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 PC1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, PC1630 Coaxlink Mono, PC1631 Coaxlink Duo, PC1632 Coaxlink Quad, PC1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, PC1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, PC1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF, PC1637 Coaxlink Quad 3D-LLE and PC3602 Coaxlink Octo.
Coaxial (Copper) CXP-1 up to CXP-12	Applies to PC3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3620 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, PC3620-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, PC3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12, PC3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH, PC3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12, PC3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH, PC3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value, PC3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF, PC3633 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 3D-LLE and PC3629 Coaxlink CXP-12 to QSFP+ Converter.
QSFP+ (Fiber) CXP-1 up to CXP-12	Applies to PC3625 Coaxlink QSFP+.

Medium

Speed range

Availability

Coaxial (Copper)

CXP-1 up to CXP-6

Applies to PC1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, PC1630 Coaxlink Mono, PC1631 Coaxlink Duo, PC1632 Coaxlink Quad, PC1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, PC1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, PC1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF, PC1637 Coaxlink Quad 3D-LLE and PC3602 Coaxlink Octo.

PC1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB PC1630 Coaxlink Mono PC1631 Coaxlink Duo PC1632 Coaxlink Quad PC1633 Coaxlink Quad G3 PC1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH PC1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF PC1637 Coaxlink Quad 3D-LLE PC3602 Coaxlink Octo

Coaxial (Copper)

CXP-1 up to CXP-12

Applies to PC3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3620 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, PC3620-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, PC3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12, PC3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH, PC3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12, PC3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH, PC3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value, PC3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF, PC3633 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 3D-LLE and PC3629 Coaxlink CXP-12 to QSFP+ Converter.

PC3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 PC3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 PC3620 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG PC3620-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG PC3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 PC3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH PC3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 PC3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH PC3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value PC3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF PC3633 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 3D-LLE PC3629 Coaxlink CXP-12 to QSFP+ Converter

QSFP+ (Fiber)

CXP-1 up to CXP-12

Applies to PC3625 Coaxlink QSFP+.

PC3625 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 PC1633 Coaxlink Quad G3 and PC1633-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 PC1628 Grablink Duo, PC1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, PC1630 Coaxlink Mono, PC1631 Coaxlink Duo, PC1632 Coaxlink Quad, PC1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, PC1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, PC1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF, PC1637 Coaxlink Quad 3D-LLE, PC3602 Coaxlink Octo, PC3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3620 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, PC3620-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, PC3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12, PC3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH, PC3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12, PC3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH, PC3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value, PC3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF, PC3633 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 3D-LLE and PC3625 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), (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), (3-camera), (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), (1-camera, custom-logic), (4-camera)
Rectangular image Line-scan	Applies to the following firmware variants of PC1628 Grablink Duo, PC1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, PC1631 Coaxlink Duo, PC1632 Coaxlink Quad, PC1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, PC1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, PC1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF, PC1637 Coaxlink Quad 3D-LLE, PC3602 Coaxlink Octo, PC3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12, PC3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH, PC3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12, PC3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH, PC3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value, PC3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF and PC3625 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) (2-camera) (1-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan, custom-logic), (4-camera, line-scan), (8-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 PC1628 Grablink Duo, PC1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, PC1630 Coaxlink Mono, PC1631 Coaxlink Duo, PC1632 Coaxlink Quad, PC1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, PC1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, PC1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF, PC1637 Coaxlink Quad 3D-LLE, PC3602 Coaxlink Octo, PC3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3620 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, PC3620-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, PC3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12, PC3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH, PC3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12, PC3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH, PC3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value, PC3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF, PC3633 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 3D-LLE and PC3625 Coaxlink QSFP+.

(1-camera), (2-camera)

(1-camera)

(1-camera), (2-camera)

(1-camera), (1-camera, 4-data-stream), (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), (3-camera), (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), (1-camera, custom-logic), (4-camera)

Rectangular image

Line-scan

Applies to the following firmware variants of PC1628 Grablink Duo, PC1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, PC1631 Coaxlink Duo, PC1632 Coaxlink Quad, PC1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, PC1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, PC1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF, PC1637 Coaxlink Quad 3D-LLE, PC3602 Coaxlink Octo, PC3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12, PC3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH, PC3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12, PC3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH, PC3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value, PC3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF and PC3625 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)

(2-camera)

(1-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan), (2-camera, line-scan, custom-logic), (4-camera, line-scan), (8-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 PC3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value, PC3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF and PC3625 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 PC1628 Grablink Duo, PC1629 Coaxlink Duo PCIe/104-EMB, PC1630 Coaxlink Mono, PC1631 Coaxlink Duo, PC1632 Coaxlink Quad, PC1633 Coaxlink Quad G3, PC1633-LH Coaxlink Quad G3 LH, PC1635 Coaxlink Quad G3 DF, PC1637 Coaxlink Quad 3D-LLE, PC3602 Coaxlink Octo, PC3603 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3603-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12, PC3620 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, PC3620-4 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 JPEG, PC3621 Coaxlink Mono CXP-12, PC3621-LH Coaxlink Mono CXP-12 LH, PC3622 Coaxlink Duo CXP-12, PC3622-LH Coaxlink Duo CXP-12 LH, PC3623 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 Value, PC3624 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 DF, PC3633 Coaxlink Quad CXP-12 3D-LLE and PC3625 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), (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), (3-camera), (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), (1-camera, custom-logic), (4-camera)
Interlaced-scan	Not supported