User`s manual

PC2-CamLink User's Manual Part I: PC2-CamLink Board • 73
J14: Power Connector
J14 must be connected to a computer floppy disk power cable to provide 12V or 5V to the camera
through the
J2: DB-15 Female Connector.
To remove the floppy disk power cable from the J14 connector, carefully lift the cable connector head
from the J14 connector to unlatch the locking mechanism underneath the connector, then carefully pull
the cable from the board connector.
J14
PC2-CamLink
floppy disk
cable
locking
mechanism
carefully lift to unlock latch
and gently pull
Figure 23: Removing floppy power connector
LED
There are two light-emitting diodes on the front bracket (LED1). The top diode gives useful
information concerning the state of acquisition. The bottom diode gives useful information concerning
the state of the trigger. The following tables list the correspondence between the state of the top diode
and the state of acquisition and the bottom diode and the state of the trigger.
Acquisition LED State Acquisition State
OFF Fatal card error
Static Red Camera is not connected (no Pixel Clock detected)
Static Green Camera is connected
Blinking Green Slow (2 Hz) Activity on LineValid pin
Blinking Green Fast (15 Hz) Grabbing
Trigger LED State Trigger State
OFF No trigger detected
Blinking Green Triggers at a slow rate detected (one blink per
trigger)
Static Green Triggers at a fast rate detected
Blinking or Static Red Error detected by PC2-CamLink driver