Xtium-CL MX4 User's Manual Contents • iContentsOVERVIEW 7PRODUCT PART NUMBERS 7A BOUT THE X TIUM-CL MX4 F RAME GRABBER 8Series Key Features 8Supported Camera Link Configurations 8User Programmable Configurations 9ACUPlus: Acquisition Control Unit 9DTE: Intelligent Data Transfer Engine 10PCI Express x4 Gen2 Interface 10Advanced Controls Overview 10Visual Indicators 10External Event Synchronization 10Camera Link Communications Ports 10Quadrature Shaft Encoder 10D EVELOPMENT S OFTWARE OVERVIEW 11Sapera++ LT Library 11Sapera Processing Library 11QUICK START SETUP & INSTALLATION 12INSTALLING XTIUM-CL MX4 16WARNING ! (GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS ) 16INSTALLATION 16Sapera LT Library & Xtium-CL MX4 Driver Installation 17Teledyne DALSA Device Drivers 17Installation Procedure 17Xtium-CL MX4 Firmware Loader 18Firmware Update: Automatic Mode 18Firmware Update: Manual Mode 19Performing a Manual Firmware Update 19Executing the Firmware Loader from the Start Menu 20U PGRADING S APERA OR BOARD DRIVER 21Board Driver Upgrade Only 21Upgrading both Sapera and Board Driver 21U SING THE C AMERA LINK SERIAL CONTROL PORT 22COM Port Assignment 22D ISPLAYING X TIUM-CL MX4 B OARD INFORMATION 23Device Manager – Board Viewer 23Information Field Description 24Device Information Report 26C ONFIGURING SAPERA 27Viewing Installed Sapera Servers 27Increasing Contiguous Memory for Sapera Resources 27Host Computer Frame Buffer Memory Limitations 28Contiguous Memory for Sapera Messaging 28CAMEXPERT QUICK START 29INTERFACING C AMERAS WITH C AMEXPERT 29S APERA C AMERA CONFIGURATION FILES 31Camera Types & Files 31Camera Files Distributed with Sapera 31Overview of Sapera Acquisition Parameter Files (*.ccf or *.cca/*.cvi) 31
