Instruction manual

Guppy PRO Technical ManualV4.1.0
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Description of the data path
Guppy PRO color cameras have both one-push white balance and auto white
balance.
White balance is applied so that non-colored image parts are displayed non-col-
ored.
From the user's point, the white balance settings are made in register 80Ch of
IIDC V1.31. This register is described in more detail below.
Register Name Field Bit Description
0xF0F0080C WHITE_BALANCE Presence_Inq [0] Presence of this feature:
0: N/A
1: Available
Abs_Control [1] Absolute value control
O: Control with value in the Value field
1: Control with value in the Absolute value
CSR
If this bit=1, the value in the Value field will
be ignored.
--- [2..4] Reserved
One_Push [5] Write 1: begin to work (self-cleared after
operation)
Read:
1: in operation
0: not in operation
If A_M_Mode = 1, this bit will be ignored.
ON_OFF [6] Write: ON or OFF this feature
Read: read a status
0: OFF
1: ON
A_M_MODE [7] Write: set mode
Read: read current mode
0: MANUAL
1: AUTO
U/B_Value [8..19] U/B value
This field is ignored when writing the value
in Auto or OFF mode.
If readout capability is not available, read-
ing this field has no meaning.
V/R_Value [20..31] V/R value
This field is ignored when writing the value
in Auto or OFF mode.
If readout capability is not available, read-
ing this field has no meaning.
Table 44: White balance register