CoaXPress Interface Specifications

Functional specifications summary of the CoaXPress camera interface

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

Supported pixel formats

Value	Applicable firmware variants
Raw	All firmware variants
Mono8, Mono10, Mono12, Mono14, Mono16	All firmware variants
BayerGR8, BayerRG8, BayerGB8, BayerBG8 BayerGR10, BayerRG10, BayerGB10, BayerBG10 BayerGR12, BayerRG12, BayerGB12, BayerBG12 BayerGR14, BayerRG14, BayerGB14, BayerBG14 BayerGR16, BayerRG16, BayerGB16, BayerBG16	All firmware variants
RGB8, RGB10, RGB12, RGB14, RGB16	All firmware variants
RGBA8, RGBA10, RGBA12, RGBA14, RGBA16	All firmware variants

Maximum stream packet size

Value	Applicable products
16,384 Bytes	All Coaxlink products

Image scanning method

Value	Applicable firmware variants
Progressive	All firmware variants
Interlace	Not supported

Tap geometries

Value	Applicable firmware variants
1X_1Y	All firmware variants
1X-2YE (Dual stream)	Applies to the following firmware variants of 3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 and 3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12. (1-camera)
1X_1Y2, 1X_2YE, 1X_2YM (Two taps interleaved on a single stream)	All area-scan firmware variants

CoaXPress Feature Bar

Value	Applicable products
CXP-6 DIN 1
CXP-6 DIN 2
CXP-6 DIN 4
CXP-6 DIN 8
CXP-12 µBNC 1
CXP-12 µBNC 2
CXP-12 µBNC 4
CXP-12 QSFP+

Maximum aggregated input data rate

Value	Applicable products
625,000 Bytes/s
1,250,000 Bytes/s
2,500,000 Bytes/s
5,000,000 Bytes/s

Devices and connections per device counts

HCMAP	Applicable products / firmware variants
1D1	Applies to the following firmware variants of 1630 Coaxlink Mono, 3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 and 3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH. (1-camera) (1-camera), (1-camera, line-scan)
1D2	Applies to the following firmware variants of 1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, 1631 Coaxlink Duo, 3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 and 3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH. (1-camera), (1-camera, line-scan) (1-camera), (1-camera, line-scan) (1-camera), (1-camera, line-scan)
1D4	Applies to the following firmware variants of 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, 3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value and 3625 Coaxlink QSFP+. (1-camera), (1-camera, line-scan) (1-camera), (1-camera, 4-data-stream), (1-camera, line-scan) (1-camera), (1-camera, line-scan) (1-camera) (1-camera, custom-logic) (1-camera), (1-camera, custom-logic), (1-camera, line-scan), (1-camera, line-scan, custom-logic) (1-camera), (1-camera, line-scan) (1-camera), (1-camera, custom-logic), (1-camera, line-scan)
1D4	Applies to the following firmware variants of 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, 3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value and 3625 Coaxlink QSFP+. (1-camera), (1-camera, line-scan) (1-camera), (1-camera, 4-data-stream), (1-camera, line-scan) (1-camera), (1-camera, line-scan) (1-camera) (1-camera, custom-logic) (1-camera), (1-camera, custom-logic), (1-camera, line-scan), (1-camera, line-scan, custom-logic) (1-camera), (1-camera, line-scan) (1-camera), (1-camera, custom-logic), (1-camera, line-scan)
1D8	Applies to the following firmware variants of 3602 Coaxlink Octo. (1-camera), (1-camera, line-scan)
1D8SLM4	Applies to the following firmware variants of 1633 Coaxlink Quad G3 and 1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH. (1-slm-camera)
1D8SLS4	Applies to the following firmware variants of 1633 Coaxlink Quad G3 and 1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH. (1-sls-camera)
1DF4	Applies to the following firmware variants of 1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF. (1-df-camera), (1-df-camera, line-scan)
2D11	Applies to the following firmware variants of 1628 Grablink Duo, 1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, 1631 Coaxlink Duo, 3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 and 3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH. (2-camera), (2-camera, line-scan) (2-camera) (2-camera), (2-camera, line-scan) (2-camera), (2-camera, line-scan)
2D22	Applies to the following firmware variants of 1632 Coaxlink Quad, 1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, 1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, 3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 and 3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value. (2-camera) (2-camera), (2-camera, bayer), (2-camera, line-scan) (2-camera), (2-camera, custom-logic), (2-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan, custom-logic) (2-camera), (2-camera, line-scan)
2D44	Applies to the following firmware variants of 3602 Coaxlink Octo. (2-camera), (2-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan, custom-logic)
3D211	Applies to the following firmware variants of 1633 Coaxlink Quad G3 and 1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH. (3-camera)
3D422	Applies to the following firmware variants of 3602 Coaxlink Octo. (3-camera)
4D1111	Applies to the following firmware variants of 1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, 1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, 3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, 3620 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, 3620-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG and 3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value. (4-camera), (4-camera, line-scan) (4-camera), (4-camera, custom-logic) (4-camera) (4-camera), (4-camera, line-scan)
4D2222	Applies to the following firmware variants of 3602 Coaxlink Octo. (4-camera), (4-camera, line-scan)
5D22211	Applies to the following firmware variants of 3602 Coaxlink Octo. (5-camera, 5D22211)
5D41111	Applies to the following firmware variants of 3602 Coaxlink Octo. (5-camera)
8D11111111	Applies to the following firmware variants of 3602 Coaxlink Octo. (8-camera)