User`s manual

1M60 Camera User’s Manual 8
DALSA C32-10010-01
C HAPTER 2
2.0 Camera Hardware Interface
2.1 Installation Overview
In order to set up your camera, you should take these initial steps:
1. Power down all equipment.
2. Following the manufacturer’s instructions, install the frame grabber (if
applicable). Be sure to observe all static precautions.
3. Install any necessary imaging software.
4. Before connecting power to the camera, test all power supplies. Ensure that all
the correct voltages are present at the camera end of the power cable (the Camera
Performance Specifications earlier in this document list appropriate
voltages). Power supplies must meet the requirements defined in section 2.4
Power Input.
5. Inspect all cables and connectors prior to installation. Do not use damaged
cables or connectors or the camera may be damaged.
6. Connect data, serial interface, and power cables.
7. After connecting cables, apply power to the camera. The POST (power on
self test) LED on the back of the camera should glow green after one second
to indicate that the camera is operating and ready to receive commands.
2.2 Input/Output
The camera provides 12-bit LVDS data and synchronization signals through the
data output connectors. Camera functions such as frame rate, integration time,
binning, camera gain and offset are all controllable by the user via RS232 serial
port. The camera is capable of free running operation or may be triggered
externally via the input TRIGGER IN. TRIGGER OUT allows the
synchronization of shutters or illumination sources in free running or externally
triggered modes.
Figure 2. Camera Inputs/Outputs
This installation overview
assumes you have not
installed any system
components yet.
Serial port
Data outputs
Power supply input
LED Status indicators
Trigger input & output
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