CoaXPress Interface Specifications

Functional specifications summary of the CoaXPress camera interface

See also: Camera Interfaces in the hardware manual for electrical specifications.

Connectivity requirements

Physical medium and speed range

Medium Speed range	Availability
Coaxial (Copper) CXP-1 up to CXP-6	Applies to 1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, 1630 Coaxlink Mono, 1631 Coaxlink Duo, 1632 Coaxlink Quad, 1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, 1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, 1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF, 1637 Coaxlink Quad 3D-LLE and 3602 Coaxlink Octo.
Coaxial (Copper) CXP-1 up to CXP-12	Applies to 3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3620 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, 3620-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, 3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12, 3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH, 3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12, 3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH, 3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value and 3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF.
QSFP+ (Fiber) CXP-1 up to CXP-12	Applies to 3625 Coaxlink QSFP+.

Medium

Speed range

Availability

Coaxial (Copper)

CXP-1 up to CXP-6

Applies to 1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, 1630 Coaxlink Mono, 1631 Coaxlink Duo, 1632 Coaxlink Quad, 1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, 1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, 1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF, 1637 Coaxlink Quad 3D-LLE and 3602 Coaxlink Octo.

1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB 1630 Coaxlink Mono 1631 Coaxlink Duo 1632 Coaxlink Quad 1633 Coaxlink Quad G3 1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH 1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF 1637 Coaxlink Quad 3D-LLE 3602 Coaxlink Octo

Coaxial (Copper)

CXP-1 up to CXP-12

Applies to 3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3620 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, 3620-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, 3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12, 3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH, 3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12, 3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH, 3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value and 3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF.

3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 3620 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG 3620-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG 3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH 3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH 3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value 3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF

QSFP+ (Fiber)

CXP-1 up to CXP-12

Applies to 3625 Coaxlink QSFP+.

3625 Coaxlink QSFP+

Device count, connection count

The Host Interface of Coaxlink frame grabbers requires a specific assignment of the Device connections to the Host connectors. Such assignment is named Host Connections Map.

The Host Connections Map is hard-coded in the product firmware variant.

NOTE:

The Coaxlink frame grabber and the firmware variant must be selected according to the required mapping!

Data stream count

Stream count	Availability
1 up to 4	Applies to the following firmware variants of 1633 Coaxlink Quad G3 and 1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH. (1-camera, 4-data-stream)
1	Other firmware variants

Image format requirements

Stream packets

Packet size	Applicable products
Up to 16,384 Bytes	All products

Supported pixel formats

Pixel Format (PFNC name)	Usage
Mono8, Mono10, Mono12, Mono14, Mono16	Monochrome cameras 8-/10-/12-/14-/16-bit per pixel
BayerGR8, BayerRG8, BayerGB8, BayerBG8 BayerGR10, BayerRG10, BayerGB10, BayerBG10 BayerGR12, BayerRG12, BayerGB12, BayerBG12 BayerGR14, BayerRG14, BayerGB14, BayerBG14 BayerGR16, BayerRG16, BayerGB16, BayerBG16	Bayer CFA color cameras 8-/10-/12-/14-/16-bit per pixel component
RGB8, RGB10, RGB12, RGB14, RGB16	Three-component RGB color cameras 8-/10-/12-/14-/16-bit per pixel component
RGBA8, RGBA10, RGBA12, RGBA14, RGBA16	Four-component RGBI color cameras 8-/10-/12-/14-/16-bit per pixel component
Raw	Undefined format

Image stream format

Stream format Acquisition	Availability
Rectangular image Area-scan	Applies to the following firmware variants of 1628 Grablink Duo, 1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, 1630 Coaxlink Mono, 1631 Coaxlink Duo, 1632 Coaxlink Quad, 1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, 1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, 1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF, 1637 Coaxlink Quad 3D-LLE, 3602 Coaxlink Octo, 3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3620 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, 3620-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, 3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12, 3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH, 3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12, 3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH, 3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value, 3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF and 3625 Coaxlink QSFP+. (1-camera), (2-camera) (1-camera), (2-camera) (1-camera) (1-camera), (2-camera) (1-camera), (2-camera) (1-camera), (1-camera, 4-data-stream), (1-slm-camera), (1-sls-camera), (2-camera), (2-camera, bayer), (3-camera), (4-camera) (1-camera), (1-df-camera) (1-camera) (1-camera), (1-camera, custom-logic), (2-camera), (3-camera), (4-camera), (5-camera), (5-camera, 5D22211), (6-camera), (8-camera) (1-camera), (1-camera, custom-logic), (2-camera), (2-camera, custom-logic), (4-camera), (4-camera, custom-logic) (4-camera) (1-camera) (1-camera), (2-camera) (1-camera), (2-camera), (4-camera) (1-camera), (1-df-camera) (1-camera), (1-camera, custom-logic)
Rectangular image Line-scan	Applies to the following firmware variants of 1628 Grablink Duo, 1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, 1631 Coaxlink Duo, 1632 Coaxlink Quad, 1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, 1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, 1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF, 3602 Coaxlink Octo, 3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12, 3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH, 3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12, 3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH, 3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value, 3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF and 3625 Coaxlink QSFP+. (1-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan) (1-camera, line-scan) (1-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan) (1-camera, line-scan) (1-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan), (4-camera, line-scan) (1-camera, line-scan), (1-df-camera, line-scan) (1-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan, custom-logic), (4-camera, line-scan) (1-camera, line-scan), (1-camera, line-scan, custom-logic), (2-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan, custom-logic), (4-camera, line-scan), (4-camera, line-scan, custom-logic) (1-camera, line-scan) (1-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan) (1-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan), (4-camera, line-scan) (1-camera, line-scan), (1-df-camera, line-scan) (1-camera, line-scan)
Arbitrary image	Not supported

Stream format

Acquisition

Availability

Rectangular image

Area-scan

Applies to the following firmware variants of 1628 Grablink Duo, 1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, 1630 Coaxlink Mono, 1631 Coaxlink Duo, 1632 Coaxlink Quad, 1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, 1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, 1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF, 1637 Coaxlink Quad 3D-LLE, 3602 Coaxlink Octo, 3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3620 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, 3620-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, 3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12, 3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH, 3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12, 3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH, 3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value, 3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF and 3625 Coaxlink QSFP+.

(1-camera), (2-camera)

(1-camera)

(1-camera), (2-camera)

(1-camera), (1-camera, 4-data-stream), (1-slm-camera), (1-sls-camera), (2-camera), (2-camera, bayer), (3-camera), (4-camera)

(1-camera), (1-df-camera)

(1-camera)

(1-camera), (1-camera, custom-logic), (2-camera), (3-camera), (4-camera), (5-camera), (5-camera, 5D22211), (6-camera), (8-camera)

(1-camera), (1-camera, custom-logic), (2-camera), (2-camera, custom-logic), (4-camera), (4-camera, custom-logic)

(4-camera)

(1-camera)

(1-camera), (2-camera)

(1-camera), (2-camera), (4-camera)

(1-camera), (1-df-camera)

(1-camera), (1-camera, custom-logic)

Rectangular image

Line-scan

Applies to the following firmware variants of 1628 Grablink Duo, 1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, 1631 Coaxlink Duo, 1632 Coaxlink Quad, 1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, 1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, 1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF, 3602 Coaxlink Octo, 3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12, 3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH, 3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12, 3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH, 3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value, 3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF and 3625 Coaxlink QSFP+.

(1-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan)

(1-camera, line-scan)

(1-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan)

(1-camera, line-scan)

(1-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan), (4-camera, line-scan)

(1-camera, line-scan), (1-df-camera, line-scan)

(1-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan, custom-logic), (4-camera, line-scan)

(1-camera, line-scan), (1-camera, line-scan, custom-logic), (2-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan, custom-logic), (4-camera, line-scan), (4-camera, line-scan, custom-logic)

(1-camera, line-scan)

(1-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan)

(1-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan), (4-camera, line-scan)

(1-camera, line-scan), (1-df-camera, line-scan)

(1-camera, line-scan)

Arbitrary image

Not supported

Supported scanning methods

Scanning Geometry (Stream)	Availability
Progressive-scan 1X_1Y	All firmware variants
Progressive-scan 1X-2YE (Dual stream)	Applies to the following firmware variants of 3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value, 3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF and 3625 Coaxlink QSFP+. (1-camera) (1-camera) (1-camera), (1-df-camera) (1-camera)
Progressive-scan 1X_1Y2, 1X_2YE, 1X_2YM (Single stream)	Applies to the following firmware variants of 1628 Grablink Duo, 1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, 1630 Coaxlink Mono, 1631 Coaxlink Duo, 1632 Coaxlink Quad, 1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, 1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, 1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF, 1637 Coaxlink Quad 3D-LLE, 3602 Coaxlink Octo, 3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3620 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, 3620-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, 3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12, 3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH, 3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12, 3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH, 3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value, 3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF and 3625 Coaxlink QSFP+. (1-camera), (2-camera) (1-camera), (2-camera) (1-camera) (1-camera), (2-camera) (1-camera), (2-camera) (1-camera), (1-camera, 4-data-stream), (1-slm-camera), (1-sls-camera), (2-camera), (2-camera, bayer), (3-camera), (4-camera) (1-camera), (1-df-camera) (1-camera) (1-camera), (1-camera, custom-logic), (2-camera), (3-camera), (4-camera), (5-camera), (5-camera, 5D22211), (6-camera), (8-camera) (1-camera), (1-camera, custom-logic), (2-camera), (2-camera, custom-logic), (4-camera), (4-camera, custom-logic) (4-camera) (1-camera) (1-camera), (2-camera) (1-camera), (2-camera), (4-camera) (1-camera), (1-df-camera) (1-camera), (1-camera, custom-logic)
Interlaced-scan	Not supported