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Pantera 1M60 and 1M30 User’s Manual 17
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Software Interface: How to
Control the Camera
All camera features can be controlled through the serial interface. The camera can also be
used without the serial interface after it has been set up correctly. This chapter explains
the most commonly used and important commands, including:
• Saving and restoring settings, described in section
3.3 Saving and Restoring Settings.
• Setting the output mode, described in section
3.4 Setting Output Mode (1M60 Only).
• Setting the exposure mode and frame rate, described in section
3.7 Setting Frame
Rate, Exposure Time, and Exposure Mode.
• Setting gain, described in section
3.8 Setting Gains.
The serial interface uses a simple ASCII-based protocol. For a complete list of all available
commands, refer to the Communications Protocol in section
B1 All Available Commands.
Help Command
For quick help, the camera can return all available commands and parameters through
the serial interface. To generate this list, send the command
h to the camera.
Retrieving Camera Settings
To read current camera settings, send the command gcp.
3.1 Communications Protocol Overview
Serial Protocol Defaults:
• 8 data bits
• 1 stop bit
• No parity
• No flow control
• 9.6Kbps
i
This chapter outlines the
more commonly used
commands. See
Appendix B for a list of
all available commands.