Basler ace CL Installation And Setup Manual

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AW00061111000 Installing a Camera Link CameraInstallation and Setup Guide for ace CL, aviator, beat, pilot, racer, runner, and scout Cameras (Windows) 496.2 Frame Grabber PreparationsThe following procedures assume that you have installed a Camera Link frame grabber in yourcomputer, that you have properly installed all software included with the frame grabber, and that youunderstand how your frame grabber operates.To correctly use a Camera Link camera, you must be thoroughly familiar with the operationof your frame grabber.Camera and frame grabber must be compatible with respect to the Camera Link clock speed. Forexample, all ace Camera Link models have a default Camera Link clock speed of 82 MHz. However,not all frame grabbers are compatible with a clock speed this high. You should check thedocumentation for your frame grabber and make sure that it can operate at a 82 MHz pixel clockspeed. If it cannot, the clock speed on the camera can be lowered.For more information about changing the Camera Link pixel clock speed, see the camera user’smanual.6.2.1 Location of the Serial Port FileAll Camera Link compliant frame grabbers must be supplied with a dll file which describes thecharacteristics of a serial port that is built into the frame grabber. This serial port is used forcommunication between your computer and your camera via the Camera Link interface.The name of the file supplied by the frame grabber manufacturer will have the form clser***.dll.For 32-bit and 64-bit versions of your frame grabber’s dll, *** is determined by the manufacturer ofthe grabber and usually represents the manufacturer’s name. For example, a frame grabber madeby the "Acme" company may supply a file called clseracm.dll.In the standard case, your frame grabber’s dll *** will be located at the following path: %ProgramFiles%\CameraLink\SerialThe frame grabber software should take care that the dll file is located correctly for the computer-to-camera communication via the serial port. If no communication can be established, checkwhether the dll file is located at the path specified by the Windows registry keyHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CameraLink\CLSerialPath. If the dll file is not at thislocation, contact the frame grabber vendor.