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Guppy PRO Technical ManualV4.1.0
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Description of the data path
Packed 12-Bit Mode
All Guppy PRO cameras have the so-called Packed 12-Bit Mode. This means: two
12-bit pixel values are packed into 3 bytes instead of 4 bytes.
The color codings are implemented via Vendor Unique Color_Coding according
to IIDC V1.31: COLOR_CODING_INQ @ 024h...033h, IDs=128-255)
See table 124.
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Configuration
To configure this feature in an advanced register: See table
147.
B/w cameras Color cameras
Packed 12-Bit MONO camera mode
SmartView: MONO12
Packed 12-Bit RAW camera mode
SmartView: RAW12
Mono and raw mode have the same implementation.
Table 55: Packed 12-Bit Mode
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For data block packet format see table 39.
For data structure see table 43.
Mode Color_Coding ID
Packed 12-Bit MONO ECCID_MONO12 ID=132
Packed 12-Bit RAW ECCID_RAW12 ID=136
Table 56: Packed 12-Bit Mode: color coding