Configuring The Camera Link Serial Port - Basler ase Installation And Setup Manual

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3.2 Configuring the Camera Link Serial Port

To communicate with the ace camera, the pylon software uses a serial port that is built into the
Camera Link interface on your frame grabber. Before pylon can communicate with the camera, you
must configure the serial port.
To configure the Camera Link serial port:
1. Click Start > All Programs > Basler Vision Technologies > Pylon x.x > Pylon CL Configuration
Tool.
A pylon CL Configurator window will open as shown below.
A list of ports that are supported by the Camera Link interface will be displayed in the window.
2. Determine which port(s) pylon should use to look for devices. Usually, this will be the port that
is built into the frame grabber. For the port on the frame grabber, you will typically see the
name of the frame grabber manufacturer included as part of the port name. In the example
shown below, we are using a frame grabber from the "Acme" company, and "Acme" is included
as part of the port name.
Check the port that you want to use as shown below.
In the next step, you will be probing ports to see if ace cameras are attached. We
suggest that you only probe the port(s) that you will be using to communicate with
an ace camera. Probing a port that has a device other than an ace camera
connected to it may change the configuration of the port and may cause the device
to stop operating correctly.
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