Network Connection; Serial Port Connection - Vision VA61 User's Reference Manual

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Another possible configuration would be:
• The camera is triggered directly from the part sensor, bypassing the VA61.
• The camera's strobe output is connected directly to the lighting equipment, bypassing the
VA61.
For this case, Teledyne DALSA offers an optional DCI-100 Teledyne DALSA Camera Interface
module for connecting the camera signals to terminal block connectors. The same Control and
Power cable is used to connect the Cameras to the DCI-100. The Camera Power and I/O connec-
tors on the VA61 would not be used for the strobe and trigger signals when the DCI-100 is in use.
Only the GigE data ports would be used.

Network Connection

If your system is to be connected to a LAN (Local Area Network), connect a network cable to the
RJ45 Ethernet jack located over the 2 USB ports. The VA61 supports GigE (1,000BaseT) Fast
Ethernet (100BaseT) and Twisted Pair Ethernet (10BaseT). If you plan to use Fast Ethernet or
GigE, use a Category 5 (UTP5) cable. The default network port is the connector above the USB
ports. This network port is configured for Dynamic Addressing or DHCP.
The two VA61 Camera Ports are configured for Static Addresses 10.1.64.5 and 10.1.128.7 with
Subnet Mask 255.255.192.0. "Jumbo Frames" is set to 9014 and "Receive Descriptor" set to
2048. A larger value for Jumbo Frames seems to degrade operation in some cases.

Serial Port Connection

The VA61 has one RS-232/485 compliant serial port. The serial port is typically used for passing
results to a third party device, such as a PLC or other peripherals. The serial port is used to com-
municate with the optional DCI-100 Teledyne DALSA Camera Interface module.
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