User guide

STINGRAY Technical Manual V4.4.4
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Contents
Contacting Allied Vision Technologies ..................................................11
Introduction ...........................................................................................................12
Document history ......................................................................................................... 12
Manual overview........................................................................................................... 25
Conventions used in this manual..................................................................................... 26
Styles ..................................................................................................................... 26
Symbols.................................................................................................................. 27
More information.......................................................................................................... 27
Before operation .......................................................................................................... 28
STINGRAY cameras ...........................................................................................29
Conformity ..............................................................................................................30
FireWire....................................................................................................................31
Overview ..................................................................................................................... 31
Definition ............................................................................................................... 31
IEEE 1394 standards ................................................................................................. 31
Why use FireWire? .................................................................................................... 32
FireWire in detail.......................................................................................................... 32
Serial bus................................................................................................................ 32
FireWire connection capabilities ................................................................................. 34
Capabilities of 1394a (FireWire 400)............................................................................ 34
IIDC V1.3 camera control standards ........................................................................ 34
Capabilities of 1394b (FireWire 800) ........................................................................... 35
IIDC V1.31 camera control standards ...................................................................... 35
Compatibility between 1394a and 1394b...................................................................... 36
Compatibility example .......................................................................................... 36
Image transfer via 1394a and 1394b ........................................................................... 37
1394b bandwidths.................................................................................................... 38
Requirements for PC and 1394b.............................................................................. 38
Requirements for laptop and 1394b ........................................................................ 39
Example 1: 1394b bandwidth of Stingray cameras..................................................... 40
Example 2: More than one Stingray camera at full speed ............................................ 40
FireWire Plug & play capabilities................................................................................. 41
FireWire hot-plug and screw-lock precautions ............................................................... 41
Operating system support .......................................................................................... 42
Filter and lenses .................................................................................................43
IR cut filter: spectral transmission .................................................................................. 43
Camera lenses .............................................................................................................. 44
Specifications .......................................................................................................46