User`s manual

6M3P Camera User’s Manual 10
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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/RS-422 data and synchronization signals through
the data output connector. 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.
This installation
overview assumes you
have not installed any
system components yet.