Instruction manual

Introduction
Guppy PRO Technical Manual V2.0.3
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Manual overview
This manual overview describes each chapter of this manual shortly.
•Chapter Contacting Allied Vision Technologies on page 9 lists AVT con-
tact data for both:
– technical information / ordering
–commercial information
•Chapter Introduction on page 10 (this chapter) gives you the document
history, a manual overview and conventions used in this manual (styles
and symbols). Furthermore you learn how to get more information on
how to install hardware (Hardware Installation Guide), available AVT
software (incl. documentation) and where to get it.
•Chapter Guppy PRO cameras on page 17 gives you a short introduction
to the Guppy PRO cameras with their FireWire technology. Links are pro-
vided to data sheets and brochures on AVT website.
•Chapter Conformity on page 18 gives you information about conformity
of AVT cameras.
•Chapter FireWire on page 19 describes the FireWire standard in detail,
explains the compatibility between 1394a and 1394b and explains
bandwidth details (incl. Guppy PRO examples).
– Read and follow the FireWire hot-plug and screw-lock precau-
tions in Chapter FireWire hot-plug and screw-lock precautions on
page 29.
–Read Chapter Operating system support on page 30.
•Chapter Filter and lenses on page 31 describes the IR cut filter and suit-
able camera lenses.
•Chapter Specifications on page 35 lists camera details and spectral sen-
sitivity diagrams for each camera type.
•Chapter Camera dimensions on page 54 provides CAD drawings of stan-
dard housing (copper and GOF) models, tripod adapter, available angled
head models, cross sections of CS-Mount and C-Mount.
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V2.0.2
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05.04.11
• Guppy PRO F-503: manual gain range now 8 ... 48 (instead
of 60): see Chapter Manual gain on page 94
• Guppy PRO F-503: manual gain range in db now 0 ... 18 dB
(instead of 26 dB): see Chapter Guppy PRO F-503B/C on
page 45
V2.0.3 08.04.11 • Revised Chapter Binning (only b/w cameras; F-503: also
color cameras) on page 105
Version Date Remarks
Table 1: Document history