Xtium-CL MX4 User's Manual Contents • i
Contents
OVERVIEW 7
PRODUCT PART NUMBERS 7
ABOUT THE XTIUM-CL MX4 FRAME GRABBER 8
Series Key Features 8
Supported Camera Link Configurations 8
User Programmable Configurations 9
ACUPlus: Acquisition Control Unit 9
DTE: Intelligent Data Transfer Engine 10
PCI Express x4 Gen2 Interface 10
Advanced Controls Overview 10
Visual Indicators 10
External Event Synchronization 10
Camera Link Communications Ports 10
Quadrature Shaft Encoder 10
DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE OVERVIEW 11
Sapera++ LT Library 11
Sapera Processing Library 11
QUICK START SETUP & INSTALLATION 12
INSTALLING XTIUM-CL MX4 16
WARNING! (GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS) 16
INSTALLATION 16
Sapera LT Library & Xtium-CL MX4 Driver Installation 17
Teledyne DALSA Device Drivers 17
Installation Procedure 17
Xtium-CL MX4 Firmware Loader 18
Firmware Update: Automatic Mode 18
Firmware Update: Manual Mode 19
Performing a Manual Firmware Update 19
Executing the Firmware Loader from the Start Menu 20
UPGRADING SAPERA OR BOARD DRIVER 21
Board Driver Upgrade Only 21
Upgrading both Sapera and Board Driver 21
USING THE CAMERA LINK SERIAL CONTROL PORT 22
COM Port Assignment 22
DISPLAYING XTIUM-CL MX4 BOARD INFORMATION 23
Device Manager – Board Viewer 23
Information Field Description 24
Device Information Report 26
CONFIGURING SAPERA 27
Viewing Installed Sapera Servers 27
Increasing Contiguous Memory for Sapera Resources 27
Host Computer Frame Buffer Memory Limitations 28
Contiguous Memory for Sapera Messaging 28
CAMEXPERT QUICK START 29
INTERFACING CAMERAS WITH CAMEXPERT 29
SAPERA CAMERA CONFIGURATION FILES 31
Camera Types & Files 31
Camera Files Distributed with Sapera 31
Overview of Sapera Acquisition Parameter Files (*.ccf or *.cca/*.cvi) 31
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