Serial Communication
This board supports the asynchronous full-duplex serial communication between the camera and the frame grabber.
Serial Link for the Lite Camera Link Configuration
For cameras using the Lite configuration, the downstream serial communication link doesn't use a dedicated line pair but, instead, is embedded in the Channel Link.
Serial Link for the Base, Medium, Full, or 80-bit Camera Link Configurations
For cameras using the Base, Medium, Full, or 80-bit configurations, two differential line pairs of the first camera cable are dedicated to the serial communication, one for each direction:
| ● | SerTFG— Downstream (camera to frame grabber) serial communication link |
| ● | SerTC— Upstream (frame grabber to camera) serial communication link |
Serial Link Functionalities
The application software controls the serial communication channel through the standardized API defined by the Camera Link standard.
Alternatively, it can also be controlled using virtual COM ports. Therefore, the application must set the appropriate values to the parameters SerialControlA and SerialControlB respectively.
Supported baud rates
600, 1200, 1800, 2400, 3600, 4800, 7200, 9600 (Default), 14400, 19200, 28800, 38400, 57600, 115200 and 230400.