User Manual

FireWire Hardware Installation Guide V8.0.0
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Contents
Contacting Allied Vision Technologies ................................................... 6
Introduction ............................................................................................................ 7
Document history............................................................................................................ 7
Manual overview ........................................................................................................... 12
Conventions used in this manual ...................................................................................... 13
Styles ..................................................................................................................... 13
Symbols.................................................................................................................. 14
More information .......................................................................................................... 14
AVT accessories ........................................................................................................ 14
AVT software ............................................................................................................ 15
AVT Technical Manuals ............................................................................................... 16
Safety instructions ............................................................................................17
General safety instructions.............................................................................................. 17
Sensor safety instructions............................................................................................... 18
FireWire safety instructions ............................................................................................. 19
FireWire hot-plug and screw-lock precautions................................................................. 19
Changing filters safety instructions................................................................................... 20
Guppy: changing filters safety instructions .................................................................... 20
Pike/Oscar: changing filters safety instructions .............................................................. 21
Marlin/Stingray/Guppy PRO: changing filters safety instructions........................................ 21
Cautions: Connecting a camera ........................................................................................ 22
Pike/Stingray GOF connectors ..................................................................................... 22
Safety instructions for board level cameras......................................................................... 23
AVT camera cleaning instructions ...........................................................25
Warranty ..................................................................................................................... 25
Avoiding the necessity of camera cleaning ......................................................................... 26
Is it an impurity? – Identifying impurities........................................................................... 27
Where is the impurity? – Locating impurities....................................................................... 27
Cleaning Instructions..................................................................................................... 29
AVT cameras: installing hardware ...........................................................32
Hardware conditions...................................................................................................... 33
FireWire hot-plug and screw-lock precautions................................................................. 34
Overview hardware installation ........................................................................................ 34
Installing IEEE 1394 adapter ........................................................................................... 35
Connecting camera to PC or laptop.................................................................................... 35
Camera interfaces .............................................................................................37
IEEE 1394a port pin assignment
(Oscar, Marlin, Guppy) ................................................................................................... 39
Board level camera (Guppy): IEEE 1394a port pin assignment ............................................ 40