Instruction manual

Marlin Technical ManualV.2.7.0
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Introduction
Introduction
This Marlin Technical Manual describes in depth the technical specifications,
dimensions, all camera features (IIDC standard and Allied Vision smart features)
and their registers, trigger features, all video and color formats, bandwidth and
frame rate calculation.
For information on hardware installation, safety warnings, pin assignments on
I/O connectors and 1394b connectors read the 1394 Installation Manual.
Document history
Note
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Please read through this manual carefully.
We assume that you have read already the 1394 Installation
Manual (see: http://www.alliedvision.com/en/support/tech-
nical-documentation) and that you have installed the hard-
ware and software on your PC or laptop (FireWire card, cables).
Version Date Remarks
V0.9 18.12.2003 First issue
V0.91 09.01.2004 Typos corrected, minor changes, spectral sensitivity of IR cut fil-
ter added
V1.0 20.01.2004 Wording checked, Marlin W90/270 added
V1.1 07.09.2004 Marlin F-131C added, added features to make manual compliant
with firmware 2.05, wording checked, impulse diagrams cor-
rected
V1.2 08.10.2004 Manual compliant to firmware 2.06
V1.3 23.02.2005 For MarlinS with serial numbers xx/yy-6zzzzzzz
V1.31 12.04.2005 Color: firmware 20050321, CMOS included
V1.4 24.08.2005 Added Marlin F-146, all: class B compliant
V2.0.0 10.03.2006 Added Marlin F-201, manual compliant to firmware 3.03, added
features secure image signature (SIS) and user profiles, minor
corrections
V2.1.0 10.04.2006 Time stamp changed
to be continued on next page
Table 1: Document history