2M30 User Manual - Frame Grabbers

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3.2 Communications Protocol Overview
Serial Protocol Defaults:
8 data bits
1 stop bit
No parity
No flow control
9.6Kbps
Camera does not echo characters
3.3 Command Format
3.4 Startup
When entering commands, remember that:
A carriage return (CR) ends each command. The linefeed character is ignored.
Values in square brackets are optional.
The camera will answer each command with either a carriage return and line
feed followed by "OK >" or "Error x: Error Message >". The ">" is always the
last character sent by the camera.
The following parameter conventions are used:
t = tap id
i = integer value
f = real number
s = string
[ ] = optional parameter
When the camera is first started, it must perform several actions before it is ready for
imaging. This startup routine takes approximately 15 seconds, and follows this sequence:
1. Initializes the camera and all internal hardware.
2. Loads the last settings saved to non-volatile memory.
3. Restores user settings if previously saved, otherwise factory settings.
4. Performs a memory test and voltage test and reports an error if any occurred.
After this startup sequence has completed, the camera will return either the prompt
"OK>" if no error occurred, or an error code if a problem has been discovered.
3.5 Saving and Restoring Settings
As illustrated in Figure 9, there are three type of camera settings: factory settings, user
settings, and current session settings.
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