Configuring The Camera; Rs-232C Control - JAI CV-A11 Operation Manual

7. Configuring the Camera

7.1. RS-232C control.

All configuration of the CV-A11 camera is done via the RS-232C port. The camera can be set up
from a PC running terminal emulator software, or using JAI´s camera control software.
Below is the description of the ASCII based short command protocol.
Communication setting.
Baud Rate
Data Length
Start Bit
Stop Bit
Parity
Xon/Xoff Control
Protocol.
Transmit setting to camera:
NN=[Parameter]<CR><LF> (NN is any kind of command. Capital or small letters.)
To have all communication visible on the emulator screen, start with:
EB=1<CR><LF>
The camera answers:
COMPLETE<CR><LF>
Transmit the following to see the current parameter for a command:
NN?<CR><LF> (NN is any commands with parameters.)
The camera answers: NN=[Parameter]
Transmit the following to see the current camera settings:
ST?<CR><LF>
The camera returns the current parameter settings.
Transmit the following to get command list help:
HP?<CR><LF>
The camera returns a complete command list.
Unknown commands send to camera: (XY is unknown command).
XY=1<CR><LF>
The camera answers: 01 Unknown Command!!<CR><LF>
Invalid parameters send to camera: (99 is invalid parameter for SH).
SH=99<CR><LF>
The camera answers: 02 Bad Parameters!!<CR><LF>
CV-A11
9600 bps
8 bit
RS 232C cable
1 bit
1 bit
None
None
Fig. 24. RS-232C cable.
- 17 -
1 CD 1 CD
4 DTR 4 DTR
6 DSR 6 DSR
TXD TXD 2 RXD 2 RXD
CAMERA CAMERA
RXD 3 TXD 3 TXD
RXD
GND GND 5 GND 5 GND
7 RTS 7 RTS
8 CTS 8 CTS
9 CI 9 CI
9 pin 9 pin
D-con D-con
PC COM PC COM
PORT PORT