANC Adapter
- Page 1 Serial to LANC Adapter User’s Guide Thank you for purchasing our controller product. The following information will help you successfully connect this controller board and get it running in your application. Connecting to power The adapter comes standard with a USB “micro” size jack for connection to any compatible power source.
- Page 2 Powering the adapter from the LANC bus PLEASE NOTE : This option is highly dependent on the capabilities of your camera! Please test before using this power option to insure that your camera will supply the proper voltage to the controller board! The ALE716 adapter includes an alternative power scheme that will allow powering the adapter directly from your camera’s LANC bus.
- Page 3 Using this method, the connection to the USB port MUST be removed. Plug the adapter board into the camera and turn the camera on. If everything is working correctly, the adapter board will power on at the same time and will be ready to operate. To return the adapter back to being powered from the USB jack, unplug the adapter from all power sources (including the camera), move the jumper block back to the original position (connecting the top two pins), and reapply power via the USB port.
- Page 4 HyperTerminal) can be used to establish communication with the controller board. Make sure that your communication software is set to the proper COM port and that its settings conform to the following: 9600 baud 8 data bits No parity ...
- Page 5 Manual Focus Nearer 2847 Backlight 2851 Function Character Code Stop 1830 Rewind 1836 Fast Forward 1838 Play 1834 Rewind 183A Reset Counter 188C Pause 1832 Power Up from Sleep 185C Obviously, this is not a comprehensive list of LANC commands. There are literally dozens of commands that Sony has in the LANC protocol –...
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Page 6: Appendix A : Instructions For Configuring Hyperterminal For Ale's Lanc Controller Board
Appendix A : Instructions for Configuring HyperTerminal for ALE’s LANC Controller Board 1) Start HyperTerminal on a Windows XP-based PC. 2) On the first screen, enter a session name and choose the proper configuration icon:... - Page 7 3) On the next screen, choose the correct COM port number from the dropdown (in this example, we have chosen COM1, but be sure to select the correct COM port that corresponds to the port that you are using to connect to the LANC board. If you are unsure, check your system hardware settings in Windows).
- Page 8 4) On the next screen, set the com port operating parameters as shown below (i.e. 9600 bits per second, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, no handshaking.
- Page 9 5) At this point, HyperTerminal is properly configured. When you apply power to the LANC board, you will see the following sign on message in the HyperTerminal session window:...
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