X64 Xcelera-CL PX4 User's Manual Contents • i
Contents
X64 XCELERA-CL PX4 OVERVIEW ________________________________________ 5
PRODUCT PART NUMBERS...................................................................................................5
ABOUT THE X64 XCELERA-CL PX4 FRAME GRABBER ......................................................7
Series Key Features.....................................................................................................7
User Programmable Configurations...........................................................................7
ACUPlus: Acquisition Control Unit............................................................................8
DTE: Intelligent Data Transfer Engine.......................................................................8
Advanced Controls Overview......................................................................................9
ABOUT THE OPTIONAL X-I/O MODULE...............................................................................9
DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE OVERVIEW .............................................................................10
Sapera++ LT Library................................................................................................10
Sapera Processing Library........................................................................................10
INSTALLING X64 XCELERA-CL PX4______________________________________ 11
WARNING! (GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS) .........................................................................11
UPGRADING SAPERA OR ANY BOARD DRIVER...................................................................11
Board Driver Upgrade Only......................................................................................11
Sapera and Board Driver Upgrades .........................................................................12
SAPERA LT LIBRARY INSTALLATION ................................................................................12
INSTALLING X64 XCELERA-CL PX4 HARDWARE AND DRIVER........................................13
In a Windows 2000/XP/Vista System.........................................................................13
X64 Xcelera-CL PX4 Firmware Loader....................................................................14
ENABLING THE CAMERA LINK SERIAL CONTROL PORT.....................................................16
COM Port Assignment...............................................................................................16
Setup Example with Windows HyperTerminal ..........................................................17
DISPLAYING X64 XCELERA-CL PX4 BOARD INFORMATION ............................................19
Device Manager – Board Viewer..............................................................................19
CAMERA TO CAMERA LINK CONNECTIONS .......................................................................20
CONFIGURING SAPERA ......................................................................................................21
Viewing Installed Sapera Servers..............................................................................21
Increasing Contiguous Memory for Sapera Resources .............................................21
Contiguous Memory for Sapera Messaging ..............................................................22
TROUBLESHOOTING INSTALLATION PROBLEMS ................................................................22
Recovering from a Firmware Update Error..............................................................22
Windows Event Viewer..............................................................................................23
Device Manager Program.........................................................................................23