Owner's manual

Parameters and commands

Bonito Technical Manual V2.3.0

Dark value offset (W)

Dark value offset is an 8-bit parameter that is added to the pixel data. It adjusts

the dark level and avoids clipping of pixels to black in low-light situations. The

eight bits are aligned to the lowest significant bit of the 10-bit raw pixel data

from the sensor.

If the digital gain is not active (G=0), each increment of four increases the out-

put grey level just by one count.

Version information (V)

The command V displays information about the camera model and firmware ver-

sion.

U=1 Enable metadata overlay

The overlay occupies the first (top left) 8 pixels of each frame.

Metadata format for the left Camera Link channel (connectors

O2/O1 or CL1/CL2):

• Pixel offset 0–3 (4 bytes): constant ASCII characters CM4L

• Pixel offset 4–7 (4 bytes): 32-bit frame counter, LSB first

(Intel format)

Metadata format for the right Camera Link channel (connectors

O4/O3):

• Pixel offset 0–3 (4 bytes): constant ASCII characters CM4R

• Pixel offset 4–7 (4 bytes): 32-bit frame counter, LSB first

(Intel format)

U=10 Enable test image generator. Full test image appears with

N=6BD, I=1, G=0 and D=0.

U=11 Enable metadata overlay and test image generator.

(Others) Reserved for future use

Note

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• The effective image size and also the frame rate depend

on the corresponding camera settings such as e.g. D, N

or M. Edge markers are only fully visible if all 1726 active

lines are output.

• The digital gain setting G also applies to the test image,

but the FPN correction

C is temporary disabled.

Setting Function

Table 24: Trigger source selection (T)