Instruction manual

Guppy PRO Technical Manual V2.0.3

Contents

Contacting Allied Vision Technologies ................................................... 9

Introduction ...........................................................................................................10

Document history ......................................................................................................... 10

Manual overview........................................................................................................... 13

Conventions used in this manual..................................................................................... 14

Styles ..................................................................................................................... 14

Symbols .................................................................................................................. 15

More information.......................................................................................................... 15

Before operation .......................................................................................................... 16

Guppy PRO cameras .........................................................................................17

Conformity ..............................................................................................................18

FireWire....................................................................................................................19

Overview ..................................................................................................................... 19

Definition ............................................................................................................... 19

IEEE 1394 standards ................................................................................................. 19

Why use FireWire? .................................................................................................... 19

FireWire in detail.......................................................................................................... 20

Serial bus................................................................................................................ 20

FireWire connection capabilities ................................................................................. 21

Capabilities of 1394a (FireWire 400)............................................................................ 22

IIDC V1.3 camera control standards ........................................................................ 22

Capabilities of 1394b (FireWire 800) ........................................................................... 22

IIDC V1.31 camera control standards ...................................................................... 23

Compatibility between 1394a and 1394b...................................................................... 23

Compatibility example .......................................................................................... 23

Image transfer via 1394a and 1394b ........................................................................... 24

1394b bandwidths.................................................................................................... 25

Requirements for PC and 1394b.............................................................................. 25

Requirements for laptop and 1394b ........................................................................ 26

Example 1: 1394b bandwidth of Guppy PRO cameras.................................................. 28

Example 2: More than one Guppy PRO camera at full speed ........................................ 28

FireWire Plug & play capabilities................................................................................. 29

FireWire hot-plug and screw-lock precautions ............................................................... 29

Operating system support .......................................................................................... 30

Filter and lenses .................................................................................................31

IR cut filter: spectral transmission .................................................................................. 31

Camera lenses .............................................................................................................. 32

Specifications .......................................................................................................35

Guppy PRO F-031B/C ..................................................................................................... 35