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Appendix E: Three Letter Commands
6.
An OK prompt should appear.
NOTES:
1.
Some GenICam Software automatically adjusts the baud rate so if you are not
power cycling or resetting the camera then you will need to determine the baud rate
from the
DeviceSerialPortBaudRate
.
2.
The Hyperterminal application is not available in the Windows 7 OS. The following
alternative ASCII-interfaces have been tested and shown to work with this camera:
TeraTerm:
http://logmett.com/index.php?/download/tera-term-473-
freeware.html
PuTTY:
http://putty.en.softonic.com/
3.
If you are using interfaces other than HyperTerminal, the ASCII character, ESC, is
decimal 27 and needs to be issued. From the command line insert ESC by using
ALT+2+7 of the activated Num-Pad. In some cases this needs to be followed by a
carriage return or a linefeed to send this to the camera. In ASCII the ESC character
may look like this:
“←”
.
Setting the Sapera’s COM Port Mapping
In order to access the TLCs the Camera Link software needs to map the Camera Link serial
port to a virtual serial port on the host PC. In Sapera, use the Sapera Configuration
Application to specify which of the PCs Com ports will be mapped to Camera Link.
Getting Started
When the camera is in three letter command mode, it will send a prompt (i.e. >) to indicate
that it is ready for input. If the previous command was successful then it will send an
OK>
prompt. If there was an error or warning then the prompt will indicate the nature of the
problem (e.g.
Unrecognized Command>
). To execute a command, you will enter the
command name followed by relevant parameters and press enter. The command will
execute and return the prompt when it is complete.
Note that the commands are case insensitive.
The Help Command (h or ?)
To get a list of available command press
h
and then enter. This will list all of the commands
available on the camera as well as a short description and the range of acceptable values.
Additionally, the help command will display the text
Not Available
if the user is unable to
use this command because of the setup of the camera. Sometimes the help information
does not fit on a single line but the
?
command will give more detailed help.
