User`s manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction to the Falcon XDR and HG Cameras
- Camera Hardware Interface
- Serial Interface: How to Control the Camera
- Serial Protocol Defaults
- Command Format
- 3.1 Setting Baud Rate
- 3.2 Camera Serial Command Help Screen
- 3.3 Retrieving Information About the Camera
- 3.4 First Power Up Camera Settings
- 3.5 Saving and Restoring Settings
- 3.6 Camera Output Format
- 3.7 Setting Exposure Mode, Frame Rate and Exposure Time
- 3.8 Setting a Vertical Window of Interest
- 3.9 Flat Field Correction
- 3.10 Gain Adjustments
- 3.11 Generating a Test Pattern
- Optical and Mechanical Considerations
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix A: Camera Link™ Reference, Timing, and Configuration Table
- Appendix B: Error Handling and Command List
- Appendix C: EMC Declaration
- Technical Support
- Index
DALSA Falcon XDR and HG Series Camera User's Manual
60 Serial Interface: How to Control the Camera
Sensor tap selection. This is always 0 for all taps.
• i
Gain setting. The gain ranges are 1024 to 8191. The
digital video values are multiplied by this value where:
Digital Gain =
1024
i
For example, to set a digital gain of 2.0, i equals
2048.
Notes: Entering a large value gain will cause the camera to
digitally saturate the output image
Example:
• ssg 0 1024
3.10.3 Enabling Color Gain
Purpose:
Use the enable color gain command in order to use white balance
feature in color cameras. Disabling the color gain feature will not
change the individual color gains, it will simply by-pass the color
gain stage.
Syntax:
ecg i
Syntax Elements:
i
The allowable range is 0 or 1. 0 = disable, 1 = enable.
Example:
ecg 1
3.10.4 Setting Digital Gain for Color Cameras
Purpose:
Use the set digital color gain command in order to white balance
color cameras.
Syntax:
sdc t i
Syntax Elements:
t