9.5 SPECIAL COMMANDS
Version: The VER (followed by a carriage return) command queries the camera and returns the
characters DVC and a two byte hex code representing a "major revision" and a "minor revision". A
typical response to the command VER is DVC7.6.
Camera Type: the CAM command (followed by a carriage return) command queries the camera
as to its “type”. The CAM command (followed by a carriage return) returns one of the following
parameters:
1412AM-LV 1412AM-CL
1412AC-LV 1412AC-CL
NOTE: since this is a new command, older versions of the camera will respond to this query with
an error msg.
Reset: The RST (followed by a carriage return) command works as a software reset and sets all the
controllable parameters of the camera to "default" values.
Hardware Reset: The HRT command causes the microprocessor to issue a single LOW pulse
of approx. 100usec on the VRST_INT input.
Status: The STA command (followed be a carriage return) queries the camera and returns a
complete listing of the camera parameters (GAI, OFS, EXP, MDE, BIN, SLW, IGN, IMD,
IPO, IPD, ROI, BTY, TPY) along with their current values.
All: A special command ALL allows the writing of all camera control parameters simultaneously.
The format and syntax of this command is TBD
Intensifier: the INT command (followed by a carriage return) command queries the camera as to
whether the image-intensifier option (Intensicam) is installed. Note: since this is a new command,
older versions of the camera will respond to this query with an error msg. (which should be
interpreted as equivalent to “no intensifier installed”. Valid responses are 00: no intensifier
installed {default} and 01: intensifier installed.
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