Dalsa Xtium-CL PX4 User Manual
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Xtium-CL PX4 User's Manual CamExpert Quick Start • 31CamExpert groups parameters into functional categories. The parameters shown depend on theframe grabber used and what camera is connected. The parameter values are either the cameradefaults or the last stored value when the camera was used. The descriptions below are with theXtium-CL PX4 and the Teledyne DALSA Falcon camera. Device Selector: Two drop menus allow selection of which device and which savedconfiguration to use.• Device: Select which acquisition device to control and configure a camera file. Required incases where there are multiple boards in a system and when one board supports multipleacquisition types. Note in this example, the installed Xtium-CL PX4 has firmware to supporta monochrome Camera Link camera.• Configuration: Select the timing for a specific camera model included with the Saperainstallation or a standard video standard. The User's subsection is where user createdcamera files are stored.• Detection: The Settings button opens a menu to select the form of automatic cameradetection, such as serial port text based controls or GenCP for Camera Link. The DetectCamera button attempts to identify the connected camera. Parameter Groups: Select a function category and change parameter values as required.Descriptions for the camera parameters change dependent on the camera. The followinginformation pertains to a Teledyne DALSA Falcon camera.• Basic Timing: Provides or change static camera parameters.• Advanced Controls: Advanced parameters used to select various integration methods,frame trigger type, Camera Link controls, etc.• External Trigger: Parameters to configure the external trigger characteristics.• Image Buffer and ROI: Allows control of the host buffer dimension and format.• Display: An important component of CamExpert is its live acquisition display window, whichallows immediate verification of timing or control parameters without the need to run aseparate acquisition program. Grab starts continuous acquisition (button then toggles toFreeze to stop). Snap is a single frame grab. Trigger is a software trigger to emulate anexternal source.• Output Messages and Video Status Bar: Events and errors are logged for review. Cameraconnection status is displayed where green indicates signal present.• Camera Link Serial Command: Select this Tab to open a serial command port to the camera.This allows the user to issue configuration commands if supported by the camera.The CamExpert tool is described more fully in the Sapera Getting started and Sapera Introductionmanuals.CamExpert Demonstration and Test ToolsThe CamExpert utility also includes a number of demonstration features, which make CamExpertthe primary tool to configure, test and calibrate your camera and imaging setup. Display toolsinclude, image pixel value readout, image zoom, and line profiler.Functional tools include support for either hardware based or software Bayer filter camera decodingwith auto white balance calibration.Camera Types & FilesThe Xtium-CL PX4 supports digital area scan or line scan cameras using the Camera Link interfacestandard. Browse our web site [http://www.teledynedalsa.com/imaging/] for the latest informationon Teledyne DALSA Camera Link cameras. |
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