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Appendix D: Quick Setup and
Image Acquisition
If you are fam iliar w ith the op eration of Cam era Link cam eras and have an u nd erstand ing of im aging
fu nd am entals, the follow ing step s w ill show you how to qu ickly set u p this cam era and begin acqu iring
im ages.
1. On Power-Up
The cam era has been calibrated and configu red at the factory to be read y for you r evalu ation w hen first
p ow ered u p . The d efau lt cond itions are set as follow s:
System gain is set to the low est valu e of one.
Flat field calibration is not active as this featu re is d ep end ent on you r light sou rce and lens.
Line rate and exp osu re tim e are set to for internal generation by the cam era.
Cam era Link m od e is set to the stand ard 8-bit fu ll m od e w hich allow s op eration of u p to 80 kH z
line rate. Set you r Cam era Link fram e grabber u p to receive the stand ard 8-bit fu ll m od e.
2. Communicating with the Camera
The cam era is d esigned to p ow er u p w ith a GenICam -com p liant interface.
Cam Exp ert p rovid es an easy-to-u se GUI th at can be u sed to set u p and evalu ate the cam era.
The cam era also com es w ith Teled yne DALSA's three letter com m and (TLC) interface op tion,
w hich can be accessed u sin g a su itable term inal p rogram su ch as H yp erTerm inal ™.
If you w ant to u se the TLC interface, p ress the ‗Esc' key w hile u sing a term inal p rogram only
after the LED ind icator on the cam era tu rns green. N ote that the cam era d efau lts to 9.6 KBau d
w hen first p ow ered u p .
On receiving the ‗Esc' character, the cam era w ill ou tp u t a list of the available TLC com m and s.
You can then p roceed to enter TLC com m and s as requ ired .
Enter ‗h ' at any tim e to get the list of com m and s from the cam era.
Enter the ‗gcp ' com m and at any tim e to get the cu rrent setu p cond itions of the cam era.
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