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84 Piranha4 4K and 2K Dual Line Monochrome CMOS Camera User's Manual
03-032-20176-02 Teledyne DALSA
Appendix B: ASCII Commands
The following commands can be used to control the Teledyne DALSA Piranha4 cameras.
Accessing the Three Letter Commands (TLC)
To access the TLC an ASCII-based communications interface application, such as HyperTerminal.
Additionally it is possible to use the functions of clserxxx.dll or clallserial.dll as defined in
the Camera Link Specification.
Figure 26: Serial DLL hierarchy as mentioned in the Camera Link Specification
1. Cycle power to the camera: by either a) issuing the reset camera command (rc), or b) powering
the camera OFF and then ON.
2. Load the ASCII interface using:
 9600 baud
 8 data bits
 no parity
 1 stop bit
 no flow control
 local echo
 (carriage return / linefeed)
3. Wait for a stable status LED color (green or red) before proceeding. Note that all entries in
HyperTerminal will be ignored until a stable LED color is obtained.
4. In case of HyperTerminal, press the <ESC> key.
5. Once <ESC> has been entered the help screen appears.